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A huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb on Friday injured nearly 30 people, two of them seriously, and rattled windows across the Italian capital.

Two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard said he was feeling stronger than ever Friday and confident of winning another Tour de France as tensions mount on the eve of the start.

The Kremlin said on Friday that it sees no immediate diplomatic way out of the war in Ukraine, hours after launching its largest ever drone and missile barrage of the invasion.

Stock markets mostly fell alongside a retreating dollar Friday as international tensions over tariffs dominated sentiment.

Turkish giants Besiktas said Friday they signed a deal to take English striker Tammy Abraham on loan from AS Roma with an option to buy.

Wimbledon tournament director Jamie Baker has defended the tournament's prize money pot, pointing to inflation-busting increases as players demand a bigger slice of Grand Slam profits.

Mohammed Siraj took two wickets in two balls, including dismissing England captain Ben Stokes for a golden duck, as India strengthened their grip on the second Test at Edgbaston on Friday.

A five-storey building collapse in Pakistan on Friday killed at least six people and left six injured, police said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for trapped victims.

Athletic Bilbao announced on Friday that coveted Spain forward Nico Williams had extended his contract to 2035 with an increased release clause, warding off reported interest from La Liga champions Barcelona.

Russia launched its largest-ever drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight on Friday just hours after a telephone call between the US and Russian presidents ended without any breakthrough.

China will require major European brandy exporters to raise prices or risk anti-dumping taxes of up to 34.9 percent from Saturday, the latest salvo in its long-running trade spat with the bloc.

The snow and ice accumulated in the Swiss Alps over the winter has already melted away, a monitoring service said on Friday, marking the second earliest arrival of a tipping point known as "glacier loss day".

A five-storey building collapse in Pakistan on Friday killed at least five people and left six injured, with more victims trapped under the rubble, police said.

Firefighters early Friday gained control over a major wildfire in the western Turkish province of Izmir but two others continued to ravage forests there, a minister said.

French air traffic controllers staged the second day of a two-day strike on Friday, prompting the cancellation of hundreds of flights not just to-and-from France but also overflying the country as summer holidays kick off.

Russia launched its largest-ever drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight on Friday just hours after a telephone call between US and Russian presidents ended without any breakthrough.

The Philippines' justice secretary said Friday he has asked for Japan's technical assistance to help the search for dozens of cockfighting participants allegedly killed by rogue police and dumped in a lake south of Manila.

A summit of BRICS nations will convene in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and Monday, with members hoping to weigh in on global crises while tiptoeing around US President Donald Trump's policies.

US President Donald Trump will sign his flagship tax and spending bill Friday in a pomp-laden Independence Day ceremony featuring fireworks and a flypast by the type of stealth bomber that bombed Iran.

Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt allayed injury worries Friday around Rob Valetini, Will Skelton and Jake Gordon after they were left out the Australia team to play Fiji, insisting they will ready for the British and Irish Lions.

A North Korean civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border between the two countries, aided by the South's military in a delicate 20-hour operation, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.

A glance at the quarter-final line-up for the Club World Cup suggests that whoever comes out on top in the heavyweight last-eight showdown between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich on Saturday will be the favourites to go on and win FIFA's new competition.

A polar air mass has brought record low temperatures to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, causing at least 15 deaths and forcing governments to restrict gas supplies and activate emergency shelters.

In the lush forests north of Abidjan, technicians were busy filming on the set of "Le Testament" ("The Will"), a comedy co-production between Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Senegal.

In the crackdown of nationalist Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's government on culture and media, heads of major cultural institutions have been replaced.

All Blacks captain Scott Barrett said Friday his team does not feel disrespected by their French opponents, who named eight uncapped players for Saturday night's Test match in Dunedin.

Carlos Alcaraz will step up his bid for a third successive Wimbledon title when the world number two faces German underdog Jan-Lennard Struff on Friday.

Tadej Pogacar and his great rival Jonas Vingegaard have won the past five editions of the Tour de France between them, and the chalk and cheese duo top the bill again at the 2025 Tour which starts on Saturday.

Darling of England's coronation as European champions three years ago, Beth Mead is back among the goals ahead of Euro 2025 after the toughest moments of her career on and off the field.

The remarkable rise of flanker Vincent Tshituka from a child refugee to the Springboks Test team will be completed on Saturday when he faces Italy in Pretoria.

Dodging fire-ants, snakes and millions of nighttime creepy-crawlies, a group of trekkers advances through the humid Bornean rainforest, scanning with torches for some of the jungle's most unlikely stars: frogs.

A group of performers stepped and swayed in the sand at an open-air studio on the Senegalese coast as Germaine Acogny, known as the mother of contemporary African dance, called out to them.

Former skipper Dave Porecki will make his first start for the Wallabies since the 2023 World Cup when they play Fiji in Newcastle on Sunday, with Harry Wilson retaining the captaincy.

In a riverine battleground in western Myanmar, an entrepreneur hunts for reception using a makeshift bamboo antenna, his payphone kiosk providing locals a lifeline to connect with their loved ones.

US President Donald Trump boasted of a "phenomenal victory" to cheering supporters at a rally in Iowa on Thursday after Congress narrowly passed his signature tax and spending bill, cementing his radical second-term agenda.

Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca said he would leave forward Pedro Neto to decide whether to play a part in Friday's Club World Cup quarter-final against Palmeiras as he mourns the tragic death of Portugal teammate Diogo Jota.

With sweeping tariffs on friend and foe, US President Donald Trump has roiled financial markets and sparked a surge in economic uncertainty -- and tensions are mounting days before a fresh volley of higher duties are due to kick in.

As a Wednesday deadline approaches for steeper US tariffs to hit dozens of economies ranging from the EU to India, trade negotiations with President Donald Trump's administration are coming down to the wire.

While the US stock market has fully recovered from a spring rout, the relentless drop in the dollar is prompting currency experts to warn of greater financial market turmoil ahead.