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New Zealand captain Ardie Savea says his team are "just as good" as world champions South Africa ahead of a four-Test series, which kicks off in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca has suffered a blow on the eve of the Premier League season after Belgium winger Jeremy Doku was ruled out for several weeks.

Romania is holding a suspected "low-level agent" accused of preparing attacks, following the discovery of handguns and ammunition in a forest near Berlin, Germany's interior minister said Friday.

Andoni Iraola admits Liverpool need to sign more wingers as they get used to life without Egypt star Mohamed Salah.

This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century and could make 2027 the hottest year globally, Britain's national weather agency predicted Friday.

Enzo Maresca insists he can replicate Manchester City's success under Pep Guardiola if he is given time to handle the "big changes" at the club.

Race organisers paid tribute on Friday to cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, who is set to retire at the age of 34, although the Frenchman was yet to officially confirm his departure from the sport.

Prince Harry's wife, Meghan, faces a tough challenge in reassimilating to life in the UK where she remains deeply unpopular, as well as managing uneasy ties with the royal family.

South Korea's world number one An Se-young and defending champion Akane Yamaguchi registered strong wins to reach the semi-finals of the badminton world championships on Friday.

Jofra Archer rocked Pakistan with an early double strike as England pressed for an innings victory in the first Test at Headingley on Friday.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Friday it was time to end the months-long Middle East war with the United States because Tehran appeared to be in a stronger position than Washington.

MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has listed the MRNAON/USDT trading pair on Spot, giving users a new opportunity to access U.S. stock markets as part of its expanding lineup of Ondo tokenized stock offerings.

Mercedes teen sensation Kimi Antonelli turned in the fastest lap in the sole practice session Friday for the Dutch Grand Prix, pipping current world champion Lando Norris into second place.

Japan's justice ministry said Friday it will cancel a collaboration with a controversial Netflix dating show featuring ex-juvenile delinquents, following backlash against what some called the glorification of crimes.

The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing "exponentially", with more than 2,500 deaths recorded and half of those in the last 20 days, the senior UN coordinator on the disease said Friday.

Global stock markets traded cautiously on Friday as investors assessed the US Treasury's effort to push down long-term borrowing costs, which spiked this week.

England enjoyed a flurry of tailend runs before they were dismissed for 409 by Pakistan on the third day of the first Test at Headingley on Friday for a first-innings lead of 238.

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Champions Arsenal kick off the Premier League season on Friday reinforced by astute signings as boss Mikel Arteta welcomes the pressure of being "hunted" by their title rivals.

Tottenham have agreed a deal to sign Manchester City winger Savinho for an initial fee of around £75 million ($102 million), according to reports on Friday.

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany said Friday the club were aware of midfielder Jamal Musiala's neurological disorder long before it was made public this week.

International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan warned on Friday against "the demise of international rule of law" after the United States targeted her with sanctions.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was transferred back to jail on Friday, authorities said, hours after the popular politician was taken to hospital for court-ordered medical checks.

India's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigners on Friday.

New Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho on Friday insisted his team's star players could fit together ahead of Los Blancos' opening La Liga game at Espanyol.

The tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti is embroiled in a football corruption row after a government audit accused its federation, largely funded by FIFA, of favouritism and inadequate competitive bidding.

Drovix (MU) Ltd, licensed by the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius as an Investment Dealer (Full Service Dealer, license GB21026813) and acting as a principal execution counterparty, has brought its institutional liquidity and execution stack to market, opening aggregated multi-asset OTC liquidity to brokers, hedge funds, family offices and proprietary trading firms through a single counterparty relationship.

Australian police charged a man with foreign interference on Friday for allegedly seeking to pass intelligence about Ukrainian military activities to Russia.

A low-budget Chinese animated film that was widely mocked for its crude visuals became a viral hit, with people packing cinemas to see just how bad it is.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was transferred back to jail early on Friday, hours after being taken to a hospital for court-ordered medical checks, the government said.

Greens leader Marine Tondelier is campaigning for the 2027 presidential race while pregnant, a first in France that is bringing infertility and motherhood into the political spotlight.

China's foreign and defence ministers were in Jakarta Friday for talks with their Indonesian counterparts to seek greater political and military cooperation days after a joint navy drill Taiwan blasted as a "provocation".

A Hong Kong court convicted two activists who organised annual vigils marking China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown of "incitement to subversion" on Friday, with rights groups condemning the silencing of free speech.

Near the heavily fortified frontier dividing the Korean peninsula, the abandoned Woljeong-ri station is being recast as a symbol of South Korea's hopes to reconcile with the North.

A Hong Kong court found two pro-democracy activists who organised annual vigils to mark China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown guilty of "incitement to subversion" on Friday.

Australian great Mike Hussey could face his own country in the Ashes after saying Friday he was open to joining England as their Test batting coach.

A Hong Kong court found on Friday two activists, who organised annual vigils marking China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, guilty of "incitement to subversion".

Yuki Kurihara will become Japan's youngest athlete in Asian Games history next month and the 11-year-old eSports whizz-kid wants to be the competition's youngest ever medallist too.

The Indian captain of an alleged Russian shadow fleet oil vessel seized by British commandos has been made a "scapegoat", his wife told AFP, as her husband awaits trial.