President Donald Trump on Friday said he ordered a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to prevent certification of Alaska's Senate election result if the Republican incumbent loses -- ramping up questions over whether he will accept midterms defeat.
US First Lady Melania Trump said in a surprise announcement Friday she had brokered a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged city of Oleshky, where citizens are trapped and running out of food.
The Ebola patient in Nigeria is a Swiss woman, and the wife of a staff member at Switzerland's embassy in Abuja, Bern said Friday.
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Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany was taken to hospital by an emergency medical team on Friday after collapsing during training, the club said.
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Oil prices traded at five-month highs on Friday, with benchmark crude contract Brent North Sea rising above $116 a barrel, as the Middle East conflict raged on.
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he believes the sport has a long-term future in France ahead of Sunday's first regular-season game in the country.
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Roberto De Zerbi said Tottenham Hotspur will use their woeful record at Chelsea as motivation when they make the trip across London on Saturday.
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Singapore expanded on Friday its probe into companies linked to fires in Indonesia, asking 10 locally-based firms for information about their efforts to contain blazes blamed for toxic haze covering the region.
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Politics
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will clash with his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro in a second and final televised debate on Friday, as both make a last-ditch effort to lure undecided voters in the tight election.
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Hundreds rallied across Syria on Friday condemning Israeli incursions in the country's south including one this week that killed a man with a disability, AFP correspondents and state media reported.
Ian Poulter has become the latest leading player to announce he is leaving LIV Golf as the struggling breakaway league attempts a relaunch after filing for bankruptcy protection.
A powerful typhoon pounded Taiwan on Friday as authorities warned of "destructive winds" and urged locals to shelter from the storm.
El Salvador has deployed special forces to Haiti after four of its soldiers serving in a UN-backed force in the Caribbean nation went missing following a gang ambush, officials said.
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A gunman firing from his car killed one person and wounded five -- including a 12-year-old girl shot eight times -- in the Paris suburbs Friday, with prosecutors investigating a potential "terrorist" act.
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Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola said on Friday he will not ease off his high intensity demands despite suffering a series of injuries.
US First Lady Melania Trump said in a surprise announcement Friday she had secured a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged city of Oleshky, where citizens are trapped and short of food.
Oil prices traded at five-month highs on Friday, with benchmark crude contract Brent North Sea rising above $115 a barrel, as the Middle East conflict raged on.
Manchester United manager Michael Carrick said on Friday he is "totally confident" he can arrest his side's slump as he refused to confirm whether Bruno Fernandes will remain as the club's captain.
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