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Francesco Bagnaia defied crash injuries to top the times in Friday's second practice session for the San Marino and Rimini Riviera MotoGP.

France's new right-wing prime minister Friday sought to cobble together a government capable of mustering parliament backing, as critics lambasted the president for turning the far right into a kingmaker after snap polls.

Global stock markets struggled for direction Friday as investors weighed US jobs data that could determine the size of interest rate cuts.

Singapore's first film in the Venice Festival's main competition, Yeo Siew Hua's "Stranger Eyes", is a complex reflection on voyeurism, surveillance and fractured visions of people's lives.

Malaysia Airlines said on Friday it had found a "potential issue" with the engine of an Airbus A350-900 aircraft in its fleet but added that it had been resolved.

The daughter of a Frenchman on trial for enlisting strangers to rape his drugged wife Friday described him as "likely one of the worst sexual criminals in past 20 years".

The Dutch government announced Friday broader restrictions on exports of semiconductor-making machines produced by sector heavyweight ASML, aligning itself with US curbs on technology at the centre of trade tensions with China.

Ben Duckett's typically quickfire fifty guided an England side chasing a series whitewash against Sri Lanka to 76-1 before bad light forced an early lunch break on the first day of the third Test at the Oval on Friday.

Over mountains, by air, and by sea, pilgrims have flocked to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea's capital where Pope Francis landed late Friday on a landmark visit.

US tech titan Google employs "anti-competitive practices" with regards to online advertising, Britain's competition watchdog concluded Friday in provisional findings of a two-year long investigation.

Israeli forces appeared to be winding down a deadly 10-day raid in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank on Friday, as key ally Germany warned against treating the territory like Gaza.

New Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson is hoping to engineer another huge upset against England on Saturday -- eight years after his Iceland team shocked the Three Lions at Euro 2016.

European and Asian stock markets fell Friday ahead of highly-anticipated US jobs data that could determine by how much the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month.

President Volodymyr Zelensky joined a meeting of Ukraine's international backers in Germany on Friday, appealing for additional weapons as Kyiv faces advancing Russian forces in the east and devastating strikes by Moscow.

Super Typhoon Yagi slammed into southern China's Hainan island on Friday, bringing windspeeds of over 230 kilometres (143 miles) an hour in what is set to be the strongest storm to hit the region in more than a decade.

British teenager Oliver Bearman will replace suspended Dane Kevin Magnussen in the Haas lineup for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix next weekend, the US team announced on Friday.

United States climate envoy John Podesta said on Friday that plans were moving forward for a summit with China on reducing emissions of methane and other highly polluting non-CO2 gases.

At least 17 young children were killed in a fire that ripped through their primary school dormitory in central Kenya overnight, with initial reports Friday indicating it was overcrowded in breach of safety standards.

Myanmar military air strikes in northern Shan state killed 11 civilians and wounded 11 more, a spokeswoman for an ethnic minority armed group battling the junta told AFP on Friday.

The city of Paris will honour slain Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her, the French capital's mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Friday.

Over mountains, by air, and by sea, pilgrims have flocked to Port Moresby, the Papua New Guinea capital where Pope Francis landed on Friday on a landmark four-day visit.

The mafia makes its presence felt at the Venice Film Festival this year, with a film inspired by boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who died last year after three decades on the lam.

Pope Francis landed in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby on Friday, the second stop of a marathon 12-day tour to the Asia-Pacific region.

Jorge Martin topped the times in Friday morning's free practice session at the San Marino and Rimini Riviera MotoGP, a boost for the Spaniard as he prepares to defend his championship lead.

Indonesia arrested seven people for making "terror threats" online against Pope Francis during his visit to the world's most populous Muslim-majority country this week, police said Friday.

Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva won the toss and elected to field against England in the third Test at the Oval on Friday.

Paralympic discus thrower Jeremy Campbell secured his fourth title and then said he needs to reflect whether he goes for a fifth in Los Angeles to beat legendary fellow American Al Oerter's haul of four Olympic gold medals in the event.

Super Typhoon Yagi slammed into southern China's Hainan island on Friday, bringing windspeeds of over 230 kilometres (143 miles) an hour in what is set to be the strongest storm to hit the region in over a decade.

The eurozone economy's growth in the second quarter this year was slightly smaller than previously estimated after the EU's statistics agency on Friday revised its data.

A Japanese 10-year-old has become the youngest person authorised to prepare "fugu" pufferfish -- a delicacy that can kill if its poisonous parts are not properly removed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in person at a meeting of Ukraine's international backers in Germany on Friday to rally support for Kyiv days after one of the deadliest Russian strikes of the war.

France's new right-wing Prime Minister Michel Barnier started consulting all sides Friday to cobble together a government capable of mustering a majority in parliament after two months of political deadlock.