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Italy's foreign minister called on the European Central Bank on Friday to reduce interest rates to weaken the euro, warning its strength was hurting his country's exporters.

France's culture minister said Friday anti-ramming devices would be set up around the Louvre by year's end, after a high-profile heist at the famed museum reignited debate over its security.

Wall Street stocks moved higher on Friday as investors welcomed strong earnings reports by Amazon and Apple.

Meta raised $30 billion in debt on Thursday, as tech giants flush with cash turn to borrowing to finance the expensive race to lead in artificial intelligence.

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday she raised "serious concerns" about the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Xinjiang in a "candid" first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Controversial online fast-fashion seller Shein will open its first bricks and mortar store in the world in Paris next week, its new landlord announced Friday.

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced 11 people, including the owner of the hotel, to life in prison over a fire at a luxury ski resort that killed 78 people including about 30 children.

Mitchell Marsh slammed a brisk 46 after Josh Hazlewood took 3-13 as Australia cruised past India by four wickets to win the second Twenty20 international on Friday.

Europe and Asian stock markets mostly fell Friday at the end of a fluctuating week as traders reacted to company earnings, central bank decisions and a tentative US-China trade truce.

Mikel Arteta warned that player welfare should be the primary concern for football's rule-makers as Arsenal's fixture pile-up threatens to put his team at risk.

Once dubbed "Randy Andy" by the British tabloids, Andrew, the former prince, has hit a new low: the disgraced royal has been stripped of his cherished titles and exiled to rural England.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca said Liam Delap has apologised for getting sent-off in Wednesday's League Cup win at Wolves, which drew stinging criticism from his manager.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire and will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week, aiming to defuse tensions after a deadly flare-up this month.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they had arrested several fighters accused of committing abuses during the capture of the western city of El-Fasher, as a UN official warned the "horror is continuing" in both Darfur and neighbouring Kordofan.

Key dates in the life of Andrew, King Charles III's younger brother, who has been stripped of his royal titles over allegations stemming from his friendship with US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein:

A minute's silence was held ahead of Australia against India at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday as the sport mourned the teenage Australian player who died after being hit by a ball.

Vinicius Junior will face no disciplinary action for his Clasico substitution outburst, Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso revealed on Friday.

King Charles III's historic decision to strip his brother Andrew of his royal titles and effectively exile him won widespread backing Friday, but failed to calm calls for further action and greater oversight of the monarchy.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot said his side must not make a habit of losing games they should win after six defeats in their last seven games plunged the Premier League champions into crisis.

Top seed Belinda Bencic pulled out of the Hong Kong Open quarter-finals on Friday as the Tokyo Olympic champion became the latest in a long line of players to suffer a late-season injury.

President Xi Jinping on Friday invited Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to China, in the first formal talks between the nations' leaders since 2017, before also holding first discussions with Japan's new premier.

China and the United States should build "trust" in order to co-exist, Beijing's defence minister said on Friday, but cautioned Washington about its "words and deeds" on Taiwan.

India's newest cricket star Jemimah Rodrigues overcame anxiety and tears to lead her country into the women's World Cup final with a sublime century against Australia.

Asian stock markets presented a mixed bag on Friday, with falls in China and gains in Japan and South Korea coming after better-than-expected earnings reports from US tech behemoths Apple and Amazon.

China and Canada's leaders opened on Friday their first formal talks since 2017, with Xi Jinping meeting Prime Minister Mark Carney in South Korea, Chinese state media reported.

US President Donald Trump's surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing provoked global criticism on Friday, as it raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions.

US tech giant Nvidia said on Friday it will supply 260,000 of its most cutting-edge chips to South Korea, as CEO Jensen Huang met President Lee Jae Myung and the heads of Korea's biggest companies on the sidelines of the APEC summit.

"God, God, God, protect them," chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious to the dry riverbed in northern Kenya where it hasn't rained since April.

Like other big cats, the leopard is endangered across west Africa.

Emmanuel knows only too well the allure of illegal gold prospecting in the protected Comoe National Park for the many young without prospects in Ivory Coast's troubled northeast.

When Lawan Mustafa's wife, nine months pregnant, woke up bleeding in the middle of the night, she looked at her husband and warned him: don't go to the hospital.

Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011.

India's stunning World Cup semi-final win over Australia was described Friday as the greatest day in the history of women's cricket in the country, with Jemimah Rodrigues hailed for her "innings of a lifetime".

US President Donald Trump may have hoped for an impromptu talk with his old friend Kim Jong Un during a recent trip to Asia, but analysts say the increasingly emboldened North Korean despot had few good reasons to join the photo-op.

In a bustling Bangkok market, hundreds of wholesale vendors have been selling black clothing since dawn -- several with hefty discounts -- in honour of Thailand's late former queen.

Players wore black armbands and held a minute's silence as tributes poured in Friday for the Australian teenager whose death touched the cricket world.

The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose Thursday to nearly 50 people, officials said, after the ferocious storm devastated Caribbean islands and was bearing down on Bermuda.

Lamar Jackson made a triumphant return after missing three games with a right hamstring injury, leading the Baltimore Ravens to a 28-6 NFL victory at Miami on Thursday.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delivered another dominant performance as the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder remained perfect in the young NBA season with a 127-108 victory Thursday over the Washington Wizards.