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Russia's flagship independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced Friday it was closing, saying it had been "killed" by state pressure after years of repression targeting its journalists whose reporting was critical of the Kremlin and its Ukraine war.

Spanish inflation in October remained at 4.9 percent, its highest level since February 2023, official data showed Friday, one month before an election in which the cost of living will be a major issue.

A Thai court sentenced a leader of 2020 protests to an additional two years in jail on Friday, a rights group said, bringing his total term to more than 34 years.

British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca announced Friday a 23-percent jump in net profit for the third quarter and a new programme aiming for annual savings of $1.5 billion.

Beijing dismissed as "groundless speculation" on Friday a report that said Jensen Huang, head of US chip giant Nvidia, was the target of a Chinese spy plot.

The French economy contracted in the third quarter, data showed Friday, and could be "headed for a wall" if the government is unable to get a deficit-reducing budget passed soon, the finance minister warned.

British energy giant BP said Friday that its net profit quadrupled in the third quarter as the Middle East war disrupted oil and gas supplies and sent prices surging.

South Korea will file criminal complaints against students caught cheating on a national university entrance exam with smart glasses and toughen penalties for their use, a government official told AFP Friday.

Wallabies head coach Les Kiss backed Kurtley Beale on Friday to push for a place in the Australian team during the Nations Championship after the veteran star's shock recall.

Soaring prices for gas, medicine and other cost of living essentials are preoccupying Americans as they start to cast their ballots ahead of next week's midterm elections.

Elena Rybakina withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with a neck injury on Friday, a day after she secured the year-end world number one ranking.

Ntombekhaya Makeleni stopped using the communal toilets in her Cape Town neighbourhood after a group of men tried to force their way in as she was inside one day before dawn.

Word spread that a fuel tanker was nearing a filling station in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, and the snaking queue surged as drivers jockeyed for position and motorcyclists pressed in.

For decades, three computer scientists built their careers around an idea about the limits of what computers can do.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host his G20 counterparts, including Russia's Sergei Lavrov, for talks onFridaythat are expected to be fractious, with wars in Ukraine and Iran and surging energy prices fanning discord.

Cryptocurrency platform Binance said Thursday it had fallen victim to a major hack that hit around $6.3 billion in funds, with about half that amount frozen to prevent a massive theft.

Squeezed by the United States and China, the European Union and Canada are set to unveil Friday a series of deals -- from critical minerals to artificial intelligence -- designed to boost their ties to an unprecedented level.

The Memphis Grizzlies, fueled by a triple-double from teenager Cameron Boozer, topped the Portland Trail Blazers 124-103 in a battle of NBA unbeatens on Thursday, Portland guard Ja Morant's first game against his former team ending with an injury.

Pollution from smoke emitted by months of wildfires across Indonesia caused an estimated 3,560 deaths in the vast Southeast Asian archipelago in September, according to a new study.

Jorge Martin has been declared fit to race at the Malaysian MotoGP after the Spaniard came through unscathed at Friday's first practice session, as his championship rival Marc Marquez clocked the fastest time.

Liverpool host Arsenal at the weekend (Picture: Getty) Ian Wright and Jamie Carragher have made their predictions for Sunday’s huge Premier League clash between Liverpool and Arsenal. Arsenal moved level on points with league leaders Manchester City after a routine 2-0 win over Everton last weekend.

Bayern Munich host long-time foes Borussia Dortmund on Saturday after a rollercoaster week punctuated by coach Vincent Kompany's hospitalisation and Harry Kane's Ballon d'Or triumph.

Delayed virtue (Nintendo) Elden Ring creator FromSoftware has delayed The Duskbloods until next year, adding to a pretty stacked Switch 2 line-up for next year. The Duskbloods may have been announced as a 2026 release but considering we’ve heard nothing about it since the network test in August, a delay has seemed likely for a while.

Christian Watson had 113 receiving yards either side of an ambulance trip to a nearby hospital as the Green Bay Packers beat the Carolina Panthers 27-19 at Lambeau Field on Thursday.

Russian soldiers and the public are paying the price of Putin’s war in Ukraine, which has claimed over a million casualties (Picture: AFP/Getty Images) Vladimir Putin’s government has dished out millions to buy prosthetics from Nato countries, including Germany. The grisly uptick in demand for European prosthetics has been caused by the ongoing Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.

We of course want it all. (Picture: Metro/Getty) Since supermarket clothing lines upped their game, it’s made our weekly shop a lot more exciting.

A Mauritian Tidal Trapdoor Spider holding its ‘door’ (Picture: Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) We all know how hard it is these days to find a decent place to rent, let alone buy a house. So who can exactly blame this newly-discovered species of spider for making one out of sand and algae in ancient tunnels carved out by worms?

Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson failed to overturn a slew of convictions on Friday, and a judge instead imposed a heavier prison sentence for three "cold and calculated" poisoning murders.

British King Charles landed in Guyana on Thursday as part of a Caribbean tour, looking to underscore the climate crisis while facing pressure to apologize for Britain's hand in slavery.

The New Orleans Pelicans, fueled by a 22-point, 13-assist double-double from Jeremiah Fears, bagged their first win of the NBA season on Thursday with a 132-120 victory over the Sacramento Kings.

Saka is an injury doubt heading into Sunday’s showdown at the Etihad (Picture: Getty) Mikel Arteta has once again been left to ponder how to fill the void left by Bukayo Saka following the winger’s latest injury blow. A fresh problem has derailed the England international’s season, forced off after just 10 minutes in last week’s Champions League clash with Bayern Munich.

Tech firms were again on the back foot Friday after another round of disappointing earnings from Wall Street titans fanned already deep concerns about the AI investment boom.