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US President Donald Trump on Friday eyed massive cuts targeting "woke" and "wasteful" spending in his first budget blueprint since he returned to power, while boosting defense and border security.

Casper Ruud squeezed into the 25th tour-level final of his career with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo at the Madrid Open on Friday.

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is stepping down after 29 seasons, six months after being sidelined by a stroke, the NBA team announced on Friday.

Pep Guardiola says he will take a break from football when he leaves Manchester City but does not know if he will retire from the game.

Australian rider Jay Vine made a solo break to win Friday's third stage of the Tour de Romandie as French rider Alex Baudin retained the overall race leader's yellow jersey.

Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley has withdrawn from this weekend's Grand Slam Track meeting in Miami after being arrested for battery, officials confirmed on Friday.

Chilean authorities issued a tsunami warning for the country's southernmost region Friday morning and both Chile and Argentina ordered evacuations after a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of South America.

Mikel Arteta says seeing Liverpool win the Premier League has been "painful" after Arsenal fell short in the title race for a third successive season.

Hard-right upstarts Reform UK snatched a parliamentary seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour party Friday and seized control of several regional councils dealing a major blow to Britain's two establishment parties.

The United States on Friday ended a tariff exemption for goods shipped from China worth less than $800, dealing a major blow to popular e-commerce sites such as Shein and Temu, whose cheap items consumers have come to rely on.

Former policeman Peter Dutton, the rival for the Australian prime minister's job in Saturday's election, is a self-professed sceptic of the rush to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy.

Australians will cram voting booths on Saturday to pick their next government, deciding a hard-fought election shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and Trump tariffs.

Syria's Islamist rulers on Friday denounced an air strike near the presidential palace as a "dangerous escalation", as Israel called it a "clear message" not to harm the Druze minority.

The creative team behind the popular Grand Theft Auto videogame series postponed the launch of the latest installment by several months to May 2026, hitting shares of parent Take-Two Interactive.

Lawyers are probing "dire" workplace conditions for Meta content moderators in Ghana, attorneys involved in the investigation told AFP, in what could turn into the latest dispute over the social media giant's labour practices in Africa.

Enzo Maresca believes his Chelsea team can get closer to Liverpool next season as he prepares to welcome the newly crowned Premier League champions to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

As cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, campaigners warned Friday that neither of the frontrunners, Pietro Parolin nor Luis Antonio Tagle, would protect children and stamp out clerical sex abuse.

Berlin's top culture official resigned Friday amid controversy over arts funding cuts that critics had warned would do massive damage to the capital city's famed clubs, theatres and orchestras.

US hiring slowed less than expected in April while the jobless rate remained unchanged, according to government data published Friday, as businesses navigated the early months of Donald Trump's second presidency.

The massive EU fine against TikTok on Friday marks the latest setback for the popular Chinese-owned social media platform, which has more than one billion users.

Global stock markets rose on Friday as jobs data reassured investors on the US economy as did indications Beijing and Washington may begin to talk about resolving their tariff standoff.

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will start for Barcelona against Real Valladolid in La Liga on Saturday, his first appearance since September following a severe knee injury.

US hiring slowed less than expected in April while the jobless rate remained unchanged, according to government data published Friday, as businesses navigated the early months of Donald Trump's second presidency.

Ruben Amorim said Manchester United must "take a risk" by rotating players as he prioritises Europa League glory over improving their woeful position in the Premier League.

Firefighters installed the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday which will emit white smoke to signal the election of a new pope as preparations proceed just five days before cardinals gather for the conclave.

Toulouse full-back Thomas Ramos has been ruled out of this weekend's Champions Cup semi-final against Bordeaux-Begles with a calf issue, the French club announced on Friday.

The much-awaited release of Grand Theft Auto VI, the latest instalment of the popular video game series, has been postponed by several months to May 2026, its publisher said Friday.

A South African court found a woman guilty Friday of trafficking her six-year-old daughter who has been missing for more than a year, in a case that has outraged the nation.

The European Union on Friday won a landmark case against Britain at the world's oldest arbitration body over post-Brexit rights to fish sandeels, a tiny North Sea species.

A group of activists organising an aid boat for Gaza said it was attacked on Friday by drones in international waters off Malta as it headed towards the Palestinian territory.

Israel said it carried out an air strike near Syria's presidential palace in Damascus on Friday, warning the country's new Islamist rulers against targeting the Druze minority.

Inflation in the eurozone remained unchanged in April, staying higher than analysts expected, official data showed on Friday, but was unlikely to sway the European Central Bank from its interest rate-cutting cycle.