Nigeria grapples with end of fuel subsidy
Nigerians are struggling with surging fuel prices after newly elected President Bola Tinubu declared an end to popular subsidies, a move analysts and experts said was long overdue.
Read morePutellas is back but knee injury plague is blighting women's football
Alexia Putellas is set to feature for Barcelona in Saturday's Champions League final against Wolfsburg having recovered from knee surgery but her case is just one of the most high-profile in a plague of ACL injuries blighting women's football ahead of the World Cup.
Read moreAsalanka hits 91 to haul Sri Lanka to 268 against Afghanistan
Charith Asalanka top-scored with 91 to help Sri Lanka reach 268 all out after being put in to bat in the first one-day international against Afghanistan on Friday.
Read moreHeavy rain triggers evacuation warnings in Japan
Hundreds of thousands of residents in Japan were urged to evacuate on Friday as tropical storm Mawar brought heavy rain and caused several rivers to overflow.
Read moreSaudi-Russian discord clouds OPEC+ talks
Signs of discord between top crude oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia are set to overshadow an OPEC+ output policy meeting on Sunday that will test their alliance.
Read moreAllardyce leaves Leeds after failing in rescue mission
Sam Allardyce left Leeds by mutual consent on Friday after failing to save the club from relegation to the Championship in his four-game spell as interim boss.
Read moreAsian, European markets surge on Fed rate hopes
Asian markets rallied Friday on hopes the US Federal Reserve will decide against lifting interest rates this month as officials assess the impact of more than a year of tightening.
Read moreHong Kong artists mark Tiananmen quietly or overseas
Avant garde street performance, politically charged theatre, pro-democracy music and poetry -- powerful works of art dealing with China's bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown that were once commonplace in Hong Kong have all but disappeared in recent years.
Read morePhony claims swirl around Sri Lanka's holiest tree
When social media was inundated with rumours that Sri Lanka's holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo's cash-strapped government pulled out all the stops.
Read moreSouth Korea investigates boozing World Baseball Classic players
South Korean baseball said Friday it was investigating whether three of its players at the World Baseball Classic "violated behavioural codes" after they admitted drinking.
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