Two Palestinians killed in West Bank, one by Israeli settler
Two Palestinians were killed in the West Bank Friday, one of them by a settler, after a shooting hit Tel Aviv, as a surge of Israeli-Palestinian violence shows no letup.
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'Step by step': Young Georgians shun Moscow, push for EU dream
Georgia's young protesters, having forced parliament into a U-turn on controversial new legislation, are determined to maintain the pressure on the government, which they believe is steering the country away from Europe.
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Biden, EU chief meet on trade tensions
President Joe Biden and top EU official Ursula von der Leyen meet Friday to try to defuse a transatlantic trade dispute over subsidies for the green economy, as well as bolster cooperation on confronting Russia.
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Markets in turmoil as US closes Silicon Valley Bank
US regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank on Friday in a spectacular move that sent global banking shares into turmoil, as markets fretted over possible contagion from the biggest banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis.
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Bavuma ends 'long journey' with century as South Africa take charge
Temba Bavuma said he tried to "stay in the moment" as he approached a long-awaited second Test century. But he admitted that he could not entirely quell his emotions.
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France captain Dupont still wary of benched Farrell
France captain Antoine Dupont said Owen Farrell remained "a massive asset to England ahead of Saturday's 'Le Crunch' Six Nations clash at Twickenham even though the former English skipper has been dropped to the bench.
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US lawmakers vote to declassify intel on Covid origins
The US House of Representatives voted unanimously on Friday to declassify information on potential links between the Covid-19 pandemic and a Chinese laboratory suspected of leaking the deadly virus.
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Barcelona charged with corruption in referee affair
Spanish prosecutors on Friday charged Barcelona with corruption over payments the club made to a former vice-president of Spain's referees' committee through a company owned by him.
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Blinken to press for Ethiopia peace progress on top US visit since war
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will tell Ethiopia next week that it needs to move forward on a fragile peace process if it wants to restore once warm ties when he pays the highest-level US visit since the brutal civil war, officials said Friday.
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Markets rattled as bank shares hammered
Global markets took a beating on Friday as US jobs data boosted the likelihood of further aggressive interest rate hikes, and bank shares were mauled by the SVB debacle.
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