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Stocks head for positive end to week, Tokyo struggles ahead of vote

Stocks head for positive end to week, Tokyo struggles ahead of vote

Markets headed into the weekend on a broadly positive note Friday, as investors took up New York's latest record highs sparked by healthy US retail data and upbeat earnings from some of Wall Street's big names.

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North Korea bars foreign tourists from new seaside resort

North Korea bars foreign tourists from new seaside resort

North Korea has barred foreigners from a newly opened beach resort, the country's tourism administration said this week, just days after Russia's top diplomat visited the area.

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Lions ignoring the noise ahead of Wallabies Test

Lions ignoring the noise ahead of Wallabies Test

British and Irish Lions assistant coach Johnny Sexton said on Friday his team was taking no notice of bookmakers who have the visitors overwhelming favourites to win the opening Test against the Wallabies.

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CBS says Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' to end in May 2026

CBS says Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' to end in May 2026

Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show", long a staple of late-night television, will come to an end in 2026, the comedian and network CBS said on Thursday.

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Lions block Wallabies flanker Samu from Pasifika team

Lions block Wallabies flanker Samu from Pasifika team

The British and Irish Lions have blocked Wallabies backrower Pete Samu from appearing for a First Nations and Pasifika XV against them because he did not play Super Rugby this season, the visitors confirmed Friday.

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Indian state blames cricket team for deadly stampede

Indian state blames cricket team for deadly stampede

State authorities blamed the management of India's Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricket team for last month's deadly stampede during celebrations for their first IPL title.

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Trump threatens to sue WSJ, Murdoch over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein

Trump threatens to sue WSJ, Murdoch over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein

US President Donald Trump threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal and owner Rupert Murdoch Thursday over a story about an alleged off-color letter he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, amid lingering political fallout over his administration's handling of the late financier's sex trafficking case.

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 Serbian youth pumps up protest at last EXIT festival

Serbian youth pumps up protest at last EXIT festival

Serbia's youthful anti-graft protesters have celebrated what may prove to be the country's last ever EXIT music festival, but hope the energy it generated will still boost their fight for change.

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US Congress approves $9 bn in Trump cuts to foreign aid, public media

US Congress approves $9 bn in Trump cuts to foreign aid, public media

US Republicans early Friday approved President Donald Trump's plan to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, vowing it was just the start of broader efforts by Congress to slash the federal budget.

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Misbehaving monks: Sex scandal shakes Thai Buddhist faithful

Misbehaving monks: Sex scandal shakes Thai Buddhist faithful

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.

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