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Spain flood deaths top 200, hopes fade for missing

Spain flood deaths top 200, hopes fade for missing

Rescuers raised the death toll in Spain's worst floods for a generation to 205 on Friday and fears grew for the dozens missing as hopes of finding survivors faded.

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Famed Indian designer Rohit Bal dies: fashion group

Famed Indian designer Rohit Bal dies: fashion group

Rohit Bal, one of India's most acclaimed fashion designers, has died, his colleagues said Friday.

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Piastri takes Brazil sprint pole but wary of team orders for Norris

Piastri takes Brazil sprint pole but wary of team orders for Norris

Oscar Piastri grabbed pole position on Friday for the sprint race at the Brazilian Grand Prix and said he will race to win -- but conceded that team-mate Lando Norris has a greater need of points.

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Trump, Harris clash over rhetoric as they battle for swing state Wisconsin

Trump, Harris clash over rhetoric as they battle for swing state Wisconsin

Donald Trump came under fire for violent rhetoric against a prominent Kamala Harris supporter Friday as the candidates hold dueling rallies in battleground Wisconsin four days before the climax of the most volatile US presidential campaign in modern history.

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Fake US election video signals sprawling Russian disinformation ops

Fake US election video signals sprawling Russian disinformation ops

American intelligence officials on Friday blamed Russia for a fake video of a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times, the latest in a series of disinformation campaigns in the final stretch of the US election.

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Spencer to end long wait for first England start against New Zealand

Spencer to end long wait for first England start against New Zealand

England scrum-half Ben Spencer is set to finally make his first Test start, against New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday after winning six caps off the bench in six years.

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Russian skater Valieva vows to compete again after doping ban

Russian skater Valieva vows to compete again after doping ban

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, 18, who is serving a four-year ban for doping, on Friday said she plans to return to competition when it ends.

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Erdogan sues opposition chief, Istanbul mayor for slander

Erdogan sues opposition chief, Istanbul mayor for slander

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday sued the main opposition leader and Istanbul's powerful mayor for alleged slander in a forceful legal blow against his political rivals.

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Piastri takes Brazil sprint pole ahead of Norris

Piastri takes Brazil sprint pole ahead of Norris

Oscar Piastri snatched pole position for Saturday's sprint race at the Brazilian Grand Prix with a dazzling late lap to beat team-mate Lando Norris as McLaren locked out the front row of the grid.

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Morales supporters storm Bolivia military barracks, take hostages

Morales supporters storm Bolivia military barracks, take hostages

Supporters of Bolivia's ex-president Evo Morales stormed a barracks in central Chapare province and took around 20 soldiers hostage, military sources said Friday, marking a dramatic escalation in their standoff with the state.

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