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Acclaimed French rapper MHD was on Saturday awaiting with eight co-accused a verdict in the trial over the murder of a young man in Paris in 2018.

From autonomous bug zappers to android pianists and driverless ice-cream trucks, machines rule the world -- at least at China's Asian Games.

HS2, the UK's second high-speed train line after the one leading to the Channel Tunnel, has suffered spiralling costs despite the route being cut short, raising fears the project could be further derailed.

The September 26, 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream pipelines cut off a major route for Russian gas exports to Europe and fuelled geopolitical tensions already running high over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the UN environment chief warned that humanity cannot just recycle its way out of the mess, and she called for a total rethink about the way we use plastics.

Wall Street stocks edged lower Friday, extending a losing streak as markets continued to anticipate a period of persistently elevated interest rates.

An armed group engaged in peace negotiations with the Colombian government on Friday announced an immediate cessation of all "offensive actions" after two car bombs in as many days killed two people and injured several others.

Lachlan Murdoch, the heir of the sprawling media empire whose politics skew as conservative as his father Rupert's, is set to take over the family business in November, the choice of continuity.

Hollywood writers and studios were due to meet for a third consecutive day of high-level talks Friday, raising the industry's hopes that an end to the costly 144-day Writers Guild of America strike could finally be near.

Investors were hoping to hear central banks finally signal this week that they were close to being done raising interest rates in their battle against inflation.

Rupert Murdoch's announcement that he will hand over control of his global media empire to son Lachlan has put the group's British media, including the tabloid The Sun, on tenterhooks about its future place in the conglomerate.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned Iran at the United Nations of a "nuclear threat" in what his office quickly walked back as a slip of the tongue.

The US auto workers union expanded a potentially economically and politically damaging strike against two of Detroit's "Big Three" on Friday -- and invited President Joe Biden to support workers on the picket line.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address Canada's parliament and meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Friday, seeking to rally more support for his country as it fights Russia's invasion.

UAW is expected to announce today whether workers at additional US auto plants will join the strike.

Indonesia has restored one of the biggest coal-fired power plants in Southeast Asia to near full capacity, its operator told AFP Friday, after it was ordered to slice output to curb pollution in capital Jakarta.

The Federal Reserve's tight monetary policy, which has pushed short-term rates above 5%, is beginning to take its toll on the equity and debt markets.

The United States and China on Friday announced two new working groups on economic and financial policy, in the latest effort to stabilize fraught relations between the world's biggest economies.

The European Commission slapped a new fine of 376 million euros ($400 million) on US chipmaker Intel on Friday after an EU court annulled a previous record penalty for abusing its dominance in the computer chip market.

Volkswagen's factory in the heart of the east German city of Dresden was conceived as a showcase for the auto giant's electric future but on a September afternoon the production line stands still.

Xbox-owner Microsoft has closed in on its $69-billion takeover of "Call of Duty" video-game maker Activision Blizzard after the UK said Friday that a revamped deal addressed regulatory concerns.

As a result of the new agreement, British Airways will be adding its code onto a couple of destinations across IndiGo's network.

Judge Kaplan said SBF's defense can try to put some of the expert witnesses on the stand, but the DOJ can still object to it.

When the EU launched an investigation into Chinese electric car subsidies, Brussels wanted the world to know that it will protect the automotive sector that is the jewel in Europe's industrial crown, even if it upsets Beijing.

A stealth campaign by Silicon Valley elites with a dream of turning a swath of California farmland into a new age city has ranchers who live here challenging their tactics and their motives.

Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday he will step down as chairman of his global media empire, a conservative behemoth that shaped politics across continents, and hand control over to his son Lachlan.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who once enjoyed enthusiastic support from his allies in the defence of Ukraine, is encountering more diplomatic setbacks than at any point since Russia's 2022 invasion.

Fox Corp and News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday that he is stepping down from both roles after a tumultuous year for the Fox News franchise.

Sales of US homes crept down further in August, industry data showed Thursday, as supply remained limited while mortgage rates stayed high.