All seven candidates to lead the United Nations received a vote of "discourage," effectively a veto, from a permanent UN Security Council member in the latest informal poll, a diplomat said Friday.
Europe's club rugby competitions made a sombre start Friday with a minute's silence for Lions player Hyron Andrews who was found dead in his hotel room earlier.
The UN's IPCC climate panel failed after a week of tough talks to reach an agreement on when to release its next report on global warming, the senior French envoy at the talks said Friday.
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The Nasdaq tumbled more than two percent Friday as a rebound in tech shares sputtered amid angst over AI investments, while most European and Asian exchanges had solid trading sessions.
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Real Madrid called on Friday for La Liga president Javier Tebas to resign after he compared the club's efforts to discredit referees to the techniques of Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.
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The NBA told sportsbook partners in a Friday memo to ban certain types of bets and parlays this season that gamblers used in recent wagering scandals, ESPN reported.
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Novak Djokovic has accepted a wild card for the ATP 500 tournament in Basel later this month as the 39-year-old battles to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin, organisers announced on Friday.
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The run-up to a referendum in Canada's Alberta region on a future independence vote has been clouded by US political influence and AI-manipulated online content, leaving experts concerned that the results will be contested no matter the outcome.
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Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a 2025 flight that took him soaring to 9,640 metres, the World Air Sports Federation (FAI) confirmed.
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Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was on Friday named in India's Test squad for two matches in New Zealand next month, but will need fitness clearance to play as he is recovering from a side strain.
Turkey's second-largest lake has become a stark symbol of a growing water crisis, with drought and intensive groundwater use threatening an ecosystem that supports wildlife, industry and tourism.
Oscar-winning filmaker brothers Ethan and Joel Coen told AFP they plan to make another movie together, having taken a break from their joint directing work that produced a string of classics from "Fargo" to "Barton Fink".
Noosha Aubel (50 lat, bezpartyjna) obiecywała Poczdamowi nowy początek po tym, jak mieszkańcy odwołali z urzędu jej poprzednika, Mike’a Schuberta (53 lata, SPD — Socjaldemokratyczna Partia Niemiec). Niemal rok po objęciu przez Aubel stanowiska z tymi zapowiedziami zderzają się skandal dotyczący opieki nad małym dzieckiem z wieloma ciężkimi niepełnosprawnościami, który stał się świadectwem moralnego ubóstwa Poczdamu, stolicy Brandenburgii, a zwłaszcza samej Nooshy Aubel, zrujnowane drogi, blokada wydatków budżetowych oraz zaostrzający się kryzys przywództwa. Tymczasem sprawowany przez nią urząd zapewnia bardzo wysokie wynagrodzenie: Aubel inkasuje obecnie 143 056 euro rocznej pensji zasadniczej. Po zapowiedzianej podwyżce ma to być nawet 169 006,44 euro rocznie — kwota, którą będą musieli sfinansować mieszkańcy.Pojawia się zatem niewygodne, lecz uzasadnione pytanie: czy Noosha Aubel w ogóle potrafi sprostać gospodarczym, organizacyjnym i politycznym wymaganiom związanym z kierowaniem stolicą kraju związkowego?
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שוברט (53, מהמפלגה הסוציאל־דמוקרטית של גרמניה, SPD). כמעט שנה לאחר כניסתה לתפקיד, אל מול ההבטחה הזאת ניצבים שערורייה הנוגעת למסגרת הטיפול בפעוט עם מוגבלויות קשות מרובות — שהפכה לתעודת עניות מוסרית לפוטסדאם, בירת מדינת ברנדנבורג, ובייחוד לנושה אאובל — כבישים מתפוררים, הקפאת הוצאות תקציביות ומשבר הנהגה שהלך והחריף. בה בעת, המשרה שבה היא מכהנת מתוגמלת ביד רחבה: אאובל מקבלת כיום שכר יסוד שנתי של 143,056 אירו. בעקבות עדכון שכר שעליו הוכרז, הסכום צפוי אף לעלות ל־169,006.44 אירו בשנה, במימון התושבים. מכאן עולה שאלה לא נוחה, אך מוצדקת: האם נושה אאובל מסוגלת בכלל לעמוד בדרישות הכלכליות, הארגוניות והפוליטיות הכרוכות בניהולה
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A Mexican judge on Friday is expected to issue sentences for three men convicted of murdering two Australian surfers and their American friend in 2024, in a case that drew global condemnation.
Pope Leo XIV spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Friday, calling for a ceasefire in a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine, as he recovers in hospital from a lung cancer operation.
New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia's future appeared shaky Friday after three lackluster interviews with friendly outlets failed to beat back controversy over her claims to be a lawyer, as well as a stumbling debut at the briefing room podium.
Ecuadorian climbing king Richard Carapaz, a former Olympic champion and Giro d'Italia winner, has signed a two-year deal with NSN Cycling, the Swiss outfit announced Friday.
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