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Aston Villa bolstered their bid to qualify for the Champions League as they beat Tottenham 2-0 to climb into the Premier League's top five on Friday.

Max Homa fired the lowest major round of his career, a sizzling seven-under par 64, to leap into contention on Friday at the PGA Championship despite a new caddie and swing issues.

Rescuers said Israeli strikes on Gaza killed 100 people on Friday, as Hamas demanded the United States press Israel to lift a sweeping aid blockade in return for a US-Israeli hostage released by the group.

Mohamed Salah has slammed "harsh" Liverpool fans for booing Trent Alexander-Arnold in his first appearance after announcing he will leave the Premier League champions at the end of the season.

Jhonattan Vegas, chasing his first major title, kept a two-stroke clubhouse lead in Friday's second round of the PGA Championship despite Matthieu Pavon and Max Homa making epic charges at Quail Hollow.

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told staff on Friday that the bank plans to cut its workforce by around 10 percent in "the next couple of years," according to a memo seen by AFP.

Key European leaders sought Friday to project a united front with US President Donald Trump on ending the war in Ukraine, after direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv wrapped up with no breakthrough on a ceasefire.

The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) said on Friday that it was a mistake to carry on playing last week's game between Angel City and the Utah Royals following the collapse of defender Savy King.

Real ravers picked from obscurity to act in Cannes festival hit "Sirat" said they were delighted Friday to showcase their free-party world of drugs, trance music and travel.

Hit game "Fortnite" was unavailable on Apple's digital App Store around the world on Friday, in the latest episode of a battle between the tech titan and publisher Epic Games.

Defense lawyers for music mogul Sean Combs on Friday cross-examined his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura for a second day at his sex trafficking trial, seeking to poke holes in her testimony and portray her as erratic.

Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was outshone by fellow Jamaican Tia Clayton at the Doha Diamond League meeting on Friday.

Spanish climber Juan Ayuso won stage seven of the Giro d'Italia on Friday as Primoz Roglic took the overall lead on a day where the principal contenders all turned up.

EU digital policy chief Henna Virkkunen on Friday urged closer cooperation between the United States and Europe on tech regulation as Brussels finalizes investigations targeting US giants over violations of the bloc's rules.

The UN's rights chief on Friday denounced Israel's sharp escalation of attacks in Gaza -- and an apparent push to permanently displace the population -- as amounting to "ethnic cleansing".

Series leader Oscar Piastri led team-mate Lando Norris to another McLaren 1-2 in Friday's second free practice at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the pair having taken the same positions earlier in opening practice.

Russia and Ukraine agreed a large-scale prisoner exchange, said they would trade ideas on a possible ceasefire and discussed a potential meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin in their first direct talks in over three years on Friday.

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan will step aside pending the conclusion of an internal probe into a misconduct allegation against him, his office said Friday.

The Cannes film festival has an early frontrunner for its top prize in the form of a haunting German film exploring female trauma across four generations that one review called "ethereal, unnerving brilliance".

Rescuers said Israeli strikes on Gaza killed nearly 90 people on Friday, while Hamas demanded the United States press Israel to lift a sweeping aid blockade in return for a US-Israeli hostage released by the group.

The future of a luxury property development by Donald Trump's son-in-law in Belgrade has been thrown into doubt over suspicions that documents used to revoke the site's protected status were forged.

Carlos Alcaraz set up a potential blockbuster Italian Open final with Jannik Sinner after coming through Friday's semi-final with home hope Lorenzo Musetti a straight-sets winner, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).

Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas kept a two-stroke lead after playing the front nine in Friday's second round of the PGA Championship while a host of rivals charged after him at Quail Hollow.

President Donald Trump used his down time on Air Force One Friday to insult "obnoxious JERK" Bruce Springsteen and declare Taylor Swift "no longer HOT" in social media blasts against the music giants.

Spanish climber Juan Ayuso won stage seven of the Giro d'Italia on Friday as Primoz Roglic took the overall lead on a day where the principal contenders all turned up.

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner believes winning Saturday's FA Cup final will mean more to his club than their Wembley opponents Manchester City.

Jihadists in northeastern Nigeria are surging -- and using social media to spread the word of their campaigns and recruit fighters.

American R&B singer Chris Brown, former boyfriend of superstar Rihanna, was Friday remanded in custody until June 13 by a UK court, charged with assault over a 2023 incident.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday blamed "Russian hackers" for a cyberattack that knocked his ruling party's website offline ahead of a presidential vote this weekend.

An American-Lebanese man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural center.

Lawyers for 252 Venezuelans deported by US President Donald Trump's administration and imprisoned in El Salvador for two months alleged Friday that the migrants are victims of physical and emotional "torture."

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on Friday appealed the dismissal of its president Ednaldo Rodrigues to the Supreme Court, a day after a lower court invalidated his employment contract over suspicions of forgery.