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Parisse rolls back the years to guide Toulon to Challenge Cup title

Dublin (AFP) - Italy veteran Sergio Parisse scored as Toulon beat Glasgow 43-19 on Friday to win their first Challenge Cup title.

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Pentagon leaks suspect to remain jailed pending trial

Worcester (United States) (AFP) - The US airman accused of leaking top-secret documents will remain in jail pending trial, a federal judge ruled Friday, after prosecutors argued that he posed an ongoing risk to American national security.

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San Francisco names America's first drag laureate

San Francisco (AFP) - San Francisco has tapped a popular nightclub owner to be its first drag laureate, creating the ambassador-style position at a time when America's LGBTQ community fears an erosion of its rights amid rising conservative attacks.

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Legendary Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown dies at 87

Los Angeles (AFP) - Jim Brown, the legendary Cleveland Browns running back who was one of the NFL's most prolific players and a civil rights icon has died at the age of 87, his family and the team confirmed on Friday.

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US Republicans put brakes on debt crisis talks

Washington (AFP) - The threat of a US default was raised a notch on Friday after a "pause" in debt ceiling talks between the White House and the Republican opposition as the two sides wrangle with deep disagreements.

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Australia's Smith misses out on Sussex century

London (AFP) - Australia star batsman Steve Smith was dismissed just 11 runs short of a hundred on Friday in what could be his final innings for English county Sussex.

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Sudan's Burhan sacks rival general as war drags on

Khartoum (AFP) - Sudan's de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan sacked his deputy-turned-rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo Friday, as forces loyal to the feuding generals pressed on with fighting in both Khartoum and Darfur.

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'New Greece' or 'nightmare'? Rivals in last pitch before Sunday's vote

Athens (AFP) - Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged voters to return him to power to build a "new Greece", while his rival called for an end to the "nightmare" of his term, in closing rallies Friday ahead of the most uncertain general election in a decade.

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Suspended Halep receives additional doping charge

Paris (AFP) - Former world number one Simona Halep has been charged with a further breach of anti-doping rules, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirmed on Friday.

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Nuggets coach blasts 'national narrative' spotlighting Lakers

Los Angeles (AFP) - Denver coach Michael Malone thinks the world should wake up to the greatness of two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic and his Nuggets teammates -- who incidentally have a 2-0 lead over the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals.

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Hetmyer, Jaiswal dump Curran's Punjab out of IPL

Dharamsala (India) (AFP) - Shimron Hetmyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal starred as Rajasthan Royals dumped Punjab Kings out of the IPL on Friday, capping a poor season for the league's most expensive ever player Sam Curran.

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Scheffler, Hovland charge at PGA as DeChambeau tees off

Rochester (United States) (AFP) - Second-ranked Scottie Scheffler and Norway's Viktor Hovland made birdie-birdie starts to leap atop the leaderboard as Bryson DeChambeau teed off in Friday's second round of the PGA Championship.

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After SpaceX, NASA taps Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon lander

Washington (AFP) - Two years after awarding Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander.

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Haney puts undisputed lightweight title on line against Lomachenko

Los Angeles (AFP) - Unbeaten Devin Haney puts his undisputed lightweight world title on the line against former three-division Vasiliy Lomachenko of Ukraine on Saturday in Las Vegas.

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Zelensky says 'some' Arab leaders turn 'blind eye' to Russian invasion

Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused some Arab leaders of ignoring the horrors of Russia's invasion of his country during a speech Friday at an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia.

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Club pro Block puts himself in the hunt at PGA Championship

Rochester (United States) (AFP) - Michael Block, a club professional living out a golf fairy tale, has put himself into contention at the PGA Championship after back-to-back rounds of level par 70 at Oak Hill.

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Young gets two-shot PGA penalty for playing from wrong spot

Rochester (United States) (AFP) - World number 15 Cameron Young was given a two-stroke penalty in Friday's second round of the PGA Championship after making a tap-in putt from an incorrect spot.

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Anderson adamant 'nobody in the world' can handle England at their best

London (AFP) - James Anderson believes "nobody in the world" can cope with England at their best as they bid to regain the Ashes from arch-rivals Australia.

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Republicans pause debt talks as W.House says 'real differences'

Washington (AFP) - Republicans have paused crunch US debt default talks less than two weeks before a potentially catastrophic default, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday, citing lack of movement from Democrats.

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Tim Scott bids to be first Black Republican US president

Washington (AFP) - US Senator Tim Scott is running to become the first Black Republican president, papers filed with the Federal Election Commission showed on Friday.

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Offers of aid as Italy reels from 'worst flood in a century'

Faenza (Italy) (AFP) - Italy received offers of international aid on Friday for floods, described as its worst for a century, which killed 14 people and left thousands stranded in waterlogged homes or in evacuation centres.

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Cannes gets rare look at real life in Chinese factories

Cannes (France) (AFP) - Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing got incredible access to the inner workings of his country's textile industry by spending five years with its employees, but he fears it may be more difficult for him to work there in future.

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Ukraine's Kalinina outduels Russia's Kudermetova to reach Rome final

Rome (AFP) - Anhelina Kalinina of the Ukraine reached the second WTA final of her career with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 defeat of Russia's Veronika Kudermetova at the Italian Open on Friday.

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Hollywood stance on writers strike is obscene: Sean Penn

Cannes (France) (AFP) - Actor Sean Penn gave his full support to the ongoing writers' strike in Hollywood on Friday, saying it was a "human obscenity" that studios were not taking seriously concerns over artificial intelligence.

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No revenge mission for Cullen's Leinster in Champions Cup final rematch

Dublin (AFP) - Leinster head coach Leo Cullen said on Friday revenge is not on his mind as they face La Rochelle again in this weekend's Champions Cup final.

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