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Alcaraz 'feeling good' ahead of Italian Open debut

Rome (AFP) - Carlos Alcaraz said Friday that he is in good shape ahead of his first ever match in the Italian Open, an all-Spanish clash with Albert Ramos-Vinolas.

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Spurs interim boss Mason backs Kane criticisms of club culture

London (AFP) - Tottenham interim manager Ryan Mason believes Harry Kane is right to question the club's culture change since Mauricio Pochettino was sacked.

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Former captain Sammy takes over as West Indies white ball coach

St. John's (Antigua and Barbuda) (AFP) - Daren Sammy, the only man to lead his side to two T20 World Cup titles, was on Friday appointed the new head coach of West Indies' white ball teams, the national federation announced.

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Battery makers turn northern French region into 'electric valley'

Dunkirk (France) (AFP) - Global battery makers are turning a formerly depressed northern French region into a 21st-century manufacturing hub and a key European source of new energy technology.

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UN outlines five days of horror in Mali's Moura

Dakar (AFP) - A damning report released Friday by the United Nations on a March 2022 incident in Moura, central Mali, describes five days of horror during which at least 500 people were allegedly executed by Malian and "foreign" soldiers.

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Wendy Sherman, key US diplomat on China and Iran, to retire

Washington (AFP) - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who managed delicate relations with China and earlier led painstaking negotiations with Iran and North Korea, said Friday she would retire, exactly 30 years after her first State Department job.

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US lawmaker Santos agrees to plea deal in Brazil fraud case

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Scandal-plagued US congressman George Santos, indicted this week on 13 charges, has agreed to a plea deal to settle a separate case over using a stolen checkbook in Brazil in 2008, officials said Friday.

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Eurovision has disrupted Man City schedule, says Guardiola

London (AFP) - Pep Guardiola says Saturday's Eurovision final has given him a headache as he seeks to keep Manchester City's treble bid on track.

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Lampard says Chelsea flops will 'play for pride'

London (AFP) - Frank Lampard says his struggling Chelsea stars will "play for pride" as they look to salvage a top-10 finish in the Premier League at the end of a dismal season.

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Arteta says Arsenal still believe in title chances

London (AFP) - Mikel Arteta says "everything is still to play for" as he prepares his title-chasing Arsenal team to host Brighton in the Premier League on Sunday.

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Something fishy going on: 10 days in jail for US tournament cheats

Washington (AFP) - The scales of justice have caught two anglers found cheating during a fishing tournament in the midwestern US state of Ohio.

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Eurovision strikes wrong note with UK over Zelensky ban

Liverpool (AFP) - The UK government on Friday hit out at European broadcasters for banning a Eurovision message by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as host city Liverpool decked out in yellow and blue for the annual carnival of kitsch.

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Top exec leaves NBCUniversal amid Twitter CEO reports

San Francisco (AFP) - A top advertising executive stepped down from NBCUniversal on Friday and is understood to be first in line to become the next CEO of Twitter, replacing owner Elon Musk.

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Ten Hag urges Man Utd to keep calm as Liverpool push for top four

London (AFP) - Erik ten Hag insists Manchester United can ignore the threat from Liverpool despite a recent blip that allowed their rivals back into the race to finish in the Premier League's top four.

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Ukraine claims Bakhmut gains after uptick in fighting

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said on Friday it had retaken swathes of ground near the frontline city of Bakhmut, as Russia insisted it had repelled an attack along a broad stretch of the front line.

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French fan takes over final Fast and Furious films

Paris (AFP) - French director Louis Leterrier was a regular fan of "The Fast and the Furious" when the multi-billion-dollar franchise started more than two decades ago.Now he is finishing it.

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Barcelona mayor eyes re-election as Spain campaign starts

Barcelona (AFP) - After eight years running City Hall, Barcelona's left-wing mayor, Ada Colau, is eyeing a third mandate on May 28, when Spain votes in local and regional elections whose outcome is unclear.

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US Marine vet surrenders to manslaughter charge in New York subway death

New York (AFP) - A US Marine veteran surrendered to police Friday to face a manslaughter charge over the chokehold death of a homeless man behaving erratically on New York City's subway.

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In Gaza, Palestinian Islamic Jihad's 'balancing act'

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad has entered a second conflict with Israel in less than a year, with experts saying the Iran-backed movement is balancing competing interests as it insists on armed resistance.

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'Borshch war' volunteers make Ukraine frontline food

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Volunteers in camouflage aprons packed the ingredients for Ukraine's UNESCO-recognised borshch soup into ready-to-make kits, preparing food with a symbolic weight for troops battling Russia's invasion.

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Portuguese parliament legalises euthanasia

Lisbon (AFP) - After a long battle, Portugal on Friday passed a law legalising euthanasia for people in great suffering and with incurable diseases, joining just a handful of countries around the world.

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Colours and music clash as Thai parties rally

Bangkok (AFP) - Opposing colours, ideologies and songs were on display across Thailand's capital Friday as thousands of supporters turned out for the final rallies ahead of an election that is shaping up to be a generational clash.

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Man City fully focused on Everton, says Guardiola

London (AFP) - Pep Guardiola said all thoughts about Manchester City's Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid have been banished ahead of Sunday's Premier League trip to Everton.

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Iran frees two jailed French citizens: Paris

Paris (AFP) - Iran on Friday released two French citizens jailed in separate cases, France said, urging Tehran to release four others still detained in the Islamic republic.

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Stocks up as traders weigh inflation, China talks and debt

London (AFP) - US and European stock markets rose Friday as traders weighed a range of issues including US debt-ceiling hopes, talks between Washington and Beijing and more signs of a slowing economy.

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