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Pakistan ex-PM Khan granted bail after unlawful arrest

Islamabad (AFP) - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was granted bail by the Islamabad High Court on Friday, after his arrest on corruption charges this week sparked deadly clashes before being declared illegal.

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Ukraine claims Bakhmut gains despite Russian denials

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said Friday that its forces had recaptured chunks of territory around the embattled city of Bakhmut, even as President Volodymr Zelensky insists his army needs more time before launching an expected spring offensive.

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Tea giants lose certification after Kenya sex abuse probe

Nairobi (AFP) - An international body said it had suspended its certification for two major global tea companies after an investigation into a sexual abuse scandal in Kenya.

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'Wide open' for business: Russia makes play for Gulf money

Abu Dhabi (AFP) - Grappling with sanctions and an exodus of foreign firms, Moscow is looking to investors from oil-rich Arab Gulf states as the West locks it out over the war in Ukraine.

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Stenson resigns from European Tour after sanctions

London (AFP) - Axed Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson has resigned his European Tour membership after golf chiefs imposed further sanctions on players who competed in LIV Golf and Asian Tour events without permission.

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Sudan conflict wreaks havoc on small businesses

Khartoum (AFP) - At a market outside Sudan's capital, where battles continue to rage, Ibrahim Abdelqadir sat for hours waiting for customers to buy his produce but by the end of the day, it remains unsold.

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Army, 'foreign' fighters killed 500 in Mali in March 2022: UN report

Dakar (AFP) - The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday.

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Fierce Gaza fighting renews as truce hopes fade

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel and Gaza militants traded heavy fire Friday as hopes faded of securing a truce to end days of fighting that have killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian.

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Sudan warring sides make humanitarian pledge without truce

Khartoum (AFP) - Warplanes roared overhead as explosions rocked Khartoum on Friday, just hours after Sudan's warring parties agreed to respect humanitarian principles in their spiralling conflict, without a truce in sight.

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Top French museum flips the Roma narrative

Marseille (AFP) - The faces of the Roma community's best and brightest beam down at visitors from a multicoloured wall inside one of France's top museums.

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Pope warns of Italy's 'demographic winter'

Rome (AFP) - Pope Francis called Friday for politicians to find solutions to reverse Italy's declining birthrate, warning that young people faced a "Titanic effort" to start families in a precarious environment.

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'Hostile' US policies on China risk dividing world: Stiglitz

Niigata (Japan) (AFP) - "Hostile" US policies on China risk splitting the world into two blocs, Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz told AFP on Friday, urging the West to offer investment not "lectures" to developing countries.

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Gaza fighting enters fourth day amid hopes for truce

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel's military launched further strikes on Gaza Friday after militants fired rockets from the territory, on the fourth day of fighting which has killed dozens of Palestinians and one in Israel.

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Markets mixed as traders weigh inflation, China talks and debt ceiling

Hong Kong (AFP) - Markets were mixed Friday as traders weighed a range of issues including US debt ceiling hopes, high-level talks between Washington and Beijing, banking sector uncertainty and more signs of a slowing economy.

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'I want it banned': reality TV targeted in Serbia after shootings

Belgrade (AFP) - Serbian TV is a diet of women being beaten and threats issued at gunpoint.But this is not fiction.It is reality shows where, among others, infamous mobsters and war criminals are the stars.

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UK economy ekes out growth in first quarter

London (AFP) - Britain's economy grew 0.1 percent over the first quarter despite weakening in March, official data revealed Friday, as output continues to be hit by high inflation and strikes.

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Pakistan ex-PM Khan arrives in court after unlawful arrest

Islamabad (AFP) - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan appeared at court for a bail hearing on Friday, after the Supreme Court ruled unlawful his arrest this week that triggered deadly clashes across the country.

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World sport returns to China after years of Covid cancellations

Shanghai (AFP) - China will next week host its first major international sports event since abandoning strict Covid rules, heralding the return of elite competition to the country after more than three years.

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Jokic triple-double as Nuggets down Suns, Tatum keeps Celtics going

Los Angeles (AFP) - The Denver Nuggets crushed the Phoenix Suns 125-100 on Thursday to become the first team to reach the NBA conference finals as the Boston Celtics forced a decisive game seven against the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Desperate Espanyol aiming to delay rivals Barca's title glory

Barcelona (AFP) - Espanyol host Catalan derby rivals Barcelona on Sunday with a dual aim -- earning three vital points in the battle for survival and also delaying the visitors' La Liga title triumph.

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Bitter race for top UN migration job enters home stretch

Geneva (AFP) - After months of an unusually acrimonious leadership battle, the International Organization for Migration next week holds elections to decide whether its current chief or his next-in-command will steer the UN agency for the next four years.

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Australian former rugby and NFL player jailed for sex assault

Sydney (AFP) - Former Australia rugby league star and San Francisco 49er Jarryd Hayne was jailed on Friday for four years and nine months for sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.

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On Galapagos Islands, Darwin's flycatcher makes a tiny comeback

Quito (AFP) - Darwin's flycatcher, a small bird with striking vermilion plumage, is making modest but noticeable headway on the Galapagos Islands in its battle back from near extinction, the remote archipelago's national park said Thursday.

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Uncertainty as Covid-era US border rules expire

El Paso (United States) (AFP) - Pandemic-era rules that have allowed US border guards to summarily expel hundreds of thousands of would-be asylum-seekers expired Friday, setting up an uncertain future for migrants and inflaming America's always-churning immigration debate.

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EU looks for united voice on China

Stockholm (AFP) - EU foreign ministers meet Friday to seek a common approach on lessening Europe's reliance on China and coaxing Beijing to take a tougher stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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