US stocks edge lower from records as precious metals surge
Wall Street stocks edged down from records on Friday amid holiday-thinned trading while precious metals extended their year-long surge to record highs.
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Somalia denounces Israeli recognition of Somaliland
Somalia reacted angrily Friday after Israel formally recognised its northern region of Somaliland as an "independent and sovereign state" -- the first country country to do so.
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The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65
The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte has died aged 65, the legendary British dark rock band announced on Friday.
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Draper to miss Australian Open
British number one Jack Draper will miss the Australian Open next month as he continues to recover from an arm injury.
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Former Ivory Coast coach Gasset dies at 72
French football coach and ex-Ivory Coast manager Jean-Louis Gasset died on Friday at the age of 72, his former club Montpellier announced.
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Police arrest suspect after man stabs 3 women in Paris metro
French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital's end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors told AFP.
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Former Montpellier coach Gasset dies at 72
French football coach and "emblematic" figure Jean-Louis Gasset died on Friday at the age of 72, his former club Montpellier announced.
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Trump's Christmas gospel: bombs, blessings and blame
Christmas under Donald Trump brought air strikes abroad and political threats at home, as the US president used the holiday to project a vision of power rooted less in peace than in grievance, even as his top lieutenants leaned hard into their Christian faith.
Read moreSalah helps 10-man Egypt beat South Africa and book last-16 place
Mohamed Salah scored as 10-man Egypt beat South Africa 1-0 in Agadir on Friday to become the first qualifiers for the knockout stage of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Russia lashes out at Zelensky ahead of new Trump meeting on Ukraine plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is to meet President Donald Trump in Florida this weekend, but Russia accused him and his EU backers Friday of seeking to "torpedo" a US-brokered plan to stop the fighting.
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