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Clark seizes early second-round lead at US Open

Clark seizes early second-round lead at US Open

Wyndham Clark fired a three-under-par 67 on a "spicier" Los Angeles Country Club North Course Friday to take a one-shot lead on nine-under par early in the second round of the US Open.

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Uruguay to melt Nazi bronze eagle, recast it as peace dove

Uruguay to melt Nazi bronze eagle, recast it as peace dove

Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove of peace, the South American country's president said Friday.

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US trucker guilty of 2018 synagogue massacre

US trucker guilty of 2018 synagogue massacre

A truck driver was convicted on Friday of massacring 11 Jewish worshippers five years ago in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history.

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Stokes' bold declaration 'no surprise' to Bairstow

Stokes' bold declaration 'no surprise' to Bairstow

England captain Ben Stokes' bold declaration on the opening day of the first Ashes Test may have come as a shock to cricket traditionalists, but it was "no surprise" to team-mate Jonny Bairstow.

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Hungarian govt, media set sights on Soros son

Hungarian govt, media set sights on Soros son

After years of demonising billionaire investor George Soros as a sinister liberal bogeyman, the Hungarian government and its allied media are taking aim at a fresh target -- his son Alexander.

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Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dead at 92

Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dead at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War, died on Friday, his family announced. He was 92.

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Ukraine troops secure village as new push seeks momentum

Ukraine troops secure village as new push seeks momentum

The blue and gold flag flying above the shattered doorway of the Blagodatne cultural centre is Ukrainian, but the soldiers lying dead inside are Russian.

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Opening Canada F1 practice cut to five minutes by circuit power problems 

Opening Canada F1 practice cut to five minutes by circuit power problems 

Opening free practice at the Canadian Grand Prix was hit by power and communications infrastructure problems that ended the action after only five minutes on Friday.

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African leaders urge de-escalation after missile attack on Kyiv

African leaders urge de-escalation after missile attack on Kyiv

A delegation of African leaders met President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday and told Russia and Ukraine to de-escalate and negotiate, hours after sheltering from missile strikes on Kyiv.

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Putin proclaims end of 'ugly neo-colonialism'

Putin proclaims end of 'ugly neo-colonialism'

President Vladimir Putin on Friday proclaimed the end of "neo-colonialism" in international politics and praised Russia's economic strategy following its ruptured ties with the West.

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