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Real Madrid keen on Quansah - Friday's gossip
Real Madrid are keen on Bayer Leverkusen's Jarell Quansah, Liverpool are monitoring Club Tijuana's teenage midfielder Giberto Mora, plus more.
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The September jobs report will be released Friday. Here's what to expect
Wall Street is looking for job growth of 84,000 to close out the summer.
Science
NASA Features Exploration, Science at International Space Conference
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on Sept. 30, 2026, to reflect additional NASA activities. NASA will participate in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, from Monday, Oct. 5, to Friday, Oct. 9, highlighting America’s leadership in human exploration to the Moon and Mars, advancing responsible exploration under the Artemis Accords, world-changing […]
Politics
Brazil's President Lula bans online betting ahead of presidential election
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday signed an order banning fixed-odds betting just over a week ahead of the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt.
World
France: Pope says 'authentic secularity' does not exclude religion
Pope Leo XIV said on a visit to France on Friday that "authentic secularity" should not exclude religion, in a country where law has for more than a century separated church and state. "An authentic secularity, then, consists not in excluding religion from the public sphere or from education, but in striving to ensure that the state and religious institutions maintain dialogue and join forces in the service of the common good," he said.
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Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party wins parliamentary election
Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary election, taking 97 of 395 seats in the House of Representatives, according to final results announced by the Interior Ministry on Friday. The party, founded by a royal adviser close to King Mohammed VI and known by its French acronym PAM, fell short of an absolute majority and will need to negotiate with other parties to form a governing coalition.
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Rogue AI accessed federal websites, posted user images online, ChatGPT says
ChatGPT's AI agents have sidestepped OpenAI policy and posted some users’ images online without permission, the company said on Friday. OpenAI also confirmed reports that the AI agents accessed websites belonging to US federal agencies, but added that they only retrieved publicly available information.
Entertainment
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Unraveled’ Tour Setlist: Every Song Played on Opening Night in Connecticut
Olivia Rodrigo officially kicked off the “Unraveled” tour on Friday night with her first show at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, CT. Scroll down to see the setlist as it’s being updated live. The 86-date tour is in support of Rodrigo’s third album “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” which she released […]
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Pope Leo XIV welcomed like a rock star at Stade de France near Paris
"For the pope, for God, make some noise!": Blending gospel and contemporary Christian music, 80,000 young Catholics filled the Stade de France on Friday evening to proclaim their faith. They gave Pope Leo XIV a rock-star welcome as he arrived at the stadium in his 'popemobile'.
Science
NASA Welcomes San Marino Signing the Artemis Accords
The Republic of San Marino became the 76th signatory to the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in the city of Rimini on Friday with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “San Marino joins a growing coalition of like-minded nations committed to the peaceful, transparent, and responsible exploration of space,” said NASA Deputy Administrator […]
Politics
Yemen's president calls on his people to mobilise against Iran-backed Houthis
Yemen’s Riyadh-based President Rashid al-Alimi on Friday called on his people to mobilise and join the armed forces while offering a general amnesty to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have seized swaths of Yemen's Red Sea coast and imposed a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.
Sports
O'Neill left 'baffled' by refereeing in late NI win in Georgia
Michael O'Neill has said he was "baffled" by some of the refereeing decisions in Friday's 1-0 win in Georgia in the Nations League.
World
‘I hope France wakes up’: Young Catholics flood the streets for Pope Leo's Paris visit
Armed with paper fortune-tellers and pop worship songs, young French Catholics from the Anuncio movement fanned out into the crowds awaiting Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris on Friday, hoping to bring strangers closer to God in one of Europe's most secular countries.
Politics
Lots of pomp but little progress as Trump and Xi end state visit to DC
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping capped a state visit to Washington on Friday with pomp and pageantry but no real breakthroughs. Trump said he discussed the Iran war with Xi during his two-day visit, with both men confirming they will meet twice more before the end of the year.
Entertainment
All Things Go NYC Festival Canceled Due to ‘Severe Weather Conditions’
All Things Go NYC Festival has been canceled because of “severe weather conditions,” organizers said in a statement. The event was slated to take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Forest Hills Stadium, with performances from Zara Larsson, Lola Young, Brandi Carlile, Ethel Cain, Muna, Carly Rae Jepsen, and more. But the three-day festival has […]
World
EU releases €6.6 billion for members arming Ukraine as seven killed in Kyiv
European Union countries have agreed to release €6.6 billion from a fund meant to reimburse member states that have provided arms to Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday. At least seven people were killed in Russian strikes on Kyiv earlier in the day, according to local authorities.
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Pope Leon XIV greets crowds on 'popemobile' ride through Paris
Enthused believers hailed Pope Leo XIV as he waved to the crowds from a 'popemobile' in the French capital on Friday, after speeches calling for peace and warning against losing humanity in an AI-driven "paradise of machines". “He’s extraordinary”, said one person in the crowd just after the pope passed by.
Politics
US Supreme Court allows Trump to use controversial voter 'verification' system
The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled the Trump administration can use a controversial new federal database that would ostensibly verify voter citizenship in November’s elections. Critics argue the administration is exaggerating the threat of non-citizen voters – an extreme rarity in US elections – to implement policies that would disenfranchise likely Democratic voters.
Entertainment
Ed Sheeran's next US concerts cancelled due to storm warning
The star's concerts in Massachusetts on Friday and Saturday are cancelled after severe weather warnings.
World
EU vows to pursue €120 million fine on X after US backs Musk's court challenge
The European Union on Friday said it will pursue a €120 million fine against the X social network after the US Justice Department said it supported the efforts of X owner Elon Musk to have the case annulled. The bloc fined the platform in 2025 for breaching EU online transparency rules, notably with its pay-to-play blue "verification" checkmark.