Pope to hold giant mass on Champs-Elysees
Pope Leo XIV is to celebrate an open-air mass for some 600,000 believers on Saturday on the French capital's Place de la Concorde and adjoining Champs-Elysees.
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'Leo, Leo': Young Catholics give pope rockstar welcome in France
Waving a homemade sign reading, "I can't, I've got the pope," 17-year-old Marie Mabre joined tens of thousands of young Catholics who flocked to see Pope Leo XIV at a stadium near Paris on Friday evening.
Read moreTikTok to pay Alabama $100 mn under pre-trial settlement
TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact limits for teen users, avoiding a trial set to begin next week in the southern US state over claims related to child safety on the platform.
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Lula bans sports betting days ahead of Brazil's election
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday banned sports betting sites, the biggest sponsor of the country's football clubs, just days before a nailbiter election in which he is seeking a fourth term.
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Internationals take 7-3 Presidents Cup lead after foursomes sweep
The Internationals completed a sensational foursomes clean sweep Friday to surge into a commanding 7-3 lead over the United States at the Presidents Cup.
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Guatemala ensures survival of vulnerable 'fossil' fish
In a freshwater canal surrounded by mangroves in southern Guatemala, hundreds of baby tropical gars -- a torpedo-shaped fish with an alligator-like snout dubbed the "fossil fish" -- are released into the wild.
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Brazil team returns to Colombian site of doomed jet crash
Ten years after a plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team ran out of fuel and crashed in Colombia, the club returned to the disaster site on Friday to attend a tribute to the 71 victims.
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Mancini finds positives in Italy loss, accepts fans' jeers
Roberto Mancini accepted boos from Italy fans as a normal part of the game but insisted there were positives to take from a 2-0 defeat to Belgium on his return as head coach.
Read moreUS celebrates Dolly Parton day on 9/25
Cities and states across the US celebrated the inaugural Dolly Parton Day on Friday -- 9/25 -- a date that recalls one of the late country icon's most beloved hits.
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Mbappe injured as Zidane wins on France debut, Italy lose on Mancini return
Zinedine Zidane's debut as France coach was overshadowed by an injury to captain Kylian Mbappe in a 1-0 win away to Turkey on Friday, while Roberto Mancini's first game back in charge of Italy ended in a 2-0 defeat to Belgium.
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