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Less than a year after the worst wildfires in Bolivia's history, farmers face a choice: continue starting blazes to clear land for agriculture, or plant trees to mitigate worsening droughts.

NSW Waratahs coach Dan McKellar praised the "bucket loads" of fight his team showed in a narrow Super Rugby win over Fijian Drua, but blasted them for "nearly beating ourselves".

Six-time world champion Marc Marquez grabbed pole position ahead of brother Alex for Sunday's season-opening MotoGP race at Buriram in Thailand.

Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani homered in the first at-bat of his pre-season debut on Friday, quieting any lingering concern that his surgically repaired left shoulder might slow him in the upcoming Major League Baseball campaign.

Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points to fuel the league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers in a 123-116 come-from-behind statement win over the reigning NBA champion Celtics in Boston on Friday.

Virat Kohli is set for his 300th ODI on Sunday in the latest landmark for the Indian batting great after silencing doubts over his form and future with a match-winning Champions Trophy century.

The first phase of the Israel-Hamas truce is due to expire on Saturday, but negotiations on the next stage, which should secure a permanent ceasefire, have so far been inconclusive.

Toxic smoke billows from a burning mound of plastic bags and leaves on Le Thi Huyen's farm in Hanoi, a city battling an alarming air pollution surge that the communist government appears in no hurry to fix.

The fiery altercation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday was shocking but not entirely unexpected, analysts say, with the way forward for Kyiv looking increasingly uncertain.

In lighting the match that set off an extraordinary public clash with Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky, US Vice President JD Vance has again shown his steely determination in pushing his "America First" worldview.

Sunday's Oscars gala looks set for a nail-biting finale, with "Anora" and "Conclave" equally tipped by pundits to win best picture after a twisty awards season in which favorites have swiftly risen and spectacularly faltered.

Struggling US chip maker Intel on Friday pushed out the timeline for completing two new fabrication plants in Ohio, saying it is taking a prudent approach to the $28 billion project.

Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his relations with the United States can still be repaired after President Donald Trump shouted at him in an angry White House meltdown accusing the Ukrainian leader of refusing to make peace with Russia.

Swedish Olympic champion Armand Duplantis broke his own world record on Friday at the All Star Pole Vault in Clermont-Ferrand, France and then promoted another type of record.

Jake Knapp came down to earth after his stunning opening round 59 with his one-under-par 70 on Friday cutting his lead at the PGA Tour Cognizant Classic to a single stroke.

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman had likely been dead for over a week when he and his wife were found lifeless in their New Mexico home, the local sheriff said Friday.

Swedish Olympic champion Armand Duplantis broke his own world record on Friday at the All Star Pole Vault in Clermont-Ferrand, France and then promoted another type of record.

Swedish Olympic champion Armand Duplantis improved his own world record on Friday at the All Star Pole Vault in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Wall Street stocks finished a downcast week on a positive note Friday on a mixed day for global equities, while bitcoin slid below $80,000 for the first time since November.

Goals from Michael Olise, Leon Goretzka and Kingsley Coman took Bayern Munich to a come-from-behind 3-1 win at Stuttgart on Friday and sent them 11 points clear in the Bundesliga with 10 games remaining.

Philadelphia's star center Joel Embiid will miss the rest of the NBA regular season as he and the team continue to seek a solution for the left knee trouble that has hindered him this season, the 76ers said on Friday.

Marco Asensio fired Aston Villa into the FA Cup quarter-finals as the Spanish forward struck twice in a 2-0 win against Cardiff on Friday.

Ordinary Ukrainians were dumbfounded by Friday's raised-voice confrontation between President Volodymyr Zelensky and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House.

Goals from Michael Olise, Leon Goretzka and Kingsley Coman took Bayern Munich to a come-from-behind 3-1 win at Stuttgart on Friday and sent them 11 points clear in the Bundesliga with 10 games remaining.

Even by his standards, President Donald Trump generated a pile of eye-popping news items this week. Here are some of the highlights:

US President Donald Trump erupted at Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, angrily sending the Ukrainian leader out of the White House after an extraordinary Oval Office meltdown because he was "not ready" for peace with Russia.

It all seemed to be going so well. Then things between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky went jaw-droppingly wrong, jaw-droppingly fast.

European leaders threw their support behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a raised-voice spat on Friday with Donald Trump sent shockwaves across the world, casting doubts over efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Rodri has returned to training as the Manchester City midfielder looks to return ahead of schedule after suffering a serious knee injury in September.

If US President Donald Trump is to be taken at his word, Mexican imports to the United States will be hit with 25-percent tariffs on Tuesday.

Donald Trump's aid freeze was announced as a review that would last 90 days. Instead, the US president has unleashed sweeping cuts that relief groups say have already hurt millions around the world.

For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, but in Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq it will start the following day, authorities announced.