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Rancher BJ Fuchs hasn't been able to let his guard down as wildfires advanced in Canada's Alberta province, so far sparing his farm in Shining Bank but scorching forests and grasslands all around it.

Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel announced his international retirement on Friday, after playing 15 years and winning 130 caps with the Red Devils.

James Anderson failed to take the field for Lancashire on Friday in what England will hope is merely a precautionary measure ahead of next month's Ashes series and not a prelude to a repeat of the 2019 campaign against arch-rivals Australia.

Oscar-winning US actor Jamie Foxx is out of hospital and recuperating from an unspecified medical emergency, his daughter and publicist said Friday.

Israel and Gaza militants traded heavy fire on Friday but Egyptian mediators launched a new bid to end days of fighting that has killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian.

Novak Djokovic fought his way into the third round of the Italian Open on Friday, beating Tomas Etcheverry 7-5 (7/6), 6-2 in a surprisingly tight encounter.

The largest Colombian "narco sub" ever recorded -- some 30 meters (100 feet) long and three meters wide -- has been decommissioned in the Pacific, with three tons of cocaine found on board, the country's navy reported Friday.

The United States bolted tough new immigration policies into place Friday, setting up an uncertain future for desperate migrants reaching its southern border as a top official expressed confidence the system will hold.

A blazing unbeaten century by Suryakumar Yadav helped Mumbai Indians beat the reigning IPL champions Gujarat Titans by 27 runs in Mumbai on Friday.

The United States bolted tough new immigration policies into place Friday, setting up an uncertain future for desperate migrants reaching its southern border as a top official expressed confidence the system will hold.

Novak Djokovic fought his way into the third round of the Italian Open on Friday after beating Tomas Etcheverry 7-5 (7/6), 6-2 in a surprisingly tight encounter.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators blocked a major motorway in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Friday to demand the resignation of top officials and curtailing violence in the media after two shootings that killed 17 people last week.

EU foreign ministers agreed on Friday on the need to "recalibrate" Europe's position on China, reducing dependencies and coaxing Beijing to take a tougher stance on Russia's war in Ukraine, the bloc's foreign policy chief said.

Prosecutors on Friday asked that Mohamed Haouas receive a two-year suspended sentence for his role as "leader" in a brawl in which the future France prop and his friends attacked like "a pack of wolves".

Reigning world 200m champion Noah Lyles and world 100m champion Fred Kerley will race at 200 meters in next month's New York Grand Prix, meet organizers announced Friday.

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs on Friday described his rivalry with US world champion Fred Kerley as "inspiring" as the Italian announced he will compete in next month's Paris Diamond League meet.

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady is in advanced talks to become a minority stakeholder in the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, according to multiple reports Friday.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was freed on bail by the Islamabad High Court on Friday, after his arrest on corruption charges this week sparked deadly clashes before being declared illegal.

Iran on Friday released two French citizens, including one also holding Irish nationality, as Paris urged Tehran to free other foreigners jailed by the Islamic republic.

Six of Europe's elite clubs will play friendly matches in the United States in July, organizers of the Soccer Champions Tour announced on Friday.

Jack Miller was fastest in both sessions at Le Mans on Friday, as practice opened for the French MotoGP, but remained wary of the "strange old track" where he was victorious in 2021.

With snow piled high on the roadsides, Italian outsider Davide Bais won stage seven of the Giro d'Italia from a breakaway on the highest peak in the Apennines on Friday.

Arman Soldin was barely a year old when his mother carried him onto a humanitarian flight from war-torn Bosnia to France.

Movie star Javier Bardem will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastian film festival, organisers said Friday.

Elon Musk has chosen top ad executive Linda Yaccarino to take the day-to-day reins of Twitter as he fights to reverse the tide at the struggling platform he bought for $44 billion last year.

Russia's Arman Adamian won a world judo title on Friday at the first major international team competition to welcome back Russian and Belarusian athletes since last year's invasion of Ukraine.

Kentucky Derby winner Mage will compete in next week's Preakness, giving the three-year-old chestnut colt a chance to sweep US horse racing's Triple Crown, his co-owners announced on Friday.

US President Joe Biden nominated Philip Jefferson to the number two job at the Federal Reserve Friday, a position left vacant since Lael Brainard left for the White House in February.

A Montenegro court on Friday paved the way for the release on bail of fugitive cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, as he awaits trial for document forgery.

With snow piled high on the roadsides, Italian outsider Davide Bais won stage seven of the Giro d'Italia from a breakaway on the highest peak in the Apennines on Friday.

Jack Miller was fastest in both sessions at Le Mans on Friday, as practice opened for the French MotoGP.

Carlos Alcaraz said Friday that he is in good shape ahead of his first ever match in the Italian Open, an all-Spanish clash with Albert Ramos-Vinolas.