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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court dropped three money laundering charges against jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak on Friday, in a case linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of a state fund. Najib was previously…

The billionaire slated to take over the controlling interest in the Los Angeles Lakers has built a career leading businesses investing in everything from sports franchises to artificial intelligence. Mark Walter is CEO of the global…

LONDON (AP) — Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters. Deezer, based in Paris, is grappling with a surge in music on its platform…

The Los Angeles Dodgers open a three-game series at home against the Washington Nationals on Friday.

The Athletics open a three-game series at home against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday.

The San Francisco Giants host the Boston Red Sox to start a three-game series.

The Los Angeles Angels start a three-game series at home against the Houston Astros on Friday.

The San Diego Padres take on the Kansas City Royals after Xander Bogaerts' four-hit game on Thursday.

It took seven games over 11 days for the simmer to reach full boil. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres flashed playoff intensity in their long-awaited first two series of the season and went face-to-face, quite literally,…

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Bangladesh held the upper hand at the end of Day 4 of the series-opening cricket test against Sri Lanka, reaching 177-3 in their second innings to lead by 187 runs Friday. With seven wickets in the hutch and the…

Today is Friday, June 20, the 171st day of 2025. There are 194 days left in the year. Summer begins today. Today in history: On June 20, 1967, boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to…

A week into their war, Israel and Iran have exchanged more strikes while diplomatic efforts led by the Europeans took place in Geneva. Iran’s foreign minister held hours of meetings Friday with the European Union’s top diplomat and…

Israel and Iran have struck at one another again a week into their war as President Donald Trump weighs U.S. involvement. Key European ministers met with Iran’s top diplomat in Geneva Friday in a scramble to de-escalate the conflict, but…

LIRA, Uganda (AP) — The bicycle parked in Lucy Abalo’s compound doesn’t belong to her. Any one of the hundreds of people in her village can show up and ask to use it. A man might wish to take his pregnant wife for a checkup. A woman might…

GENEVA (AP) — A meeting between Iran’s foreign minister and top European diplomats on Friday yielded hopes of further talks but no immediate concrete breakthrough, a week after the crisis centered on the Iranian nuclear program erupted into…