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Three new Star Wars movies are in the making, studio executives announced Friday, including the first film in the cinematic universe to be directed by a woman.

Second-round play at the 87th Masters was suspended on Friday afternoon as stormy weather approached Augusta National Golf Club.

Brooks Koepka stormed into the lead at the Masters on Friday and then warned his rivals that he is back in the form that saw him win four major titles and rise to the top of the sport.

Napoli had unfortunate Antonino Gallo's own goal to thank for getting their bid for a first Serie A title since 1990 back on track with a 2-1 win at Lecce on Friday, with a Champions League showdown with AC Milan around the corner.

A huge black hole is tearing through space, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long trail of newborn stars, space scientists say.

French policemen said they were "mentally exhausted" when they were recorded threatening arrested protesters, in a case that has triggered an investigation, an internal report showed Friday.

Krunal Pandya's 3-18 led a wounding spin attack for Lucknow Super Giants to outclass Sunrisers Hyderabad on a slow pitch during Friday's five-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League.

Four-time major winner and LIV Golf rebel Brooks Koepka seized command of the Masters with a sizzling five-under par 67 early in Friday's second round at Augusta National.

Antonio Candreva snatched a last-gasp 1-1 draw for Salernitana against wasteful Inter Milan on Friday with a bizarre goal which inched his team closer to Serie A safety.

Four-time major winner and LIV Golf rebel Brooks Koepka seized command of the Masters with a sizzling five-under par 67, grabbing a five-stroke lead early in Friday's second round at Augusta National.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the first quarter of 2023 was one of the worst on record, according to official figures released on Friday.

Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power Friday, two days after an ice storm killed two people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in Montreal.

Moscow has formally charged US journalist Evan Gershkovich with espionage, Russian news agencies reported Friday, adding that he had denied the accusations.

Frank Lampard says his turbulent spell in charge of Everton made him a better manager as he prepares to return to the dugout for his second spell as Chelsea boss.

Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed on Friday to survive another stint in hospital, as the 86-year-old media mogul showed signs of improvement following treatment for leukaemia and a lung infection.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he was undeterred by the club's poor record at Anfield, targeting a win against Liverpool on Sunday that would keep them on course to win the Premier League title.

Four-time major winner and LIV Golf rebel Brooks Koepka made an eagle and a birdie in an early charge to grab a three-stroke lead at the turn in Friday's second round of the 87th Masters.

Tour Down Under champion Grace Brown believes the Paris-Roubaix deserves its fearsome nickname, ahead of Saturday's race.

Stepping out of a chocolate shop in France's capital, 90-year-old Maurice Ryffel said price hikes were not going to get in the way of him enjoying some Easter eggs.

South Africa said Friday it had learnt with "shock and dismay" that the United Arab Emirates had turned down its request to extradite two brothers accused of orchestrating industrial-scale corruption.

When Russia invaded last February, Ukraine's Olympic artistic swimmers Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiiva received a barrage of messages from Russian athletes, reassuring them Moscow's forces were actually coming to their aid.

US job gains eased in March for a second straight month, government data showed Friday, adding to signs that the economy is cooling as policymakers push on in their fight against inflation.

Erling Haaland is fit to return for Saturday's Premier League trip to Southampton, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola confirmed on Friday.

The French judiciary is launching a probe into the controversial expulsion of a Chechen dissident back to Russia where he was subsequently jailed, a source said.

For centuries, African slaves and emancipated men marched in Seville's Easter parades, carrying statues of Christ and the Virgin on their shoulders as part of a unique brotherhood that remains active today.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday threatened to abandon a landmark grain deal with Ukraine if obstacles to Moscow's exports remained.

Masters co-leader Brooks Koepka, a four-time major winner and rebel LIV Golf star, was set for an early charge on Friday as the second round began at Augusta National.

International sports bodies are taking wildly varying stances on allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes and teams to compete while the war in Ukraine continues.

Jurgen Klopp says his struggling Liverpool team must show "reaction after reaction" when they face Premier League leaders Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday.

French President Emmanuel Macron met a warm welcome from the Chinese public on his state visit this week, a sharp contrast to the ongoing anger and protests against pension reforms back home.

Carlo Ancelotti believes Karim Benzema, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos will stay at Real Madrid next season, the Los Blancos coach told a news conference Friday.

Two Israeli women were killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank on Friday, just hours after Israel bombarded Gaza and Lebanon following rocket fire by Palestinian militants.