Lappartient beat incumbent Brian Cookson by a landslide 37 votes to eight at the global cycling governing body's congress in Bergen.

The Ligue 1 leaders travel to Montpellier on Saturday looking to make it seven straights wins to kick off the season.

Juventus lost their European curtain raiser 3-0 to Barcelona and sparks should fly in the highly-anticipated Turin derby.

The bankers were said to have operated an illegal microfinance company and used it to defraud people.

Shatta Wale has fallen into the traps of Twitter trolls yet again.

Figures from the U.S. State Department stated that on B Visas, which deal with tourism or business, Ghana was ranked 7th with 65.7% of such visa applications denied in the 2016 fiscal year.

He once took a $60,000 (£44,228) around-the-world trip on Emirates first class for $300 (£221).

Some Ghanaians have since last week hit hard at the artiste after accusations by Patapaa that Lil Win was trying to ride on his fame by releasing a similar song which would bring down his One Corner.

This is a further signal of Microsoft's increased interest in its hardware operations.

Ghana defeated Niger 2-0, while Nigeria edged Benin 1-0 to set a date in the final on Sunday

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President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Friday that Iran would boost its ballistic missile capabilities despite criticism from the United States and also France.

Bangladesh's refugee camps are on the brink of a "public health disaster," Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned, saying filthy water and faeces flow through shanties now bursting with Rohinyga Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar.

A senior Syrian opposition activist and her journalist daughter have been found dead at their apartment in Istanbul, the Dogan news agency reported on Friday.

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Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan man suspected of cooperating with a cell that carried out the attacks that killed 16 people in Barcelona and a nearby seaside resort last month, Spain's interior minister said Friday.

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A tableau of white sandy beaches, colourful coral reefs and turquoise water, the islands of Raja Ampat are set to be Indonesia's next tourism hotspot -- but locals fear the government is failing both them and the environment in its development push.

New Zealand opposition leader Jacinda Ardern conceded she needed more time to win over wavering voters Friday, as parties made their final pitches in what has been a rollercoaster election campaign.