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1:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on “several senior Rwandan officials for fueling instability” in eastern Congo, the State Department said on Friday, intensifying pressure on the East African country after sanctions announced earlier this week

1:27 PM on Friday, March 6

Sprinter Fred Kerley has received a two-year ban for missing drug tests — a suspension that shouldn’t impact the 30-year-old former world champion because he has signed to run in a league that does not prohibit performance enhancers

12:51 PM on Friday, March 6

Dallas Wings star Arike Ogunbowale was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery after police say she punched a man in the face at a Miami nightclub

12:47 PM on Friday, March 6

Georgia’s races for governor and U.S. Senate are taking shape as candidates qualify and begin their sprint to the May 19 party primaries

11:50 AM on Friday, March 6

Legal experts say a U.S. submarine’s deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law

11:47 AM on Friday, March 6

Tunisian authorities have detained pro‑Palestinian activists as an international group prepares a new flotilla aimed at bringing aid to Gaza

11:40 AM on Friday, March 6

Assisted by a glittering, pink soccer ball, Lionel Messi crossed yet another frontier with his visit to the White House

11:27 AM on Friday, March 6

Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has opened a photography exhibition in Athens days before he is due to attend the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles

11:17 AM on Friday, March 6

The New York Times is urging a federal judge to block a Pentagon policy that has limited access to the building for journalists from many mainstream news outlets

11:16 AM on Friday, March 6

Steve Carell has a new HBO comedy that digs into the awkward push and pull between dads and adult daughters

11:02 AM on Friday, March 6

A new study shows heat waves increasingly trigger sudden, severe droughts across the world as the planet warms

11:01 AM on Friday, March 6

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun

10:58 AM on Friday, March 6

Paris Fashion Week is delivering a forceful reminder of why it remains a capital of fashion, with blockbuster celebrity front rows, boundary-pushing design and collections that are tackling big ideas about power, craft and the female body

10:41 AM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. has issued a license that allows business to be done with Venezuela’s state gold mining company, Minerven

10:14 AM on Friday, March 6

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10:11 AM on Friday, March 6

Sparkling dust drifted across the runway inside the Carrousel du Louvre on Friday as Issey Miyake showcased its fall and winter designs in Paris

8:00 AM on Friday, March 6

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 18 more prisoners as part of his recent effort at a rapprochement with the United States

6:15 AM on Friday, March 6

American consumers pulled back their spending to start 2026, extending the malaise in retail sales that began late last year

1:16 AM on Friday, March 6

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said after dissolving Parliament that a snap election should be held as soon as possible to avoid another prolonged political crisis in the Balkan country at a time of global turmoil

2:24 PM on Thursday, March 5

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain