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Melbourne (AFP) – World number two Alexander Zverev insisted Friday he has the mindset to win a first Grand Slam — but admitted Jannik Sinner was red-hot favourite to defend his Australian Open title.

Riga (AFP) – In Riga Russian Theatre’s rehearsal room, actors gather for a table-read of the season’s big premiere, “Lady Macbeth” — but the play’s poster will not crop up around the Latvian capital as it normally would.

Islamabad (AFP) – Nobel peace prize laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend a summit on girls’ education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly killed by militants as a schoolgirl.

Altadena (United States) (AFP) – Nicholas Norman managed to save his home using little more than buckets of water when towering flames ripped through his neighborhood in a suburb of Los Angeles. But now he’s facing a new danger: looters.

Melbourne (AFP) – Iga Swiatek described the inner turmoil and “chaos” of her doping ban Friday ahead of the Australian Open, calling it “the worst time in my life”.

Hanoi (AFP) – A Vietnamese court sentenced a prominent former lawyer to three years in jail Friday over Facebook posts it ruled undermined the state by criticising a leading judge.

New York (AFP) – Donald Trump will be sentenced Friday for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US President-elect’s last-ditch efforts to frustrate a process that would make him the first felon in the White House.

Las Vegas (AFP) – Artificial intelligence is moving from data centers to “the edge” as computer makers build the technology into laptops, robots, cars and more devices closer to home.

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – England’s Harry Hall carded a six-under-par 64 to grab a share of the lead at the PGA Tour’s Sony Open in Hawaii on Thursday.

Melbourne (AFP) – Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen said at the Australian Open Friday that she is getting “closer and closer” to Aryna Sabalenka, having been well beaten in last year’s final by the big-hitting Belarusian.