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Pope urges French bishops to 'persevere' against clerical sex abuse
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Bangkok floods send thousands into shelters after days of rain
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Decorated Indian badminton star calls Japan Asian Games 'very sad'
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Assefa just misses women's world record at Berlin Marathon
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Asian Games chiefs say lessons learned over accommodation
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Dramatic winners Zimbabwe to end five-year exile by tackling DR Congo
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UK's PM urges 'calm' as thousands seek to thwart flashpoint N.Ireland parade
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Pope to meet victims of clerical sex abuse on France trip
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Thousands seek to thwart disputed N.Ireland flashpoint parade
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How young is too young as child prodigies win big at Asian Games
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Swiss vote on what it means to be neutral
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UK Labour party meets buoyed by Burnham but eager for concrete plans
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Pope to meet with victims of clerical sex abuse during France trip
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Thousands protest ahead of Mexican president's report on missing students
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Iran stands firm on Hormuz plan after US rejection
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Bangkok floods force thousands into shelters
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Madrid protest camp grows after eviction outrage
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AI startup urges optimism from Europe despite safety fears
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Italy winemakers hail bumper harvest but cut output
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'Godlike, invincible': Japan hails 11-year-old Games history-maker
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Kyiv shoppers feel the pinch from Russian strikes
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Nepal's hydropower ambitions face climate reality check
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Japanese anime actor fights TikTok over AI voice cloning
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Power cuts, rubble: millions come home to find Sudan's capital unlivable
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Curtain falls on the romance of India's single-screen cinemas
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Internationals keep Presidents Cup lead with late fightbacks
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Smells like teen spirit as US thrash Peru 4-1
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Tuchel to 'keep pushing' England to reach Spain's level
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Cavy chaos: Hundreds attend New Zealand's biggest guinea pig show
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Alcaraz saves match points to keep Europe ahead in Laver Cup
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Venezuela releases more political prisoners after opposition talks
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Spain success driven by hunger to improve, says De La Fuente
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England's best 'for a long time' despite Spain defeat, says Kane
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Lyon collapse at Stade Francais to suffer first Top 14 loss
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Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds
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Oyarzabal and Spain sink England again as Modric shines for Croatia
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Filmmaker Mike Leigh wins top prize at Spain festival with 'last film'
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Housing protesters camp in central Madrid after mass demonstration
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Spain beat England in Nations League to extend unbeaten run
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Louise Trotter expands her palette at Bottega Veneta
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Ireland squad vote to play Israel tie despite Gaza unease
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Pope prays at Lourdes after huge Paris mass
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Gutsy Vollering wins cycling road race world title
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USA trims International lead after Presidents Cup four-balls
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Vollering wins cycling road race world title
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Russia accuses Europe of blocking Ukraine talks, as strikes drag on
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Man City's meteoric rise clouded by dark shadow
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'He said hello': Families pray with pope on Paris avenue
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Mbappe out for two weeks or more with knee injury say Real
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Pope celebrates giant Paris mass, flies to Lourdes
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Diacre sacked as coach of France women's football team
Corinne Diacre has been sacked as coach of the France women's team, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Thursday, after her position was weakened following a revolt by leading players.
Kane bemoans another trophyless season for Spurs
Harry Kane said Tottenham "should be winning trophies" and not settling for a top-four finish in the Premier League after they crashed out of the Champions League.
Greek officials charged over train crash, PM vows 'transparency'
Greek prosecutors on Thursday charged three more railway officials in connection with the country's worst train crash that killed 57 people, as the prime minister vowed "absolute transparency" in the probe into the tragedy.
JPMorgan sues former exec over Jeffrey Epstein links
JPMorgan Chase is suing former high-level executive Jes Staley over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, naming him as the official involved in a sexual assault case against the firm, court filings showed.
Italian cabinet to meet near fatal shipwreck site
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will hold a cabinet meeting on Thursday near the site of a fatal shipwreck, as a debate rages over whether her hard-right government's migration policies cost lives.
France's 'keen' Danty returns for England Six Nations trip
France head coach Fabien Galthie said on Thursday that Jonathan Danty was eager to face England this weekend after being selected for the game.
Two dead, 28 missing in Gabon ferry accident: port official
At least two people have died and 28 are missing after a small ferry foundered off the Gabonese coast, a port official told AFP on Thursday.
Chaim Topol, Tevye of 'Fiddler on the Roof' fame, dies at 87
Golden Globe winner Chaim Topol, the Israeli actor famed for his depiction of Tevye in the movie "Fiddler on the Roof," died aged 87, Israeli officials said on Thursday.
Georgia drops 'foreign agent' bill but faces more protests
Georgia's ruling party announced Thursday it was halting plans to introduce a "foreign agent" law similar to Russia's, but the opposition vowed to step up protests.
Greek PM vows 'absolute transparency' in rail crash probe
Greece's prime minister on Thursday pledged "absolute transparency" in the probe into the country's deadliest rail crash that killed 57 people, a day after mass protests rocked the country.
France's Danty returns for England Six Nations trip
Centre Jonathan Danty was one of three changes to France's team named by head coach Fabien Galthie on Thursday as the Six Nations holders head to England this weekend.
Bayern need 'emotion and greed' to hit heights, says Nagelsmann
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann said Wednesday's win over Paris Saint-Germain showed his side's potential if they remember to bring the necessary "emotion and greed".
UN nuclear chief raises alarm over power outages at Ukraine plant
The UN nuclear agency's chief warned on Thursday of the danger of repeated electricity outages at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant, after a new missile strike left it running on diesel generators.
Indonesia jails two football match officials over stadium crush
An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed two football match officials for negligence over one of the worst stadium disasters in the sport's history.
South Africa remove top four West Indies batsmen before lunch
The West Indies lost their top four batsmen cheaply at the start of their first innings on the second day of the second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Forty die in suspected DR Congo rebel attacks
Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants have killed over 40 people in twin attacks in eastern DR Congo, local officials said Thursday, in the latest bloodshed across the turbulent region.
Macron, Sunak seek to overcome years of Franco-British feuding
French leader Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will Friday seek to reset cross-Channel relations at a Paris meeting signalling an end to years of feuding between the two capitals.
West Bank violence, Israeli protests overshadow Pentagon chief visit
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin was due in Israel Thursday as flaring violence killed three suspected Palestinian militants and protesters again rallied against the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Pope John Paul II helped 'cover up' child abuse in Poland, says book
John Paul II "knew" about cases of child abuse by Catholic priests in Poland and helped cover them up before becoming pope in 1978, a new book claims.
Dortmund's Brandt to miss two games with torn muscle
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Julian Brandt has been ruled out for two weeks with a torn thigh muscle, the club announced on Thursday.
Senegalese recyclers seek solutions in fight against plastic
Discarded containers and bags are an eyesore in many towns, while beaches are covered by debris -- Senegal's notorious problem of plastic pollution is not going away.
South Korea's Yoon to visit Japan next week
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Japan next week, his office said Thursday, as the two neighbours try to ease their diplomatic strains over Japan's wartime atrocities during its 35-year colonial rule.
Latin America poised to become renewable energy giant: report
Latin America is poised to become a major renewable energy producer, with nearly a billion solar panels' worth of large-scale clean-electricity projects slated to come online in the next seven years, a report found Thursday.
'Big moment' for Australian baseball after shock victory
Australia's manager hailed "a big moment" for baseball in the country after a shock 8-7 win over South Korea at the World Baseball Classic on Thursday.
Deadly Russian strikes pound Ukraine
The largest Russian strikes on Ukraine in weeks killed at least six people and caused power outages across the war-battered nation on Thursday.
New South Korea coach Klinsmann 'felt for Son' at World Cup
New South Korea coach Jurgen Klinsmann wants to get Son Heung-min firing and smiling again, saying Thursday he "felt for him" at the World Cup.
Markets drop as traders nervously await US jobs data
Asian stocks mostly fell Thursday ahead of key US jobs data at the end of the week, after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell warned it could ramp up its pace of interest rate hikes if the economy shows no sign of slowing.
Ukrainian refugee youth cheer FC Shakhtar to 'forget the war'
Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, now playing in Poland due to Russia's invasion, count on solid support from a unique set of fans: refugee children for whom each match is an escape and a source of national pride.
'More important than rainforests': UK pioneers peat partnership
On a windswept hillside in a remote corner of northern England, a peatland restoration plan pooling public and private money is underway which proponents claim provides a model for climate change mitigation.
In EU, a food fight over nutrition labels
Europe is taking longer than planned to concoct an EU-wide food-labelling system after a colour-coded scheme created in France did not go down well in culinary rival Italy.
'Brothers in arms': war brings Ukrainians and Roma closer, for now
In the ramshackle, predominantly Roma Radvanka district of Uzhhorod in western Ukraine, a soldier from the beleaguered minority proudly showed off a bravery award signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Georgia drops 'foreign agent' bill after mass protests
Georgia's ruling party announced on Thursday it was halting plans to introduce a controversial "foreign agent" bill after mass rallies against the legislation seen as reminiscent of Russian legislation used to silence critics.