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Alldritt back to captain France against Fiji after South Africa loss

Juan Ponce Enrile, architect of Philippine martial law, dies at 101: daughter

'Ready' Rees-Zammit back in Wales's starting team to face Japan

Spinners decide Tests in India, Gill says before South Africa opener

K-pop group NewJeans ends feud with record label ADOR

Asian stocks rise with focus on Fed, tech as US government reopens

UK economic gloom deepens before budget

Scott Barrett returns to skipper All Blacks against England

Burberry narrows first half loss on turnaround plan

Sri Lanka to stay in Pakistan after bomb, games move to Rawalpindi

Zanzibar women turn to sponge farming as oceans heat up

Israel’s Haredi Challenge

The Fall of South Korea?

A new vision for Japan

Pension crisis engulfs France

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Miracle in Germany: VW soars

Gaza on the cusp of civil war

'Let them live in peace': survivor's fight for uncontacted Amazon people

Atxu Marima survived the flu that killed his family after a jaguar attack drove them from their Indigenous group in the Amazon -- but he cannot return for fear of endangering his people.

France hosts Arab, Europe ministers for talks on 'day after' Gaza war

France on Thursday hosts foreign ministers from Arab and European countries for talks on helping the Palestinians once the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas ends, a meeting that comes hours after the two sides agreed a ceasefire deal.

French prosecutors seek 12-year term in Gisele Pelicot rape appeal

French prosecutors on Thursday sought a 12-year jail term for the only man among 50 who claims he is innocent after being convicted of sexually abusing Gisele Pelicot.

US sanctions hit Serbia's oil firm

US sanctions on Serbia's majority-Russian-owned NIS oil company, which operates the country's sole refinery, took effect on Thursday after months of delay.

Schauffele, Morikawa struggle at blustery Baycurrent Classic

Ryder Cup teammates Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa were both four shots off the lead after Thursday's opening round of the US PGA Tour's Baycurrent Classic, as they struggled to cope with windy conditions in Japan.

Nobel literature buzz tips Western author

The Nobel literature prize could go to a Western author this Thursday, experts predict, though bookies have several authors from Asia as top picks even after South Korea's Han Kang last year became the first Asian woman to win.

Markets mixed as traders eye AI rally, US rates and shutdown

Markets were mixed on Thursday as investors tried to assess the outlook for the global AI-fuelled rally, Federal Reserve interest rates and the US government shutdown.

Ruthless Sabalenka races into Wuhan quarters after Djokovic boost

World number one Aryna Sabalenka raced into a fourth consecutive Wuhan Open quarter-final Thursday, having revealed she spent time on holiday last month practising with Novak Djokovic.

'Sending you love from Gaza': Palestinians hail ceasefire deal

Palestinians in southern Gaza clapped, cheered and danced in the pre-dawn darkness on Thursday, after Israel and Hamas agreed a ceasefire deal to end the devastating two-year war in the territory.

Ukrainian takes sumo by storm after fleeing war to pursue dreams

Danilo Yavhushyshyn fled the war in his native Ukraine to follow his dream of becoming a professional sumo wrestler in Japan and has taken the ancient sport by storm.

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