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Rybakina secures year-end top rank with Tokyo win

A year on, Tanzanians mourn election massacres in 'state of terror'

Rains bring relief to Indonesian city weary of fire haze

Israel piles pressure on Arab parties as Netanyahu seeks government

Osaka vows to return stronger after Tokyo exit

'Call of Duty' slammed for using real Seoul crowd crush footage

Hello Kitty firm apologises, scraps Japan TV tie-up after China anger

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

England thrash Oman to revive T20 World Cup campaign

England thrashed Oman by eight wickets as the reigning champions revived their T20 World Cup campaign with a record-breaking success in Antigua on Thursday.

Biden, Zelensky hail $50 billion G7 loan for Ukraine

G7 leaders agreed Thursday on a new $50 billion loan for Ukraine using profits from frozen Russian assets, a move Joe Biden said showed Moscow "we're not backing down".

McLaughlin-Levrone to settle for 400m hurdles at US Olympic trials

American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will focus on her 400m hurdles Olympic title defense at the US trials starting next week, opting out of other disciplines according to start lists updated on Thursday.

Biden, Zelensky sign 'historic' 10-year security deal

Presidents Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky signed a landmark 10-year security deal between Washington and Kyiv on Thursday in what the Ukrainian leader called a historic day in the fight against Russia's invasion.

Argentine monthly inflation lowest in 2.5 years

Monthly inflation in economically troubled Argentina came in at 4.2 percent in May, the lowest in two-and-a-half years, mainly due to a drop in consumption, the INDEC statistics agency said Thursday.

European bourses fall amid political unease; Nasdaq ends at new record

Stock markets mostly retreated on Thursday as traders reacted to political uncertainty in Europe and the US Federal Reserve's plan to only cut interest rates once this year.

Bond-buying in focus as Bank of Japan decides policy

The Bank of Japan is expected to hold interest rates steady on Friday but reports said it could gradually reduce its vast hoard of government bonds as it shifts away from a long-running ultra-loose monetary policy.

UN Security Council demands end to Darfur city's siege

The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to the siege of El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region, where fighting between government and paramilitary forces has provoked a humanitarian crisis.

McIlroy makes charge at US Open leader Cantlay

Rory McIlroy, chasing his first major victory in a decade, made a charge in Thursday's first round of the US Open, trying to overtake clubhouse leader Patrick Cantlay at Pinehurst.

Boeing rebuts US assertion of possible MAX prosecution, meeting deadline

Boeing has officially contested a Department of Justice determination that the passenger plane giant can be prosecuted for violating a criminal settlement following two fatal 737 MAX crashes, a person familiar with the matter told AFP Thursday.

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