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Ingebrigtsen buoyed by fourth in Diamond League comeback

Dutch say won't participate in 'no longer' neutral Eurovision

Kenyans get creative to join manga cosplay craze

Kenyan farmers turn to bugs as organic demand grows

Pant, Jurel half-centuries take India past 400 in Sri Lanka Test

'His feet are his pillars': Nepal para swimmer gives all for Asian glory

Migrants, rescue ships face threats, harassment at sea: aid group

New Zealand moves to ban social media for under-16s

UEFA's Ceferin tells Infantino to go, but 'not interested' in replacing him

Hyundai union back in wage talks after rare full-day strike

Oil falls as Trump pledges economic war on Iran

Shein grapples with EU backlash, but clients keep coming

Yamashita marches to nine-shot win in LPGA Canadian Women's Open

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

Nicole weakens to Tropical Storm after Florida landfall

Tropical Storm Nicole slowed after making landfall in the US state of Florida, meteorologists said Thursday, with high winds raising concerns that a long-delayed NASA rocket launch could be disrupted.

US urges islands to set example for China, India on methane

US climate envoy John Kerry urged Pacific island states on Thursday to join global efforts to cut methane emissions in hopes it would sway major emitters China and India to follow suit.

Transit strikes snarl London, Paris as workers seek raises

Commuters in London and Paris scrambled for alternatives Thursday -- or simply stayed home -- as public transport workers went on strike for higher pay, the latest industrial action seeking relief from soaring prices in Europe.

Iran says it has developed hypersonic missile

Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday.

Latest London Underground strike paralyses network

Millions of Londoners faced travel misery on Thursday as another strike by Underground staff shut down most of the network, including almost all lines and city centre stations.

Hurricane Nicole makes landfall in Florida

Hurricane Nicole made landfall on the Atlantic coast of the US state of Florida, meteorologists said Thursday, sparking mandatory evacuation orders.

Asian, European stocks down as US midterms worry markets

Asian stocks fell on Thursday after inconclusive US midterm election results and a cryptocurrency crisis hammered markets.

Mongolia sells more coal to China as world shuns polluting fuel

Mongolia is ramping up efforts to export coal to energy-hungry China, a government official told AFP, despite global efforts to end the use of the polluting fossil fuel.

What makes a great music documentary?

Colm Forde, co-founder of Britain's Doc'n Roll film festival, knows what makes a good music documentary.

Black tides: worst oil spills in Europe

Twenty years ago Spain suffered its worst environmental disaster, when the Prestige oil tanker broke in two, spilling over 60,000 tonnes of fuel that blackened thousands of kilometres (miles) of Atlantic coastline.

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