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'Breathing toxin every day': Indonesians choked by haze feel helpless

Emporio Armani names Dario Vitale new creative director

Stocks edge higher ahead of US Fed rate call

Maresca defends VAR officials after Man City benefit from error

Philippines ex-leader Duterte makes first in-person ICC appearance

Courts jails LGBTQ activists as Turkey crackdown widens

2027 Formula One calendar includes Monaco sprint race

French court to hear Depardieu's appeal against rape trial order: sources

Palestinians are the real victims, Thunberg tells Ed Sheeran

The German state premier hoping to halt far-right surge

Hashim Thaci: From 'George Washington of Kosovo' to Hague convict

Lebanon wants Israel security deal as prelude to peace: president to AFP

Amnesty says Iran committed 'crimes against humanity' in crackdown on 2022 protests

England's Brook keen to learn from 'hero' Pietersen after stunning ton

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Amorim tells Man Utd players they cannot 'hide'

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said Thursday that his players cannot "hide" after a dismal season hit a fresh low when they were booed off following a friendly defeat in Malaysia.

Thai, Cambodian army chiefs meet over border clash

Thailand's military said on Thursday it had agreed to ease border tensions with Cambodia after a Cambodian soldier was killed in a frontier clash.

US suggests Syria-Israel non-aggression deal

The United States' new envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, called for a non-aggression agreement between Syria and Israel in remarks to Saudi channel Al Arabiya on Thursday.

Mauritanian candidate on track to become Africa's next 'super banker'

Mauritania's former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah was on Thursday heading the race to become Africa's next "super banker", succeeding Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina as head of the African Development Bank.

England women's batting star Knight out for season with hamstring injury

Former England captain Heather Knight hopes to be fit for this year's women's World Cup in India after being ruled out of the rest of the home international season with a hamstring tendon injury.

'Legend' Muslera bids farewell to Galatasaray after 551 appearances

Uruguayan international goalkeeper Fernando Muslera made his departure from Galatasaray official on Thursday when he announced that, after 14 seasons with the Turkish club, he would continue his career in South America.

44 killed in Israel attacks in Gaza, after food warehouse looted

At least 44 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, rescuers said, a day after a World Food Programme warehouse in the centre of the territory was looted by desperate Palestinians.

US court blocks tariffs in major setback for Trump

A US federal court blocked most of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, boosting markets Thursday with a ruling that could derail his trade strategy.

Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapse

Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created a huge pile of debris after destroying a small village.

Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri out at Dior

Dior announced Thursday that Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri was stepping down as artistic director of the French fashion house's women's collection after almost a decade on the job.

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