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Germany bank on team spirit to end World Cup woes

Germany bank on team spirit to end World Cup woes

Germany's collective strength will be key to their World Cup chances later this year, coach Julian Nagelsmann said ahead of the four-time world champions' international friendlies in the coming week.

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Venezuela's Maduro back in US court after stunning capture

Venezuela's Maduro back in US court after stunning capture

Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will appear Thursday in a New York court for the second time since his capture by US forces in an extraordinary nighttime raid.

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French court orders ex-bishop to pay over 1970s child sex abuse

French court orders ex-bishop to pay over 1970s child sex abuse

A Paris court has ordered a former Catholic bishop to pay more than $200,000 in damages to a man who accused him of rape and sexual assault in the 1970s, a ruling seen by AFP on Thursday showed.

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PSG Ligue 1 game postponed in between two legs of Liverpool Champions League tie

PSG Ligue 1 game postponed in between two legs of Liverpool Champions League tie

Paris Saint-Germain's crucial Ligue 1 clash with Lens scheduled for April 11 has been postponed until mid-May in order to give them extra rest in between the two legs of their Champions League quarter-final tie against Liverpool, the French league (LFP) announced Thursday.

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Iran may believe it has the upper hand as Trump seeks talks

Iran may believe it has the upper hand as Trump seeks talks

Iran's decision to rebuff a 15-point peace proposal from US President Donald Trump and outline its own conditions for a ceasefire reflects growing confidence in its negotiating position after nearly four weeks of war, analysts say.

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EU urged to broadly restrict 'forever chemicals'

EU urged to broadly restrict 'forever chemicals'

"Forever chemicals" pose a growing risk to health and the environment and should be broadly banned across the European Union, with some exceptions, EU experts said in findings published on Thursday.

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Italy seizes millions 'embezzled' from Ursula Andress

Italy seizes millions 'embezzled' from Ursula Andress

Italian authorities said Thursday they had seized 20 million euros of assets in Tuscany, including property, vineyards and olive groves, allegedly bought with money embezzled from Bond Girl actress Ursula Andress.

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Trump says Iran 'better get serious' in Mideast war talks

Trump says Iran 'better get serious' in Mideast war talks

US President Donald Trump warned Iran Thursday to engage in talks to end the Middle East war "before it is too late", after Tehran publicly spurned US overtures to resolve the nearly four-week conflict.

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Global trading system hit by 'worst disruptions in the past 80 years': WTO chief

Global trading system hit by 'worst disruptions in the past 80 years': WTO chief

The global trading system is experiencing the "worst disruptions in the past 80 years", World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned as the WTO ministerial conference opened Thursday.

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Oil jumps, stocks drop on uncertainty over US-Iran talks

Oil jumps, stocks drop on uncertainty over US-Iran talks

Oil prices jumped and equities slid Thursday as hopes for a peace deal between the US and Iran wavered after Tehran rejected Washington's bid to wind down the nearly four-week war.

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