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Spain high-speed train collision kills 30

Tech optimism lifts stocks ahead of Fed update on rates

Plane reportedly carrying Brazil's Bolsonaro departs Ecuador

No penalty practice for Fleetwood hero Haughey before he downs Arsenal

Springboks pick six uncapped players for Nations Championship

Billionaire Ambani's Jio soars in market debut after India's biggest IPO

Israel's unassuming President Herzog holds keys to next government

Cross-border abductions threaten Kenya's status as dissident refuge

Plane reportedly carrying Bolsonaro stops briefly in Ecuador

Real Madrid apologise to China over Mbappe comments

'Eat the rich': Indonesians protest against graft, wildfires

Three killed by storm in southern India

Netanyahu bloc leads as Israeli votes counted, but no majority

China says takes Mbappe apology 'seriously' after Mao remark

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Chanel eyes menswear with Charvet shirtmaker takeover

French luxury giant Chanel announced Thursday that it had acquired historic Parisian shirtmaker Charvet, having previously collaborated with the brand which caters mostly to men.

UK PM says 'deeply sorry' for decades of forced adoptions

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally apologised on Thursday for the forced adoption of an estimated 185,000 babies born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976, calling it "a stain on our history".

Chanel eyes menswear with Charvet shirtmaker takevoer

French luxury giant Chanel announced Thursday that it had acquired historic Parisian shirtmaker Charvet, having previously collaborated with the brand which caters mostly to men.

Almost 1.2 mn apply for Spain's migrant regularisation

Almost 1.2 million undocumented migrants have sought legal status in Spain under a scheme that has defied a growing European crackdown on irregular immigration, according to final figures released on Thursday.

'I grabbed my child': Kyiv residents face devastation of biggest Russian barrage of war

When 17-year-old Karolina Shevchuk's phone warned a Russian missile was headed towards her district of Kyiv, she decided against seeking shelter, choosing instead to stay in her apartment.

Ukrainian state ordered Nord Stream sabotage: German prosecutors

German prosecutors said Thursday that the Ukrainian state ordered a 2022 bomb attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, complicating relations between Kyiv and its key military backer Berlin.

Former top jockey Dettori breaks ribs in car crash

Former leading jockey Frankie Dettori sustained several broken ribs and a broken thumb after being involved in a road accident near Newmarket, eastern England, his management company said.

Swiatek, Zverev aiming to lay down Wimbledon markers

Iga Swiatek will be hoping to put a stuttering start to her Wimbledon title defence behind her on Thursday, as Alexander Zverev bids to prove his credentials on grass.

Rees-Zammit returns to wing as Wales face Fiji

Louis Rees-Zammit is back on the wing for Wales's Nations Championship opener against Fiji in Cardiff on Saturday.

German ruling coalition agrees on major reform package

Germany's ruling coalition has agreed on sweeping tax, labour and pension reforms, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday, a breakthrough aimed at reviving the struggling economy and countering the rise of the far right.

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