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In Manchester, people say City scandal is 'shame for football'

Haze pushes Kuala Lumpur, Singapore into world's most polluted cities

Stocks lacklustre as inflation data weighs on sentiment

Dangote's $16bn Kenya refinery 'new chapter' for Africa

Israel-bound plane rerouted, pilots wounded in reported fight

Ireland coach Hallgrimsson confirms second Israel game will go ahead

Truth commission on Sweden's Sami people seeks redress

Swift concert attack plan convict fails to get Disney damages

Energy costs spark inflation surges in France, Italy

Ocon to leave Haas at end of F1 season

South Korea break China hearts to reach Asian Games football final

Indonesia razes poolside prison 'villas' where whisky, TVs seized

Eala storms into Asian Games semi-finals to thrill adoring fans

Japan court rules human voice is protected in TikTok AI case

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Australia collapse to 197 all out as India take six wickets for 11

Australia lost their last six first innings wickets for just 11 runs on Thursday as they collapsed to 197 all out on the second morning of the third Test against India.

Tiny Welsh island wins world stargazing fame

Night falls over Ynys Enlli. The remote Welsh island's sky turns impossibly black.

SpaceX Dragon crew blasts off for International Space Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Thursday to the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space.

Joni Mitchell honored at star-studded concert gala

Artists spanning the genres came together Wednesday to celebrate the peerless Joni Mitchell, honoring her vast contributions to popular song.

Three heroines of the French Resistance

Without firing a gun or shedding any blood, Odile de Vasselot, Odette Niles and Michele Agniel were among the thousands of women who took part in the resistance against the Nazi German occupation of France during World War II.

Modi calls for unity at G20 dominated by Ukraine

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Thursday for the G20 to bridge differences over Ukraine, telling the opening of a meeting in New Delhi that global governance has "failed".

Suns win in Durant debut, Tatum powers Celtics

Kevin Durant shook off pre-game jitters to score 23 points in his Phoenix Suns debut, helping his new team to a 105-91 victory in Charlotte that halted the Hornets' five-game NBA winning streak.

Vo Van Thuong confirmed as new Vietnam president

Vietnam's rubber stamp National Assembly voted in a new president on Thursday, who immediately pledged to crack down on corruption following the dramatic resignation of his predecessor in an anti-graft campaign.

Out of the shadows: women in the French Resistance

For decades after the end of World War II, the thousands of women who took part in France's resistance against Nazi German occupation in WWII rarely got a mention in the history books.

Ukraine war set to dominate G20 meeting in India

Russia's invasion of Ukraine was set to dominate Thursday's meeting of the world's top diplomats in New Delhi, with hosts India labouring to avoid the discord that ended its last G20 meeting.

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