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Dupont scores twice to send Toulouse to Top 14 summit

Commanders hand champion Seahawks their first loss

Greece stun Klopp's Germany as Ireland show sorrow for Gaza

Dupont scores twice to send Toulouse top of Top 14

Ramos fires holders Portugal to Nations League win in Norway

Ireland beat Israel but no handshakes due to war in Gaza

Greece hand Klopp first defeat as Germany manager

Tense standoff over flashpoint N.Ireland parade lasts into night

Pope promises French sex abuse victims to prevent further harm

Stunned McNulty wins 'miracle' road race world title

UK village on edge over threats to air base in terror alert

Re-released 'Avengers: Endgame' snaps-up N. America box office lead

Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US

American McNulty wins shock road race world title

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Eritrea leader calls Tigray rights abuse claims a 'fantasy'

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said Thursday that allegations of rights abuses by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region during the two-year war there amounted to "fantasy".

Hopes fade as Turkey-Syria quake toll at 17,500

Hopes were fading Thursday for rescuing survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which has killed over 17,500 people in one of the deadliest tremors in decades.

Man Utd 'in talks' with Qatari investors over sale

Manchester United have reportedly opened talks with Qatari investors as speculation intensifies over the future ownership of the Premier League giants ahead of a deadline for bids.

France keep faith with starting team for Ireland Six Nations trip

France head coach Fabien Galthie on Thursday named the same starting team for this weekend's Six Nations trip to Ireland as the one that beat Italy in the opening round.

Jadeja bags 5-47 as India dominate Australia in Test opener

Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja grabbed a five-wicket haul on his international return as India ruled the opening day of the first Test against Australia on Thursday.

'We are defending you': Zelensky rallies European allies

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky received a hero's welcome to Brussels on Thursday as he lobbied star-struck EU leaders for help to repel a renewed Russian offensive.

Tragedy cuts short Turkey trip for Cypriot students

Two dozen children from northern Cyprus and some of their parents were on a school trip to join a volleyball tournament in Turkey when a massive earthquake hit their hotel.

North Korea unveils 'record' number of ICBMs at military parade

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw a major military parade showcasing a record number of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles, state media reported Thursday, including what analysts said was possibly a new solid-fuelled ICBM.

Nissan keeps annual profit forecasts, cuts unit sales target

Nissan maintained its full-year profit forecasts on Thursday, saying chip shortages and other Covid disruptions would hit sales volumes but that it would fight back through "strict financial discipline".

Nobel winner Mario Vargas Llosa joins Academie Francaise

Peruvian Nobel-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa was set to join the fabled Academie Francaise in Paris on Thursday, the first member never to have written a book in French.

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Jadeja bags 5-47 to skittle out Australia in Test opener