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Drought dries major European rivers to record lows

Drought drys major European rivers to record lows

Major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors, 18 confirmed dead

Barcelona turn down PSG offer for Torres

Brazil aircraft maker Embraer raises outlook after record revenue

Buildings collapse as major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors

Drought forces water restrictions across nearly 70 percent of France

Meta releases new AI model as Zuckerberg lays out vision

Europe wary as gas stocks languish at lows while winter looms

OFunded Enters the Prop Trading Market With Broker-Backed Infrastructure From OFinancial Markets

Freedom Holding Corp. Reports 40% Increase in Quarterly Revenue to $732.5 Million

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

Australia limits migration

Venezuela’s Oil Return

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

China’s cartel lifeline

Sweden’s welfare reckoning

Nepal ex-PM Oli gives defiant message after release from custody

Nepal's ex-prime minister KP Sharma Oli offered a defiant message on Thursday after he was released from custody following questioning over his alleged role in a deadly 2025 crackdown on protesters.

Despite Middle East truce, airlines fear long-term disruptions

Buffeted by six weeks of war in the Middle East, airlines have scrambled to trim routes and costs as fuel bills explode and wary clients think twice about their travel plans, a situation that could persist even if a fragile truce holds.

Memorial: Russia's Nobel Prize winning rights group facing 'extremism' ban

Russia is expected to label the Nobel Prize-winning human rights group Memorial "extremist" on Thursday, a designation that will make it easier to prosecute the group's supporters and those who work with it.

Lebanon mourns dead from Israeli strikes that rattled US-Iran truce

Lebanon declared a national day of mourning on Thursday after Israeli strikes pummelled the country, killing nearly 200 people and calling into question the ceasefire between the United States and Iran.

Artemis crew's families enthralled by messages from space

A week after astronaut Jeremy Hansen blasted off on the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon, his wife Catherine recalled the anxiety and thrill of witnessing the journey from afar.

Champions Cup 'heartbreak' driving Toulouse revenge mission

Toulouse hooker Peato Mauvaka is eyeing revenge on Sunday as the six-time Champions Cup winners head to Bordeaux-Begles in the quarter-finals after last season's "heartbreaking" loss to their French rivals in the last four.

Shallow Indonesian quake damages houses, injures residents

A shallow 4.9-magitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia overnight, damaging dozens of homes and injuring multiple people, an official said Thursday.

Argentine MPs approve bill to allow mining in glaciers

Argentine MPs approved a bill early Thursday promoted by President Javier Milei that authorizes mining in ecologically sensitive areas of glaciers and permafrost, and has outraged environmentalists.

Nepal ex-PM Oli released from custody after 12 days: police

Nepal's ex-prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former interior minister Ramesh Lekhak have been released from custody after questioning for their alleged role in a deadly 2025 crackdown on protesters, police said Thursday.

'Chills': Artemis astronauts say lunar flyby still washing over them

They took thousands of photographs and documented copious observations on their voyage around the Moon, but as they sped closer to home the Artemis astronauts said Wednesday they have barely started processing the extraordinary experience they shared.

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