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Rugby brain injury court case at risk of collapse

Some 40,000 people evacuated due to wildfire in southwest France: minister

Recharged Klopp back to turn Germany from doubters into believers

Philippines says ship hit by Chinese water cannon at disputed reef

Baby monkey Punch to celebrate first birthday

Fires in Europe: latest developments

Thousands flee wildfires in southern Europe

Ukraine hits 'Russia's Amazon' warehouses outside St Petersburg

South Korean tycoon ordered to pay $644m in divorce

Wrestling to become a man in Togo's ancestral rite of passage

Hundreds flee French peninsula by boat to escape wildfire

Putin's peace threshold

Saudi Arabia’s Costly Mirage

Latin America’s age trap

China's silicon reckoning

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Beijing's new Taiwan playbook

Unexpected economic twist

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.

Renovations on historic Paris Opera house extended by three years

The Paris Opera announced Thursday that it had been forced to extend planned renovations on its historic home in the French capital by three years because of lead contamination.

European stocks climb after Asia rout

Europe's main stock markets rose Thursday awaiting key US jobs data, brushing off a rout for Asian technology giants.

Thailand denies viral claim Macron knelt before king

Thailand's foreign ministry denied Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron knelt before the country's king during his state visit to Paris this week, after an AI-generated picture circulated online.

Former Arsenal, Spain midfielder Cazorla retires

Former Arsenal and Spain playmaker Santi Cazorla retired from football at the age of 41 on Thursday after more than two decades in the game.

Spain, Portugal eye World Cup last 16

European champions Spain and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal aim to book their places in the last 16 of the World Cup on Thursday as Algeria look to salvage some pride for African football.

German drone maker raises $1.2 bn as investors pile into defence

German drone maker Quantum Systems said Thursday it has raised $1.2 billion (one billion euros) in a funding round and more than doubled its valuation, highlighting investor buzz surrounding defence tech firms.

Russian strikes kill 17 in biggest ever attack on Kyiv, mayor says

Russia launched its largest ever barrage on Kyiv early on Thursday, according to the city's mayor, tearing open apartment buildings in a hours-long drone and missile attack that killed at least 17 people.

French scramble to find air conditioners before next heatwave

Hundreds of people were besieging Lidl supermarkets in and around Paris Thursday, with scuffles and shouting matches breaking out as residents scrambled to get their hands on bargain air-cooling units before the next heatwave hits the French capital.