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EU countries urge sanctions on Israeli minister for activists' treatment

EU countries urge sanctions on Israeli minister for activists' treatment

Italy, Ireland and Spain have called on the EU to sanction Israel's far-right national security minister, who posted a video showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla forced to their knees with hands bound.

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EU slashes eurozone 2026 growth forecast on Mideast war

EU slashes eurozone 2026 growth forecast on Mideast war

The eurozone economy will expand less than expected this year, the EU said Thursday, as the Middle East war and subsequent energy shock take their toll.

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Chinese authorities demolish villager's madcap 10-storey home

Chinese authorities demolish villager's madcap 10-storey home

Authorities have razed a ramshackle 10-storey home that for years defied demolition notices and building restrictions to become an off-beat tourist attraction in southwestern China, footage from the owner showed.

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 Air France, Airbus guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Paris-Rio crash: French court

Air France, Airbus guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Paris-Rio crash: French court

Paris' appeals court Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history.

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Lustrinelli succeeds Eta as Union Berlin coach

Lustrinelli succeeds Eta as Union Berlin coach

Swiss coach Mauro Lustrinelli has replaced Marie-Louise Eta as coach of Union Berlin, the Bundesliga club announced on Wednesday.

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Alex Marquez out of Italy, Hungary MotoGP races after crash

Alex Marquez out of Italy, Hungary MotoGP races after crash

Spanish rider Alex Marquez will be sidelined for at least the next two MotoGP races after suffering two fractures in a horror crash at the Catalan Grand Prix last weekend, his Gresini Racing team said Thursday.

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'French Banksy' and Daft Punk star turn Paris bridge into Alpine cave

'French Banksy' and Daft Punk star turn Paris bridge into Alpine cave

Tourists and Parisians goggled at the sight of the French capital's oldest bridge transformed into a giant "cave" on Thursday, a spectacular new public work by the street artist JR.

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Late queen pushed for son Andrew to be UK trade envoy: official papers

Late queen pushed for son Andrew to be UK trade envoy: official papers

Britain's late queen Elizabeth II pushed for her son Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be given a high-profile job as a trade envoy, a senior official said in a 2000 document released by the government on Thursday.

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Denmark to autopsy 'Timmy' the whale

Denmark to autopsy 'Timmy' the whale

Scientists will conduct an autopsy on "Timmy", the humpback whale whose ordeal to return to the open seas captured Germany's hearts and sparked a media frenzy, Denmark's environmental protection agency said on Thursday.

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Oil gains, European stocks down on uncertain Mideast peace prospects

Oil gains, European stocks down on uncertain Mideast peace prospects

Oil prices jumped, European stock markets retreated and the dollar firmed Thursday as hopes of a Middle East peace accord faded on conflicting headlines on the state of talks.

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