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In shadow of Premier League, Serie A flexes financial muscle

Springboks 'old guard' seek revenge over All Blacks

Tanker pays record $5.3 mn to transit Panama Canal: administrator

'Find your own room': Japan says can't handle added Asian Games numbers

Pilgrims seeking peace caught in deadly Nepal-Tibet floods

Fresh flood warnings for disaster-hit Nepal and Tibet, 1,400 still missing

China's help critical, but unlikely, for US to choke off Iran

Most Asian stocks advance as attention turns to Warsh speech

US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful

US mother's child murder trial puts spotlight on postpartum psychosis

In Zambia, a Shaolin Temple offers a softer face of China

'End of an era': Players lament decline of the disc at Gamescom

Messi's Inter Miami appoint new coach Gonzalez

Air traffic controllers left early before deadly NY crash: report

Bordeaux-Begles 'underdogs' before Top 14 semis despite Champions Cup triumph

Bordeaux-Begles may have won the Champions Cup last month but for prop Jefferson Poirot they remain "underdogs" for Saturday's French Top 14 semi-final with Toulon.

Gattuso convinced Italy can reach World Cup

Gennaro Gattuso said Thursday he is convinced Italy can qualify for the World Cup as he begins his reign as Azzurri coach following the dismissal of Luciano Spalletti.

Relieved Pakistanis recall 'horrifying nights' as Israel, Iran trade strikes

Mohammad Hassan anxiously returned to Pakistan from neighbouring Iran this week after witnessing drones, missiles, and explosions tear through Tehran's sky during what he called long, "horrifying nights".

England v India: Three key battles

Ben Stokes' England take on an India team under new captain Shubman Gill at Headingley on Friday in the first Test of a five-match series.

Stocks drop, oil gains as Mideast unrest fuels inflation fears

Major stock markets mostly fell and oil prices rose Thursday as the Israel-Iran conflict added to fears over a renewed spike to inflation.

Israel's Netanyahu says Iran will 'pay heavy price' after hospital hit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran would "pay a heavy price" after a hospital in southern Israel was hit during an Iranian missile attack on Thursday, while his defence minister said Iran's supreme leader would be "held accountable".

France steps closer to defining rape as lack of consent

The French Senate passed a bill late on Wednesday that includes lack of consent in the country's criminal definition of rape, paving the way for its official adoption in the coming months.

SpaceX Starship explodes during routine test

One of Elon Musk's SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test late Wednesday in Texas, law enforcement said, in the latest setback to the billionaire's dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species.

Belgrade show plots path out of Balkan labyrinth of pain

Life in 1990s former Yugoslavia was a nightmare of war, economic collapse and an all-powerful mafia.

Thailand's 'Yellow Shirts' return to streets demand PM quit

Hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered outside Thailand's Government House on Thursday, demanding Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign over a leaked phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen that triggered public outrage.

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