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Backflips and quads galore: US skater Malinin hits new heights in Milan

Backflips and quads galore: US skater Malinin hits new heights in Milan

With his backflips, one-handed cartwheels and quadruple-jumps galore, US figure skater Ilia Malinin's rip-roaring routines have proved a star attraction at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Stocks rise as all eyes on corporate earnings

Stocks rise as all eyes on corporate earnings

Stock markets advanced Thursday as traders digested a string of company earnings that mostly suggested economic resilience in line with a bumper US jobs report for January, even though the chances of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts receded.

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France bets on nuclear power to phase out fossil fuels

France bets on nuclear power to phase out fossil fuels

France's government on Thursday presented an energy plan to use less imported fossil fuels, including by ramping up nuclear-fuelled power production over the next decade.

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Italy bring in Pani for Brex to face Ireland in Six Nations

Italy bring in Pani for Brex to face Ireland in Six Nations

Lorenzo Pani will make his first start for Italy in almost two years after head coach Gonzalo Quesada named him on Thursday to replace Juan Ignacio Brex in the team to face Ireland in the Six Nations this weekend.

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Counting underway in first Bangladesh polls since deadly uprising

Counting underway in first Bangladesh polls since deadly uprising

Counting was underway on Thursday in Bangladesh's first election since a deadly 2024 uprising, with powerful political heir Tarique Rahman bullish about defeating an Islamist-led coalition.

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Norway police search ex-PM Jagland's properties in probe over Epstein links

Norway police search ex-PM Jagland's properties in probe over Epstein links

Norwegian police said Thursday they had searched properties belonging to former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland following the launch of a corruption probe over his dealings with US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Back flips and quads galore: US skater Malinin hits new heights in Milan

Back flips and quads galore: US skater Malinin hits new heights in Milan

With his blackflips, one-handed cartwheels and quadruple-jumps galore, US figure skater Ilia Malinin's rip-roaring routines have proved a star attraction at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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'Madness': Ukrainians furious over Olympian ban for memorial helmet

'Madness': Ukrainians furious over Olympian ban for memorial helmet

Ukrainians were outraged Thursday by a decision from the International Olympic Committee to disqualify their skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Winter Olympics over his helmet honouring killed athletes.

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UEFA position on Russia ban 'has not changed', says Ceferin

UEFA position on Russia ban 'has not changed', says Ceferin

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin on Thursday said European football's governing body was not currently contemplating bringing Russia back into the international fold, after FIFA chief Gianni Infantino recently indicated he backed easing a ban on the country.

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Cooper wins Olympic freestyle moguls gold after dramatic tie-break

Cooper wins Olympic freestyle moguls gold after dramatic tie-break

Australian freestyle skier Cooper Woods won Olympic men's moguls gold in dramatic fashion on Thursday, with a tiebreak needed to separate him from Canadian great Mikael Kingsbury.

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