Wrexham owe Hollywood owners nearly £9 million
Wrexham now owe nearly £9 million ($11 million, 10.5 million euros) to Hollywood owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds after losing £5 million in the year of their promotion to the English Football League, the Welsh club announced Thursday.
Read moreIsrael must 'ensure urgent humanitarian assistance' in Gaza: ICJ
The world's top court on Thursday ordered Israel to "ensure urgent humanitarian assistance" in Gaza without delay, saying "famine has set in".
Read moreRussian veto ends monitoring of UN's N.Korea sanctions
Russia on Thursday blocked the renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring international sanctions on North Korea, weeks after the body said it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang.
Read morePope washes feet of 12 women prisoners on Holy Thursday
Pope Francis, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women in Rome on Thursday in a rite marking Holy Thursday before Easter.
Read moreS.Africa's ex-president Zuma barred from May election
South Africa's electoral officials said on Thursday they had excluded former president Jacob Zuma from May elections, further increasing tensions in the run-up to the polls.
Read moreMother recounts 'horror' of son's Gaza captivity
Four months after he was freed from captivity in Gaza, Eitan Yahalomi celebrated his bar mitzvah -- but his coming-of-age last week was far from a joyous occasion, his mother told AFP.
Read moreClark, Griner among 14 invited to USA women's basketball camp
Women's NBA star Brittney Griner and US college phenomenon Caitlin Clark were among 14 players named on Thursday by USA Basketball to next week's women's national team training camp.
Read moreStock markets drift into Easter break
US and European stock markets drifted Thursday heading into the Easter break, with traders still focused on inflation and the outlook for interest rates.
Read moreEcuador prison riot leaves one dead, four injured
At least one person was killed and four injured in an overnight prison revolt in Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil, at the same facility from which one of the country's most feared gang leaders escaped in January, the government said Thursday.
Read moreFrance asks for foreign help for Olympics security: officials
France has asked its foreign allies to send several thousand members of their security forces to help guard the Paris Olympics, officials said Thursday, underlining the strains caused by the sporting extravaganza which begins in July.
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