Trump speaks with Putin ahead of Zelensky visit
Donald Trump held a crucial phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin Thursday, a day before Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky meets the US president to push for Tomahawk missiles.
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Infectious diseases 'spiralling out of control' in Gaza: WHO
The World Health Organization has warned that infectious diseases are "spiralling out of control" in the Gaza Strip, with only 13 of the Palestinian territory's 36 hospitals even partially functioning.
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Thinness is back on catwalks -- and the data proves it
After a short interlude of pushing "body inclusivity" and plus-sized models to the fore, the fashion industry has returned to promoting thinness as a beauty ideal.
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Stocks higher as traders weigh China-US row, tech earnings
Global stock markets mostly rose on Thursday as investors weighed strong tech earnings and hopes that the latest flare-up in US-China trade tensions might ease.
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Oscar Wilde grandson to collect reissued British Library pass
The grandson of Oscar Wilde will Thursday collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 years after it was revoked when he was convicted for being gay.
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Turkish experts to help find hostage bodies in Gaza
Turkey has deployed dozens of disaster relief experts to search for the remains of hostages still missing in Gaza, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Thursday to bring all captives' bodies home.
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Athletes' parade at Winter Olympics' opening ceremony to be held across event sites
Athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics will conduct their traditional opening ceremony parade across sites in the four event clusters which will host the sprawling Milan-Cortina Games, organisers announced on Thursday.
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Billionaire Ronaldo tops Forbes footballer rich list again
Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo once again topped the Forbes highest-paid footballers list for the 2025-26 season, as one of three members of the top 10 plying their trade in Saudi Arabia.
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Kenya security forces fire on mourners for politician Odinga
Tens of thousands of Kenyans fled in panic on Thursday when security forces fired on mourners who had gathered in a stadium to see the body of opposition leader Raila Odinga, repatriated from India on Thursday.
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Abuse victims still face 'disturbing' retaliation: Vatican commission
Victims of clerical sex abuse still face "disturbing" retaliation from Catholic Church leaders for speaking out despite years of efforts to tackle the global scourge, a Vatican commission said Thursday.
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