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France announces first curfews as govt grapples with unrest

Saudi airport closure disrupts life in kingdom's capital

Boland sets pace as South Africa struggle

Ramaphosa tells South Africa to prepare for loss of US-Africa trade deal

Nations urged to curb harmful subsidies at UN nature summit

Ukraine on back foot as Kremlin moots US, China meeting

France presses resale platforms to remove 'stolen' goods after unrest

'Stay home!': Tourists find themselves in a France convulsed by protests

Yamal v PSG: Ballon d'Or backdrop to Champions League showdown

Kenyan cult leader guilty on all charges over 191 starvation deaths

Araujo says too soon to talk about permanent Liverpool move

Eagles star Hurts to miss rest of NFL season: reports

US wants to be 'strong partner' for central Asia: Rubio

Oil-rich Alberta votes on Canada breakup

Myanmar junta says it targeted rebels in deadly attack on protest

Myanmar's military confirmed on Thursday that it had attacked a protest, where dozens were killed according to residents, with the junta saying rebel fighters were among the crowd.

Home comforts beckon as under-fire Wirtz returns to Germany duty

After a difficult start in Liverpool, midfielder Florian Wirtz will hope a return to the familiar surroundings of international duty with Germany will ignite a turnaround in form.

Silver price hits decades high as gold rush eases

The price of silver hit a three-decade high on Thursday as investors kept flocking to safe havens amid geopolitical and economic uncertainty, but gold eased off a record run.

Laszlo Krasznahorkai: Hungary's 'master of apocalypse'

Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel literature prize on Thursday, has been described as the postmodern "master of the apocalypse".

Ferrari goes electric with four-seat coupe but shares get shocked

Ferrari will begin its cautious shift to electric vehicles in 2026 with its first battery-powered four-seat coupe, but shares plummeted Thursday over a long-term profit outlook that fell short.

Monaco sack coach Hutter, line up Pocognoli: sources

Monaco sacked their Austrian coach Adi Hutter on Thursday and are set to replace him with Belgian Sebastien Pocognoli, sources told AFP.

500 US troops deploy in Chicago ahead of court hearing

Five hundred US troops deployed in the Chicago area on Thursday as part of President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown, despite strenuous objections of local leaders seeking a judge's order to block the mobilization.

Djokovic to meet 204th-ranked Vacherot in Shanghai Masters semi-final

Novak Djokovic looked far from his best Thursday but dispatched Belgium's Zizou Bergs 6-3, 7-5 to set up a Shanghai Masters semi-final against tournament surprise package Valentin Vacherot.

UK-Balkans meet targets people-smuggling, Russian disinformation

Britain announced funding to help tackle people-smuggling and Russian disinformation as she hosted counterparts from the Western Balkans for a summit in Northern Ireland on Thursday.

Guillotine abolitionist Robert Badinter to enter France's Pantheon

Robert Badinter, a justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981, is to enter the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Thursday.

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