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Mona Lisa scrubbed from Syrian textbooks as critics slam conservative drift

Flavio Bolsonaro: right-wing heir falls from presidential hopeful to exile

Bolsonaro flees Brazil for US after election defeat: AFP

UK budget lifts bank tax to offset surging energy bills

Brazil's Bolsonaros: between power, prison, and exile

Spain high-speed train collision kills 64, injures over 100

Israel president urges against new vote despite inconclusive result

Brazil's Bolsonaro lands in Florida after election defeat: AFP

Eala recovers to move into Tokyo quarter-finals

Russia woos African leaders at Moscow summit

COPs 'bunch of baloney' says Panama as it vies to host nature summit

Local ceasefire in Russia-occupied Ukrainian city holds for second day

Denmark mulls banning turbo chickens

Odegaard urges Arsenal to move on after Fleetwood upset

Most stocks rise on trade deal optimism

Asian markets mostly rose Thursday on optimism that governments will hammer out deals to avoid the worst of US President Donald Trump's tariffs even after he broadened his range of measures.

Sherratt says 'grieving' Wales ready to end 18-game losing run

Wales interim head coach Matt Sherratt said Thursday that he had given his players "time to grieve" over their latest defeat as he named his team for their second Test against Japan.

'Monster' Inoue to face Akhmadaliev in Japan

Japan's undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue announced Thursday that he will defend his titles against Uzbekistan's Murodjon Akhmadaliev in Nagoya in September.

Humanoid robot says not aiming to 'replace human artists'

When successful artist Ai-Da unveiled a new portrait of King Charles this week, the humanoid robot described what inspired the layered and complex piece, and insisted it had no plans to "replace" humans.

Hippo birthday: Thai internet sensation Moo Deng is a year old

Thailand's pygmy hippo Moo Deng marked her first birthday on Thursday, drawing crowds of diehard fans even as she left behind the cute animal infancy that earned her worldwide internet fame.

Havili, Salakaia-Loto to lead Australia-New Zealand against Lions

David Havili and Lukhan Salakaia-Loto were on Thursday named co-captains of a "powerful" Australia-New Zealand combined side stacked with All Blacks and Wallabies to face the British and Irish Lions in Adelaide.

Mexico barred from sending cattle to US over flesh-eating pest

The US Secretary of Agriculture has announced ports will be closed to the livestock trade at the southern border after Mexican cattle tested positive for the flesh-eating New World screwworm (NWS).

China heatwaves boost ice factory sales

In a high-ceilinged room on the outskirts of eastern China's Hangzhou, workers use tongs to slide large blocks of frosty white ice along a metal track into a refrigerated truck.

Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least two

Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv killed at least two people, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday, with around a dozen wounded.

Fly-half Edwards to make first start for Wales against Japan

Fly-half Dan Edwards will make his first start for Wales after interim head coach Matt Sherratt named his team Thursday for the second Test against Japan in Kobe.

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