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Phillies clinch, Astros wrap up division on final day of MLB season

Dupont scores twice to send Toulouse to Top 14 summit

Commanders hand champion Seahawks their first loss

Greece stun Klopp's Germany as Ireland show sorrow for Gaza

Dupont scores twice to send Toulouse top of Top 14

Ramos fires holders Portugal to Nations League win in Norway

Ireland beat Israel but no handshakes due to war in Gaza

Greece hand Klopp first defeat as Germany manager

Tense standoff over flashpoint N.Ireland parade lasts into night

Pope promises French sex abuse victims to prevent further harm

Stunned McNulty wins 'miracle' road race world title

UK village on edge over threats to air base in terror alert

Re-released 'Avengers: Endgame' snaps-up N. America box office lead

Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US

Turkey central bank holds key interest rate steady

Turkey's central bank held its key interest rate steady on Thursday but warned it could hike it again as the country's soaring inflation remains a headache for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.

Residents protest as Venice launches five-euro entry fee

Venice on Thursday began charging day-trippers for entry, a world first aimed at tackling mass tourism but opposed by protesters objecting to treating the historic Italian city as a museum.

Ahead of feared Rafah invasion, Palestinians mourn bombardment dead

Palestinians on Thursday mourned over people killed in Israeli bombardment of Rafah, the southern Gaza city where Israel says it is advancing plans for a ground invasion.

French national library quarantines 'poisonous' books

France's national library said Thursday it had removed four 19th-century books from its shelves whose emerald green covers were likely laced with highly poisonous arsenic.

Five things to know about Anfield-linked Arne Slot

Arne Slot, the Feyenoord coach reportedly the subject of talks between the clubs about joining Liverpool, is known as a passionate leader who gets the most out of his player and demands a strong work ethic.

Five things we learned at the China Auto Show

One of China's largest auto shows kicked off in Beijing on Thursday, with electric vehicle makers keen to show off their latest designs and high-tech accessories to consumers in the fiercely competitive market.

Macron warns 'mortal' Europe needs credible defence

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that Europe faced an existential threat from Russian aggression, calling on the continent to adopt a "credible" defence strategy less dependent on the United States.

Labour pledges to renationalise UK railways

Britain's main Labour opposition on Thursday vowed to renationalise the UK's much-maligned rail services within five years if it wins a general election due later this year.

US announces sweeping cuts to power sector carbon emissions

President Joe Biden's government on Thursday finalized sweeping plans to curb planet-warming emissions from the nation's fossil fuel plants as part of the United States' efforts to confront the climate crisis.

US to give Micron $6.1 bn for American chip factories

Micron is set to receive up to $6.1 billion in grants from the US government to help build its semiconductor plants in New York and Idaho, the White House said Thursday.

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