Sterling left out of England squad again
Raheem Sterling was left out of England's squad for their final Euro 2024 qualifiers as manager Gareth Southgate resisted the temptation to make changes.
Read moreNew Zealand on brink of World Cup semi-finals
Trent Boult led an inspired bowling display to help New Zealand down Sri Lanka by five wickets on Thursday and move to the brink of the World Cup semi-finals.
Read moreTurkey's Gaza fury deepens splits with EU
As Turkey's relations with the European Union come under strain over its democratic standards, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's outspoken pro-Palestinian stance on the war between Israel and Hamas is further testing ties.
Read more10 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid on Jenin: ministry
Ten Palestinians were killed Thursday in an Israeli raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said as AFP journalists reported intense fighting.
Read moreMourinho on warpath as derby day enflames Roman passions
Roma and Lazio will try to put themselves back in the Champions League picture on Sunday when they face off in this season's first Rome derby, a fiery fixture which has already set Jose Mourinho on the warpath.
Read moreWhy France can't get enough of Gatsby
It's an American classic but a Gallic obsession -- France can't stop re-translating "The Great Gatsby" whose 11th version hit the stores on Thursday.
Read moreFrench star Isabelle Adjani on battling shyness for new pop album
She may be one of France's biggest film stars, but Isabelle Adjani admits she was too shy to record in the same room as celebrity collaborators like Seal and Simon Le Bon as she returned to music with her first album in 40 years.
Read morePSG kid Zaire-Emery is French football's next big thing
France's never-ending conveyor belt of footballing talent appears to have thrown up its next superstar in Paris Saint-Germain's midfield prodigy Warren Zaire-Emery, who earned a call-up to the full national team on Thursday.
Read moreUK minister condemned for unapproved comments on 'pro-Palestinian mobs'
UK interior minister Suella Braverman's position looked increasingly precarious on Thursday after she criticised policing of pro-Palestinian marches in comments made without Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's approval.
Read more'Never again' is now: Scholz vows to protect Germany's Jews
Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged Thursday to protect Germany's Jews against a "shameful" upsurge in anti-Semitism in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, on the anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom that began the Holocaust.
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