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In Finland's forests, soldiers re-learn how to lay anti-personnel mines

Israeli president visits Australia after Bondi Beach attack

In Dakar fishing village, surfing entices girls back to school

Lakers rally to beat Sixers despite Doncic injury

Russian pensioners turn to soup kitchen as war economy stutters

Japan taps Meta to help search for abuse of Olympic athletes

As Estonia schools phase out Russian, many families struggle

Toyota names new CEO, hikes profit forecasts

Next in Putin's sights? Estonia town stuck between two worlds

Family of US news anchor's missing mother renews plea to kidnappers

Spin woes, injury and poor form dog Australia for T20 World Cup

Denmark hails 'very constructive' meeting with US over Greenland

Denmark's foreign minister said Thursday he was "more optimistic" after technical talks kicked off with the United States over Greenland.

Phan Huy: the prodigy putting Vietnam on the fashion map

Phan Huy had a thrilling -- but quite stressful -- journey to making history at Paris Haute Couture Week on Thursday, where he became the youngest ever and the first Vietnamese designer to present a collection on the official calendar.

US border chief says not 'surrendering' immigration mission

President Donald Trump's border chief vowed Thursday to press on with the federal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis while acknowledging the mission needed to improve and promising to hold agents to account.

EU to put Iran Guards on 'terrorist list'

EU foreign ministers were expected to agree Thursday to put Iran's Revolutionary Guards on the bloc's "terrorist list" after a deadly crackdown on mass protests.

Pegula calls herself 'shoddy, erratic' in Melbourne semi-final loss

Jessica Pegula called her display "shoddy" and "erratic" as her Australian Open run ended in the semi-finals to Elena Rybakina on Thursday.

All hands on deck: British Navy sobers up alcohol policy

The UK navy is tightening the taps on allowing alcohol at sea, the defence ministry said Thursday.

Sabalenka says Serena return would be 'cool' after great refuses to rule it out

World number one Aryna Sabalenka said it would be "cool" to see Serena Williams return to tennis after the American great refused to rule it out when asked, and instead replied: "I don't know. I'm just going to see what happens."

Rybakina plots revenge over Sabalenka in Australian Open final

Elena Rybakina said Thursday she was braced for another "great battle" as she plots revenge over world number one Aryna Sabalenka in a rerun of their 2023 Australian Open final.

Irish Six Nations hopes hit by Aki ban

Ireland's hopes of regaining the Six Nations title suffered a second blow in two days with veteran centre Bundee Aki suspended for their first three matches for "verbal abuse and disrespect".

Britain's Starmer hails 'good progress' after meeting China's Xi

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed "really good progress" on issues including visa-free travel and tariffs during talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday.

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