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South Korea sends first container ship through Arctic route

Anthropic market debut could break SpaceX IPO record: media

Trescothick eager to keep England job despite Hussey approach

Pope's 'couturier of the sacred' fueled by faith

Indonesia deploys hundreds of soldiers to tackle Borneo fires

Duplantis locked in on 'grinding' for big bars

The last lap: Fans, drivers bid fond farewell to Dutch GP

Stokes says decision to leave Headingley off Ashes roster 'shambolic'

Silesia Diamond League: four events to watch

New arrival Rodri to miss Elche opener: Barca's Flick

Russell wins Dutch GP sprint race, Antonelli fourth

Atletico's Alvarez to return against Villarreal: Simeone

Mercedes driver George Russell wins Dutch GP sprint race

Dozens of civilians killed, kidnapped as jihadists clash in Nigeria

Stocks tank as central banks hike rates

Stock markets tumbled Thursday as central banks hiked interest rates in efforts to tame runaway inflation which has raised fears of recession.

Disgraced windpipe surgeon convicted in Sweden for harming patient

A Swedish court on Thursday found an Italian surgeon, once hailed for pioneering windpipe surgery, guilty of causing bodily harm to a patient, but cleared him of assault charges.

UN warns of 'alarming rise' of hunger in Sudan

Political and economic turmoil have helped drive a third of Sudan's population towards life-threatening food shortages, and the situation is likely to worsen, the UN said on Thursday.

Hectic horse-trading as WTO talks enter overtime

Talks at the World Trade Organization were going deep into overtime on Thursday with countries trying to thrash out an over-arching deal encompassing food security, fishing and combating Covid-19.

Morikawa, Matsuyama, Scott among early US Open co-leaders

Reigning British Open champion Collin Morikawa and past Masters winners Hideki Matsuyama and Adam Scott were among eight players sharing the early lead at the 122nd US Open on Thursday.

Women not wearing hijab 'trying to look like animals', say Taliban posters

The Taliban's religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying that Muslim women who do not wear an Islamic hijab that fully covers their bodies are "trying to look like animals", an official confirmed on Thursday.

Scandal-hit UK PM loses second ethics chief

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top ethics advisor said he had quit after the government forced him into an "impossible and odious" position, according to a letter released on Thursday.

EU leaders vow to back Ukraine in visit to war-torn Kyiv

The leaders of major EU powers France, Germany and Italy vowed Thursday to help Ukraine defeat Russia and to rebuild its shattered cities, in a visit to a war-torn Kyiv suburb.

BoE unveils fifth rate hike in row as inflation soars

The Bank of England on Thursday hiked its main interest rate for a fifth straight time, as it forecast British inflation to soar further this year to above 11 percent.