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'Game of Thrones' movie in early development: reports

US rapper Young Thug pleads guilty in street gang case

Apple narrowly beats estimates with boost from iPhone sales

Deadly Spain floods held up as warning at nature protection summit

Bolivia's breadbasket squeezed by pro-Morales blockades

Mahomes, Mayfield prepare for duel as Chiefs, Bucs clash

Alcaraz suffers Paris Masters shock as race for Turin heats up

Harris blasts 'offensive' Trump for remarks on women

Alcaraz stunned by 18th-ranked Humbert at Paris Masters

UN rapporteur urges climate activist's release ahead of COP29

O'Brien takes aim at Classic again with City of Troy

10 dead in Ukraine apartment strike, after Russia quits Snake Island

At least 10 people were killed Friday in a strike on a Ukrainian apartment building, a day after Russian troops abandoned positions on a captured island in a major setback to the Kremlin's invasion.

Champions South Africa begin World Cup countdown against lowly Wales

Siya Kolisi-captained South Africa begin on Saturday against Wales in Pretoria a 16-match countdown before defending the Rugby World Cup title in France next September.

US to disburse $92 mn to FIFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF in wake of corruption probe

FIFA and other entities injured in the global football corruption scheme that exploded in 2015 are set to receive another $92 million in compensation, the US Department of Justice said Thursday.

Controversy swirls as LIV Golf's first US event tees off

The first US event in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series teed off in Oregon on Thursday amid continued protests and threats of legal action that would further divide the global game.

California lawmakers pass sweeping bill to reduce non-recyclable plastic

Garbage be gone: California's legislature has passed an ambitious bill mandating reduction of non-recyclable plastic by at least 30 percent in six years, while also placing responsibility on producers.

Vitinha joins PSG in club's first off-season signing

Portugal midfielder Vitinha joined Paris Saint-Germain from Porto on Thursday in what is the French champions' first foray into the transfer market.

Eight anti-coup protesters killed in Sudan mass rallies

At least eight Sudanese demonstrators were killed Thursday as security forces sought to quash mass rallies of protesters demanding an end to military rule, pro-democracy medics said.

NYPD unit that inspired 'Law & Order: SVU' faces gender bias probe

The US Justice Department will investigate the New York police agency that inspired the hit TV show "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," over its treatment of sexual assault victims.

Horseshoe crabs: 'Living fossils' vital for vaccine safety

On a bright moonlit night, a team of scientists and volunteers head out to a protected beach along the Delaware Bay to survey horseshoe crabs that spawn in their millions along the US East Coast from late spring to early summer.