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Barca's Fermin Lopez out for two weeks with calf injury

Barca's Fermin Lopez out for two weeks with calf injury

Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Fermin Lopez has been ruled out for the next two weeks with a calf injury, the club announced on Thursday.

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Two break out of French jail in 'old-fashioned' bed sheets escape

Two break out of French jail in 'old-fashioned' bed sheets escape

Two prisoners escaped from a French jail using bed sheets after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said Thursday.

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Brignone ski return a 'starting point' before Winter Olympics

Brignone ski return a 'starting point' before Winter Olympics

Italian alpine skiing World Cup holder Federica Brignone said on Thursday her return to snow was a "starting point" with the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics a little more than two months away.

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Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 65, scores missing

Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 65, scores missing

Hong Kong authorities said on Thursday the death toll from the city's worst fire in decades had risen to 65, as firefighters scoured scorched high-rise buildings in an apartment complex for more than 250 people listed as missing.

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New protections for oceanic whitetip sharks, but not eels

New protections for oceanic whitetip sharks, but not eels

The world's top wildlife trade body voted Thursday to effectively ban all international trade in the critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark but rejected a proposal to protect more species of eel.

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'Dad, there's a fire': survivors recount deadly Hong Kong blaze

'Dad, there's a fire': survivors recount deadly Hong Kong blaze

Hong Kong's worst fire in almost 80 years killed at least 65 people in an eight-building apartment complex, with more than 250 people still missing.

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Captured Kenyan runner says he was tricked into Russian army

Captured Kenyan runner says he was tricked into Russian army

Kenyan long-distance runner Evans Kibet said he came to Russia for a sporting event but was instead spirited away to a military training camp and sent to fight in Ukraine.

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'Truly severe' floods overwhelm Southeast Asia

'Truly severe' floods overwhelm Southeast Asia

Authorities across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia worked on Thursday to reach residents trapped in floods that have killed dozens of people across the region in recent days.

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Steep fall in UK net migration figures

Steep fall in UK net migration figures

Net migration to the UK dropped by 69 percent to 204,000 in the year to June, official figures showed on Thursday, in a much-needed boost to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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Singapore AI teddy back on sale after recall over sex chat scare

Singapore AI teddy back on sale after recall over sex chat scare

A plushy, AI-enabled teddy bear recalled after its chatbot was found to engage in sexually explicit conversations and offer instructions on where to find knives is again for sale, AFP found.

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