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India vows action after first cheetah shot dead

Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren on the joys of filming 'MobLand'

'Now or Never': Ethiopia influencers push for Eritrea invasion

S.African activists push back on data centre rush

Mbappe furore rages on in China, but Mao comments censored

Judges set to rule on Australian mushroom killer's appeal

Billionaire Ambani's Jio jumps 21% in market debut after record India IPO

Syria reopens Jordan border crossing after mending ties

Rays win thriller to thwart Brewers in World Series

Cyclone Arnab lashes India coast, no deaths reported

Reigning champ Knicks earn first win against Pistons

US to grant Flavio Bolsonaro visa as he flees Brazil after election loss

Trump tamed after US midterms? Europe doubts it

Runners swap streets for shopping malls as haze chokes Singapore

Dozens injured in Seychelles blast at explosives depot

A huge blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured 66 people and brought down buildings, prompting the country's "shocked" president to declare a state of emergency.

To the moo-n: cow dung fuels Japan's space ambitions

Japan's space industry opened potentially an udder-ly new chapter on Thursday with a start-up testing a prototype rocket engine that runs on fuel derived purely from a plentiful local source: cow dung.

Stock markets retreat, oil in slight rebound

European and Asian stock markets retreated Thursday on the eve of key US jobs data, as oil prices rebounded slightly from five-month lows.

Emery refuses to label surging Villa as title contenders

Unai Emery refused to label Aston Villa as Premier League title contenders after his side climbed to third place with a 1-0 win against champions Manchester City.

Munro slams 99 as Heat crush Stars to open Big Bash League

Big-hitting New Zealander Colin Munro slammed an unbeaten 99 to help steer Brisbane Heat to a 103-run thrashing of Glenn Maxwell's Melbourne Stars Thursday on the opening day of Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League.

German pair triumphs in short programme at Beijing Grand Prix

Newcomers Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin claimed figure skating gold in the pairs short programme at the Grand Prix Final in Beijing on Thursday.

Bitcoin rally shines spotlight on investor risks

A much-anticipated US approval of wider bitcoin trading has helped the world's biggest cryptocurrency reach 20-month heights, risking however pain for new investors unaccustomed to its volatility.

'Struggling' Man City leave Guardiola with title headache

Pep Guardiola admits "struggling" Manchester City's unexpected stumble in the Premier League title race has left him searching for solutions to the champions' problems.

Ukraine 'very concerned' over Russian Olympics call: Sports minister

The Ukrainian government is "very concerned" by the call from sports federations and National Olympic Committees to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at next year's Paris Olympics, its acting sports minister has told AFP.

Urban fighting rages in Gaza as Israel-Hamas war enters third month

Heavy urban combat raged in and around Gaza's biggest cities Thursday as the bloodiest ever war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas entered its third month since the October 7 attacks.

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