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Top-ranked Rybakina to face Fernandez for Ningbo title

Police fire tear gas as new French protests kick off

Late India charge seals thrilling second T20 win over New Zealand

Police fire tear gas as new French demonstrations kick off

Seen and heard at France protests

Tropical Storm Champi nears China after battering Taiwan, Japan

White says Fiji can have 'massive' World Cup after beating Japan

'Weeks, not days' in Kompany recovery, say Bayern

England thrash France 82-0 to keep Rugby League World Cup hopes alive

Unfair to compare us to Barca: Real Madrid's Mourinho

Security high as France braces for new protests

North Korea's Kim makes unannounced visit to Chinese border city

White makes winning start as Fiji edge Eddie Jones's Japan

Fire breaks out at Hitler's mountain retreat, suspect arrested

'Incredibly disappointing', says Buttler as England crash at World Cup

England captain Jos Buttler admitted the World Cup had been "incredibly disappointing" as the defending champions were pushed to the brink of elimination on Thursday.

Hungary's Orban says 'link between terrorist acts and migration'

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday there is "a very clear link between terrorist acts and migration" as he went into an EU summit discussing a reform of the bloc's asylum rules.

EU eyes call for 'corridors and pauses' for Gaza aid

EU leaders on Thursday debated calling for "pauses" in Israel's war with Hamas to get aid into Gaza, as the bloc weighed how to respond to the conflict as fighting rages in Ukraine.

Bankman-Fried to testify at his US crypto trial

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, plans to make another high-stakes gamble and testify in his own defense at his criminal fraud trial.

Hurricane leaves at least 27 dead in Mexico's Acapulco

Hurricane Otis killed at least 27 people as it lashed Mexico's beach resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, officials said Thursday, in what residents called a "total disaster."

Norwegian police open probe into Ingebrigtsen brothers' abuse claims

Norwegian police said on Thursday they had opened an investigation into accusations of abuse made by Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his brothers Henrik and Filip against their father Gjert.

Sri Lanka push dismal England closer to World Cup exit

Sri Lanka pushed dismal England to the brink of World Cup elimination on Thursday when they handed the defending champions an eight-wicket thrashing.

Stocks slide as interest rates and conflict weigh on sentiment

World stock markets slid Thursday on mounting worries over interest rates and an escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

'Last' Beatles song set for release next week

A much-anticipated "new" Beatles record, created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released next week on November 2, former band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr revealed Thursday.