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Monitor says Indonesia fires have burned nearly two million hectares

Guehi insists players have 'trust and belief' in Man City after charges

French PM says could declare state of emergency over unrest 'if needed'

UN climate panel head wants swift end to deadlock over key scientific report

Albanian PM warns of 'red line' after days of unrest

PM calls for curfews in France as govt grapples with unrest

Putin, Xi and Trump could meet at APEC summit: Kremlin

Man City's Semenyo out for up to eight weeks

Microsoft exits data centre deal in blow to UK AI ambitions

Australian lawmaker critically hurt in 'violent' vehicle attack

European stocks retreat as France violence spreads

England women's coach Wiegman signs two-year contract extension

North Korea warns 'grave situation' prevailing along border

Louvre blocked as France grapples with unrest

Lyles scorches to 200m victory at Zurich Diamond League

Triple world champion Noah Lyles scorched to victory in a high-quality 200m at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday.

Bolsonaro declines to answer police questions in jewel scandal

Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro and his wife opted to remain silent Thursday as they faced questioning by federal police over allegations of trying to embezzle pricey jewelry and other official gifts from foreign countries.

Dortmund sign Fuellkrug from Werder Bremen

Borussia Dortmund announed on Friday they have signed Germany striker Niclas Fuellkrug from Werder Bremen.

Palace sign England goalkeeper Henderson from Manchester United

Crystal Palace have signed England goalkeeper Dean Henderson from Premier League rivals Manchester United, the London club announced Thursday.

Guatemala declares dengue health emergency

Guatemala on Thursday declared a national health emergency in the face of a dengue outbreak that has killed 22 and infected thousands so far this year.

W.Africa bloc chief sees 9-month transition for Niger junta

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, head of the West Africa bloc ECOWAS, on Thursday suggested a nine-month transition back to democracy for Niger's new regime in the bloc's first apparent timeline since the July coup.

Murray slides to heavy US Open defeat against Dimitrov

Andy Murray suffered a demoralising straight-sets loss to Bulgarian 19th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the second round of the US Open on Thursday.

Sinner on course for Alcaraz US Open rematch, Murray out

Italian sixth seed Jannik Sinner remained on course for a US Open quarter-final rematch with Carlos Alcaraz on Thursday as former champion Andy Murray tumbled out.

Fitzpatrick makes Ryder Cup push at European Masters

Matt Fitzpatrick boosted his hopes of playing at the Ryder Cup by grabbing a share of the lead after the opening roud of the European Masters on Thursday.

US envoy urges Lebanon, Israel to agree land border

US envoy Amos Hochstein who oversaw a maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel, countries technically still at war, said Thursday it was time to delineate their land border also.

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