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Thailand begins extradition process against Chinese journalist

Alex Bodi pushes ahead with expansion: ALIX LASERS showroom planned for Bucharest

Quarantine, unease and rumours: Russian city grapples with plague scare

Fossil fuels off COP31 agenda as global output keeps rising

Taiwan says exports hit record in September on AI demand

Haze not 'a threat' to Singapore F1 race: organisers

Marc Marquez vows to 'attack' Martin's lead at Indonesian MotoGP

COP31 organisers say to seek 'ambitious' action with their text

Diplomats, schools in Saudi take safety measures after blasts heard: sources to AFP

Bartunkova thrashes Muchova to reach China Open semi-finals

In Beijing, EU trade envoy says deficit with China 'unsustainable'

Drone hits Yandex data centre, in first such attack on Russia

Sri Lanka's de Silva quits as Test captain

Oil prices surge and stocks sink on fresh inflation worries

Two injured in burglary on Kluivert home in Spain

Two people were lightly injured by three hooded men during a burglary at the home of Valencia's Dutch winger Justin Kluivert, Spanish police said Thursday.

Tears and prayers outside Tina Turner's tranquil Swiss home

"Someone like this should live forever," said one of Tina Turner's neighbours as she laid flowers outside the rock legend's home in Switzerland on Thursday.

Cannes critics drool over French 'food porn' love story

The kitchen of a 19th-century French chateau is home to an endless gastronomic feast in "The Pot-au-Feu", an ode to food with a simmering love story at its heart which left Cannes critics drooling.

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party keeps faith in Erdogan rival

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party decided Thursday to continue backing the main opposition leader despite his overtures to far-right parties in the runup to this weekend's historic presidential runoff.

South Korea hails successful launch of homegrown rocket

South Korea said Thursday it had successfully launched its homegrown Nuri rocket and placed working satellites into orbit, hailing a key step forward for the country's burgeoning space programme.

Wagner says handing Bakhmut to Russian army, Japan scrambles jets

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Thursday his troops had started transferring their positions in the flashpoint eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut to the Russian military.

UK's Sunak vows to cut immigration as figures hit new high

Net migration in the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022, official figures showed on Thursday, heaping pressure on the government, which has pledged to cut dependency on foreign labour.

Spanish PM faces key test in regional elections

Spain votes Sunday in local and regional polls which will test Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's chances of remaining in power after a general election later this year.

French Olympic Committee in turmoil year ahead of Games

Sports Minister Amelie Oudea Castera on Thursday called on the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) to rally together after their president Brigitte Henriques quit her post only 14 months before Paris hosts the Olympic Games.

Markets struggle on German recession, US debt woes

Global stock markets struggled Thursday following news that Europe's biggest economy Germany has entered recession, and after Fitch warned that the US debt standoff could threaten its gold-plated credit rating.

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