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Morocco coach Regragui aims to shift pressure to Cameroon before AFCON clash

Morocco coach Regragui aims to shift pressure to Cameroon before AFCON clash

Morocco coach Walid Regragui on Thursday sought to remove some of the pressure on his team as he suggested Cameroon had more to lose in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final between the sides.

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HRW warns right to protest 'under attack' in UK

HRW warns right to protest 'under attack' in UK

Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned Thursday that the UK has "severely restricted the right to protest" in recent years and was expanding "repressive measures" against peaceful demonstrators.

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French farmers rage against EU-Mercosur trade deal

French farmers rage against EU-Mercosur trade deal

Hundreds of French farmers protested in Paris Thursday after rolling into the capital on tractors, angry at a planned EU trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur they fear will create unfair competition.

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Humanoid robots go for knockout in high-tech Vegas fight night

Humanoid robots go for knockout in high-tech Vegas fight night

Two robots the size of schoolchildren stepped into the ring at BattleBots Arena.

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Brazil's Lula vetoes law reducing Bolsonaro's sentence

Brazil's Lula vetoes law reducing Bolsonaro's sentence

Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday vetoed a law dramatically reducing the prison sentence of former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last year of coup plotting.

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New protests, strikes hit Iran as security forces open fire

New protests, strikes hit Iran as security forces open fire

Protesters denounced the Iranian authorities and staged strike actions Thursday in a new wave of demonstrations that have spread across the Islamic republic, as rights groups accused security forces of shooting on people in several locations.

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Macron accuses US of 'turning away' from allies, breaking rules

Macron accuses US of 'turning away' from allies, breaking rules

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday the United States was "gradually turning away" from some of its allies and "breaking free from international rules", offering some of his strongest criticism yet of Washington's policies under Donald Trump.

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Joshua pays tribute to close friends killed in crash

Joshua pays tribute to close friends killed in crash

Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua paid a moving tribute on Thursday to the two close friends killed in a car crash in Nigeria, labelling them "brothers" and "great men".

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Protesters, US law enforcement clash after immigration officer kills woman

Protesters, US law enforcement clash after immigration officer kills woman

Protesters clashed with law enforcement officers in Minneapolis on Thursday after the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration agent triggered outrage fueled by the Trump administration's insistence she was guilty of "domestic terrorism."

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French ex-spy chief cops suspended jail term for 15 mn euro shakedown

French ex-spy chief cops suspended jail term for 15 mn euro shakedown

A former head of France's foreign intelligence agency was handed a one-year suspended jail sentence Thursday for attempted extortion worth millions of euros.

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