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No room in All Blacks for Beauden Barrett against Ireland

Fiji scrum-half Kuruvoli slapped with four-match ban for red card

Japan give Haangana debut for France 'forward battle' in steamy Tokyo

Asian stocks mostly sink as AI worries hammer tech

Ireland coach Farrell relishes another crack at Eden Park record

'Holding back is evil': Gen-Zers revive Japan's corporate machismo

Tractors out, oxen in for fuel-starved Cuban farms

Saving Gaza's past, one artefact at a time

US bid for Libya reunification a gamble, analysts say

In Senegal, a feverish ancestral hunt beckons the rain

Japan to give flanker Haangana his debut against France

USA, Germany in control as Dutch eye World Cup knockouts

Co-hosts the United States and Germany will bid to complete perfect World Cup group stage campaigns on Thursday, while the Netherlands and Japan look poised to join them in the last 32.

Trump-linked resort shines light on Albania's 'stolen' land

Acres of land that Albanian Minella Balliu has fought for decades to reclaim has been thrust into the global spotlight by the Trump family's plans to build a luxury hotel complex on it.

Violence feared as Kenya marks protest anniversary

Kenya prepared for possible violence on the streets Thursday as police shut down large parts of the capital in a bid to block protests marking two years since a landmark Gen Z uprising.

Venezuela twin quakes kill at least 32, injure more than 700

Powerful twin earthquakes have killed 32 people and injured more than 700, the nation's interim president said Thursday, after the massive shocks collapsed entire buildings and sent people running in panic.

French aversion to air conditioning melts as homes sizzle

As Europe's heatwave leaves millions sweltering in poorly insulated apartments, schools and retirement homes, more French people are breaking with tradition to turn to air conditioning.

Ukraine recovery summit opens, overshadowed by Kyiv-Warsaw row

A landmark conference on Ukraine's post-war reconstruction is set to open Thursday in Poland without President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is snubbing the event over a diplomatic row with ally Warsaw.

Municipal misery weighs on looming S.African elections

Mounds of garbage, potholed roads and sewage spills: grim conditions like these led voters near Johannesburg to abandon their long-time loyalty to the ANC and hand the rival DA its first black township ward in South Africa.

Chad sees influx of drone victims from Sudan

Faouzi Abdulbagi Mahammat Anour woke up in Tine, Chad, with a burnt face and his right eye missing after being attacked on the Sudanese side of the border by a drone.

Rubio in Bahrain as US-Iran diplomacy ramps up

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio was in Bahrain on Thursday after promising Gulf allies that Washington would protect their interests as it seeks to hammer out a final settlement to end the war with Iran.

Hong takes blame as South Korea's World Cup hopes fade

South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo took the blame for his team's limp 1-0 defeat to South Africa on Wednesday that left their World Cup hopes hanging by a thread.

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