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New Labour leader Burnham vows to renew hope as next UK PM

MEXC Adds Five Ondo Tokenized Stocks Spanning Semiconductors to Power Infrastructure

Kerr targets world mile record, Hodgkinson happy to 'run free'

Polish president vetoes civil partnerships bill

'Concerns' after Amnesty labels J.K. Rowling women's centre 'anti-rights'

US, Iran trade attacks in return to full-blown war

Stocks slide, oil prices jump as tech, Mideast war in focus

Horror film 'Obsession' is exploding cinema profit records

Neutral games needed at Nations Championship, says official

EU reforms carbon market under pressure from industry

Herbert's record front nine snatches British Open lead

Kenya police in massive show of force on protest anniversary

Kenyan police put on a massive show of force Thursday in a bid to prevent protests marking two years since a landmark Gen Z uprising.

Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron's blowout forecast

South Korea's Kospi soared more than five percent in a tech-led surge across Asia on Thursday as a forecast-busting earnings report from US chip titan Micron helped traders brush off their latest worries about the AI investment boom.

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.

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