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Brazil court takes ex-president Bolsonaro into custody over flight risk

G20 threatened by geopolitical fractures, leaders warn

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Ukraine, US to start talks in Switzerland on Trump's plan to end war

Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping

Smith warns 'outstanding' Australia on a high after stunning win

Ukraine, Europe scramble to respond to US plan to end war

Head's Ashes century for the ages 'out of this world', says Smith

Norway's McGrath leads after first slalom run in Gurgl

UN climate talks deadlocked as EU pushes fossil-fuel phaseout

Stokes says 'shell-shocked' England must move on fast from crushing loss

South Africa 247-6 after Kuldeep takes three in second India Test

Stocks higher as traders weigh China-US row, tech earnings

Global stock markets mostly rose on Thursday as investors weighed strong tech earnings and hopes that the latest flare-up in US-China trade tensions might ease.

Oscar Wilde grandson to collect reissued British Library pass

The grandson of Oscar Wilde will Thursday collect a British Library pass symbolically reinstated to the celebrated Irish writer 130 years after it was revoked when he was convicted for being gay.

Turkish experts to help find hostage bodies in Gaza

Turkey has deployed dozens of disaster relief experts to search for the remains of hostages still missing in Gaza, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Thursday to bring all captives' bodies home.

Athletes' parade at Winter Olympics' opening ceremony to be held across event sites

Athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics will conduct their traditional opening ceremony parade across sites in the four event clusters which will host the sprawling Milan-Cortina Games, organisers announced on Thursday.

Billionaire Ronaldo tops Forbes footballer rich list again

Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo once again topped the Forbes highest-paid footballers list for the 2025-26 season, as one of three members of the top 10 plying their trade in Saudi Arabia.

Kenya security forces fire on mourners for politician Odinga

Tens of thousands of Kenyans fled in panic on Thursday when security forces fired on mourners who had gathered in a stadium to see the body of opposition leader Raila Odinga, repatriated from India on Thursday.

Abuse victims still face 'disturbing' retaliation: Vatican commission

Victims of clerical sex abuse still face "disturbing" retaliation from Catholic Church leaders for speaking out despite years of efforts to tackle the global scourge, a Vatican commission said Thursday.

Capuozzo back for Italy's November Tests

Ange Capuozzo, Paolo Garbisi and Michele Lamaro make their returns to the Italy squad for three November Tests after missing out on summer action, the Italian rugby federation announced Thursday.

US Fed chair contender backs October rate cut

A top contender to run the US Federal Reserve threw his support Thursday behind a quarter-point rate cut later this month, claiming he believed inflation would soon cool.

Trump to speak with Putin ahead of Zelensky visit

Donald Trump is set to speak with Russian leader Vladimir Putin Thursday, a White House official told AFP, a day before Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky meets the US president to push for Tomahawk missiles.

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