World leaders ditch ties at sweaty climate summit
Diplomacy ditched its stuffy tie for once at a climate meeting in Belem, Brazil, where Thursday's Amazonian heat saw leaders and bureaucrats eagerly remove what is normally considered a summit fashion must.
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Dallas Cowboys' Marshawn Kneeland dies at 24
Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland has died at the age of 24, the NFL franchise said on Thursday.
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Rally outside Rockstar against GTA studio's 'union busting'
Dozens of people protested Thursday outside Rockstar Games' offices in Edinburgh, accusing the multi-billion dollar studio behind the smash "Grand Theft Auto" open-world carjacking franchise of "blatant union busting" by firing 31 people.
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McLaren boss says would rather lose title than issue team orders
Team chief Zak Brown said Thursday McLaren would rather lose the world championship to Max Verstappen than adopt team orders for one of their duelling drivers to secure the title.
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Sabalenka, top WTA stars urge Slams to revive 'stalled' negotiations
Top WTA stars, including Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, are calling on the four Grand Slams to get back to the negotiation table and reconsider their proposals regarding revenue sharing, player welfare and consultation.
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5 killed in Afghan-Pakistan border fire despite peace talks: official
Five people were killed and six were wounded in brief cross-border fire between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Thursday, a hospital official on the Afghan side told AFP, in an incident both countries blamed on each other.
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Trump unveils deals to lower costs of some weight-loss drugs
US President Donald Trump announced deals Thursday with pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower the prices of some popular weight-loss drugs, in exchange for relief from threatened tariffs.
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Controversial Canadian ostrich cull order will go ahead
Canada's high court on Thursday ended a months-long battle to save some 400 ostriches exposed to avian influenza that had attracted support from the likes of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Mexico's Sheinbaum to boost reporting of sexual abuse after being groped
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday unveiled proposals to boost reporting and prosecution of sexual abuse after herself being groped in the street in an attack that caused outrage.
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Zuckerbergs put AI at heart of pledge to cure diseases
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a nonprofit launched by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife aimed at curing all disease, on Thursday announced it was restructuring to focus its efforts on using artificial intelligence to achieve that goal.
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