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Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine's under-fire commander-in-chief

Afghans search for dozens missing after devastating flood

New UK govt tackles cost of living with energy tax cut

New UK PM Burnham announces tax cut after cabinet shakeup

Novartis says buoyed by new treatments in second quarter

China summons Philippine ambassador over clash in disputed waters

Great Barrier Reef at risk of 'collapse', scientists warn

Panama, China renew maritime port agreement

India's 'Cockroach' movement vows to protest until education minister resigns

De Gaulle returns to unite the French -- at the cinema

South Korea president urges regulator action on leveraged stock funds

Putin's peace threshold

Saudi Arabia’s Costly Mirage

Latin America’s age trap

China's silicon reckoning

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Beijing's new Taiwan playbook

Unexpected economic twist

French scramble to find air conditioners before next heatwave

Hundreds of people were besieging Lidl supermarkets in and around Paris Thursday, with scuffles and shouting matches breaking out as residents scrambled to get their hands on bargain air-cooling units before the next heatwave hits the French capital.

Uruguay veteran Cavani quits Boca Juniors

Veteran Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani has announced his departure from Boca Juniors after three years.

Japan deploys bear cameras in moutains as attacks surge

Japan has begun installing hundreds of cameras in its northern mountains as part of a nationwide survey of the bear population following a surge in maulings, an official told AFP on Thursday.

West Ham's Fernandes joins Spurs

West Ham's Portugal midfielder Mateus Fernandes has joined Spurs after the Hammers' relegation from the Premier League, the clubs announced on Thursday.

Germany's Infineon opens major chip plant as EU seeks tech autonomy

German semiconductor giant Infineon opened a five-billion-euro ($5.7 billion) microchip plant Thursday, at a time Europe seeks to bolster its high-tech autonomy.

Bones of contention: More research needed on 'd'Artagnan corpse'

More research is needed to determine whether bones buried beneath a Dutch church belong to d'Artagnan, the swashbuckling French soldier who inspired the novel The Three Musketeers, officials said Thursday.

Biggest ever Russian barrage on Kyiv kills at least 13

Russia launched its largest ever barrage on Kyiv early on Thursday, tearing open apartment buildings and leaving at least 13 people dead, Ukrainian officials said.

Coffee with a view: tourists flock to Starbucks overlooking North Korea

The contrast cannot be starker: selfie-taking tourists sipping coffee at Starbucks -- an icon of globalisation and capitalism -- while looking out over reclusive, communist North Korea.

EU top court upholds record 4.1 bn euro Google fine

The EU's top court upheld Thursday a record 4.1 billion euro ($4.7 billion) fine the bloc slapped on Google for anti-competitive practices related to its Android operating system.

German coalition agrees on reform package in key breakthrough

Germany's ruling coalition has agreed on sweeping tax, labour and pension reforms, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday, a breakthrough aimed at reviving the struggling economy and countering the rise of the far right.

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