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Alex Bodi pushes ahead with expansion: ALIX LASERS showroom planned for Bucharest

Quarantine, unease and rumours: Russian city grapples with plague scare

Fossil fuels off COP31 agenda as global output keeps rising

Taiwan says exports hit record in September on AI demand

Haze not 'a threat' to Singapore F1 race: organisers

Marc Marquez vows to 'attack' Martin's lead at Indonesian MotoGP

COP31 organisers say to seek 'ambitious' action with their text

Diplomats, schools in Saudi take safety measures after blasts heard: sources to AFP

Bartunkova thrashes Muchova to reach China Open semi-finals

Sri Lanka's de Silva quits as Test captain

Alcaraz feeling 'mentally fresh' ahead of Shanghai return

AI startup Manus raises $500m after Meta acquisition blocked by China

From refuge to repatriations: Malaysia's Myanmar U-turn

Stocks fall further as oil surge fans fresh inflation worries

Ito left out of Japan squad amid sexual assault claim

Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu said Thursday he wanted to "protect" winger Junya Ito by leaving him out of his squad to face North Korea in home and away World Cup qualifiers this month.

Rangers hunt endangered Indonesian tigers after deadly attacks

Indonesian rangers along with an animal whisperer are hunting multiple critically endangered Sumatran tigers after two villagers were recently killed in separate attacks that stoked local anger, officials said Thursday.

Bosnia's lithium discovery raises hopes and fears

In northeast Bosnia's rolling hills, the local community is torn between fears of environmental ruin and hopes of riches from huge deposits of the critical minerals Europe needs for its green transition.

Zimbabwean schoolkids cycle past elephant danger

Running into elephants or a pack of hyenas on the way to school is not an unusual experience for children living near a nature reserve in northwest Zimbabwe.

Irish rugby schooled in excellence

Gregor Townsend's observation that Ireland could dominate world rugby for "the next five, 10 years" is in no small part due to the schools system, Irish rugby great Tony Ward told AFP.

At Texas arts and tech fest, virtual reality is perfectly human

At South by Southwest -- the gargantuan Texas festival for cinema, music and tech -- artists this year embraced virtual reality as a way to better connect with humanity, not escape it.

Skiing Afghans determined to keep sport alive

From the edge of a slope in the province of Bamiyan, rivals cheer as they take turns to race down the mountainside, united in keeping skiing alive in Afghanistan.

Aid ship slowly heads for Gaza as calls for assistance grow

A first boat loaded with 200 tonnes of food aid was making slow progress towards the Gaza Strip on Thursday as efforts grew to bring more humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel.

Sabalenka sent packing at Indian Wells as Medvedev, Gauff advance

American Emma Navarro shocked Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka to reach the Indian Wells ATP-WTA Masters quarter-finals on Wednesday as Coco Gauff sailed through.

At disused New York airport, a migrant camp isolated from the city

Gusts of wind lash the runways of a former airfield in New York as migrant families with children slowly walk across, eyeing the city's world-famous skyline off in the distance.

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