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Myanmar leader to visit Malaysia after migrant returns begin

Purple reign: Philippines seeks to keep grip on ube throne

Australia's opposition vows 'largest cut to immigration' in country's history

Yemen's Houthis say struck Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites

Ready, set, snooze: Sleep-deprived Japanese compete for best-rested

Changer+ Launches Stablecoin-First Self-Custodial Wallet to Make Stablecoins Easier to Use

Falcons thump Saints 45-24 as New Orleans marks Katrina anniversary

White Sox down Guardians, Yankees on brink after Rays loss

Tuvalu govt adviser says Australia overstepped in pre-COP visit

COP31 eyes modest steps as climate disasters multiply

American Nobel laureate in medicine hopes to illuminate the brain

Tens of thousands expected in Paris for high school protests

AI borrowing binge rattles US markets

Grappling with 'homework scams,' US universities shun AI detectors

Cillian Murphy tackles Irish 'shame' with Berlin fest opener

Oscar nominee Cillian Murphy said Thursday his latest movie aimed to tackle Ireland's "collective trauma" over notorious laundries used for decades as prison camps for "fallen" young women, as it opened Berlin's international film festival.

Fishermen, ecologists unite in northern France against 'sea bulldozer'

Environmental activists and fishermen on Thursday joined forces to protest in northern France against a new giant fishing trawler factory, warning the vessel risked wrecking livelihoods and the environment.

Giant teddy bear nabs Peru drug dealers in Valentine raid

Happy Valentine's Day, you're under arrest!

Trump judge sets March date for historic criminal trial

Donald Trump returned to court in Manhattan on Thursday where his attempts to dismiss charges of covering up hush money payments were rejected, setting the stage for the first criminal trial of a former US president to begin on March 25.

Pavlyuchenkova into Doha semi-finals as Swiatek and Osaka wait

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made her way into the semi-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha with a 7-5, 6-4 win over the American Danielle Collins on Thursday.

Shock for Rune as Shevchenko claims 'biggest win'

Rising star Holger Rune suffered a shock defeat Thursday to Alexander Shevchenko in the Rotterdam Open second round, with the Kazakh hailing the "biggest win" of his career to date.

Global stocks rebound begins to fizzle

A rebound in global stocks appeared to fizzle on Thursday, with Wall Street held back by lacklustre data and London by news the UK economy had fallen into recession.

Assange 'will die' if UK appeal fails and sent to US: wife

The wife of Julian Assange said Thursday the WikiLeaks founder would die if extradited to the United States, ahead of his latest appeal against the UK ruling.

US retail sales in January log biggest fall in almost a year

Retail sales in the United States slipped more than anticipated last month, retreating after the holiday season and bogged down by auto sales and gas prices, government data showed Thursday.

Greece set to legalise same-sex marriage, adoption

Greece's parliament was set to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption on Thursday, a landmark reform promoted by the conservative government over the opposition of the country's powerful Orthodox Church.

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US retail sales slump more than expected in January