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Braves clinch division title as Red Sox reach MLB playoffs

Forest fire threatens tourist town in Colombian Andes

Bordeaux-Begles hammer Stade Francais despite Jalibert injury

Torres on target again as PSG beat 10-man Marseille in Ligue 1

Milan and Juventus end blips with home wins

Bridgeman wins PGA Biltmore title with sizzling 61

Carrick demands Man Utd response after 'pathetic' jibes

Williams injured as Bears shut down by Vikings

Liverpool boss Iraola urges Isak to raise his level

Evenepoel wins record 4th straight world time-trial title

France's Macron, Canada's Carney announce closer ties

Carrick defends troubled Man Utd after Fulham escape

Spaun late shows snatches PGA Championship win

Horror movie 'Resident Evil' tops N. American box office

Turkish central bank doubles inflation forecast

Turkey's central bank more than doubled its year-end inflation forecast to 58 percent on Thursday as its new Wall Street-trained governor vowed to keep raising interest rates after years of controversial policies.

'Iconoclast': Remembrances pour in for Sinead O'Connor

Tributes streamed in Thursday from political leaders to pop stars for singer Sinead O'Connor, who was remembered for her powerful voice and her willingness to court controversy.

Noman bags 6 as Pakistan sniff innings win over Sri Lanka

Pakistan spinner Noman Ali took six wickets in his tear through Sri Lanka Thursday as the tourists pushed for an innings victory in the second Test and a series sweep.

Australia bowl first as Murphy recalled for Ashes finale

Australia captain Pat Cummins won his first toss of the series as he decided to bowl in the fifth and final Ashes Test against England at The Oval on Thursday.

Greece races to tackle wildfires as winds set to resume

Greek fire crews on Thursday scrambled to put out wildfires raging for two weeks around the country that left five dead before strong winds forecast for the day rekindle blazes.

Ship fire still rages off Dutch coast

Dutch firefighters Thursday battled for a second day to douse a blaze on a cargo ship off the Netherlands coast suspected to have been started by electric cars.

Horan denies Dutch famous win, Australia eye World Cup last 16

Lindsey Horan denied the Netherlands a famous victory against the United States on Thursday in a 1-1 draw while co-hosts Australia were primed to face Nigeria and seal a place in the last 16.

Oil, gas majors post sliding profits on weaker prices

Shell and other energy majors posted sliding net profits Thursday after oil and gas prices weakened in the first half.

Markets mostly rise as traders bet on end to Fed rate hikes

Most markets rose Thursday on hopes the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate hike will be its last as data indicates inflation is being brought under control and the US economy is set to avert a recession.