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Hospitality leaders ask Burnham to halve VAT amid rising costs

SkySail Strategies Outperforms Wall Street's 30-Year Risk Standard With Proprietary AI Inference Model

Worcestershire invited to nominate groups for 2027 King’s volunteer award

北角男子遭警開槍死亡兩年仍未定研訊　警方9月再交補充資料

Just add fish: Scientists pursue more rice, less disease in Senegal paddies

Berlin's run-down public spaces at heart of election campaign

Louisville adds LJ Wells for fifth season of eligibility

黃大仙醫院甲流群組新增14宗感染　3名有嚴重疾病男病人離世

Asian Games set for liftoff but will everyone have a bed?

Ribeiro and Richie among celebrity birthdays for September 20–26

Florida State dismisses athletics director Alford and appoints interim leader

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Bob Mackie, costume designer for Cher and Madonna, dies aged 87

Mahomes makes triumphant return as Chiefs rout Broncos 31-10

Three killed, including two police, in Japan gun and knife attack

A woman and two male police officers were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack at a farm in central Japan on Thursday, media reported.

Ivory Coast imposes fishing bans in bid to conserve stocks

West African fish exporter Ivory Coast on Thursday announced temporary bans on trawling for tuna and other species in a bid to protect dwindling stocks.

Wu, Zhang and Shang end China's 86-year French Open wait

Twelve months ago, a despondent Wu Yibing was retiring with injury from a low-level clay court tournament in Italy, earning a meagre 530 euros ($570) for his troubles.

Erasmus backs Springboks talisman Kolisi to be fit for World Cup

Siya Kolisi is on track to captain the Springboks in their defence of the Rugby World Cup, said Rassie Erasmus, South Africa's director of rugby, on Thursday.

Dark, lustful and complex: It's a woman's world at Cannes

From a sex offender to far-from-perfect mothers and girls unabashedly exploring their sexuality, this year's Cannes Film Festival has thrown out the stereotype of the one-dimensional female character.

Meandering along the river Seine: France's roving plastic rubbish

The scrap of red plastic in among the waterside reeds in northern France could be any fragment of the throwaway consumerism piling up across the planet, flowing into rivers, choking animals, even seeping into our bloodstreams.

French Olympic movement must 'focus' on Paris Games: IOC

The French Olympic movement must "focus" on the preparations for the 2024 Games in Paris, an IOC spokesperson told AFP on Thursday hours after Brigitte Henriques' surprise resignation as National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) president.

Markets struggle but tech shares soar over AI

Global stock markets struggled Thursday as the US debt standoff dragged on and Germany entered recession, but tech shares surged after US chip firm Nvidia reported bumper earnings thanks to the AI boom.

Slot commits to Feyenoord as Spurs' manager search goes on

Arne Slot has committed to staying at Feyenoord, ruling himself out of contention for the vacant Tottenham manager's job.

Djokovic and Alcaraz in same half of French Open draw

Novak Djokovic could face world number one Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals of the French Open after both players were placed in the same half of the draw on Thursday.

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