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Melania Trump to preside over UN Security Council meeting

Bill Clinton to face grilling on significant Epstein ties

'Nerves sharpen you': Dortmund's Kobel relishing Bayern showdown

Barca strikers firing blanks as Villarreal visit

Marseille look for way out of crisis against bitter rivals Lyon

Emails to Chinese dancers allegedly threatened Australian PM

India moves closer to dengue vaccine as final trials underway

Tech sovereignty push to meet AI fever at Mobile World Congress

China chase glory days at Women's Asian Cup as Japan, Australia threat looms

Asian markets fluctuate after healthy week of tech gains

Clermont's Simone wary of 'decapitator' Tuilagi in Top 14 clash

Tudor says turning round Tottenham his hardest job

Tottenham Hotspur interim head coach Igor Tudor says ensuring the club avoid relegation from the Premier League represents the hardest challenge of his career.

EU says member states can use bloc's funds for 'safe' abortion access

The European Commission affirmed Thursday that member states can tap EU funds to pay for safe abortions in answer to a million-strong petition, but stopped short of steps to actively facilitate access across the bloc.

Hillary Clinton faces 'a lot of questions' in US House panel's Epstein probe

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton will face "a lot of questions" Thursday from a congressional committee investigating the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, its Republican chair said.

More rain lashes southeast Brazil as death toll hits 54

Fresh downpours have brought more flooding, landslides and fear to southeastern Brazil where rescuers were still looking for 14 missing people Thursday after a rainstorm that left 54 people dead.

Abhishek, Pandya fire India to 256-4 against Zimbabwe

Opener Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya hit blistering fifties as India reached 256-4 against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup Super Eights on Thursday, the second highest total in the history of the tournament.

Irish wing Lowe ruled out of rest of Six Nations

Livewire Irish wing James Lowe will play no further part in the Six Nations it was announced on Thursday owing to the groin injury he suffered early on in last weekend's 42-21 thrashing of England.

Swastikas tagged at former Nazi transit camp near Paris

Two swastikas have been found spray-painted on buildings in a Paris suburb that served as a World War II transit camp for some 63,000 Jews deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Calls for heads to roll after feeble Sri Lanka T20 World Cup exit

Pressure is mounting on Sri Lanka's captain, coach and the selection panel to step down after the co-hosts' feeble exit from the T20 World Cup with a match to spare.

Stocks mixed as investors digest Nvidia earnings

Stock markets traded mixed on Thursday as investors digested company earnings, including better-than-forecast results from chip titan Nvidia.

Mother of Greek train tragedy victim takes on politicians in bid for 'justice'

Three years after Greece's deadliest-ever train crash, the mother of one of the tragedy's 57 victims told AFP she hopes her new political party will force the country's governing elite to accept responsibility.

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