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Maresca adamant Donnarumma can be dropped but first name selected

Iraola glad to raise Liverpool fans' hopes but says hard work ahead

EU and Canada to 'withstand shocks together' with new alliance

Pope Leo makes history with US midterm vote

Flick praises Yamal 'mentality' after missing out on Ballon d'Or

Arsenal boss Arteta fires 'Disneyland' warning at Dowman after Fleetwood red card

Binance heist: How were cryptocurrency billions stolen?

Russia's ice hockey stars come in from the cold after CAS ruling

Wall Street tech rout deepens on doubts over AI spending

'Life in the old dog': German economy grows more than expected

Relatives' anguish grows as Spain identifies train crash dead

England great Anderson asks what's 'wrong with me?' after Lancashire exit

Italy inflation surges to 5.4% as economy stalls

Markets lashed by tech rout as earnings fan AI fears

Maresca braced for another tough test in Brighton repeat

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has warned his side to expect no let-up from Brighton this weekend when the teams meet again just days after a dramatic cup tie.

Oil majors reap bumper profits as Mideast war drives prices

Oil and gas giants Shell and TotalEnergies on Thursday reported soaring quarterly net profits as the Middle East war pushed up hydrocarbon prices -- and the cost of living around the world.

Spain mourns after latest train tragedy kills 69

Spain began three days of mourning on Thursday after its second high-speed rail collision this year killed 69 people and injured scores, with relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones.

Rybakina secures year-end top rank with Tokyo win

World number one Elena Rybakina secured the year-end top ranking after beating fellow Kazakh Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-3 at the Pan Pacific Open in Japan on Thursday.

Rains bring relief to Indonesian city weary of fire haze

Residents and firefighters in an Indonesian city long shrouded in a toxic haze brought on by months of wildfires rushed outside dancing and chanting as rain this week brought a welcome respite.

Osaka vows to return stronger after Tokyo exit

Former world number one Naomi Osaka said she would "keep attempting" to get back to her Grand Slam-winning best after her season ended with a second-round exit in Japan on Thursday.

'Call of Duty' slammed for using real Seoul crowd crush footage

Families of victims of South Korea's deadly Halloween crowd crush have demanded that footage of the disaster used in the latest instalment of "Call of Duty" be removed, a representative told AFP Thursday, condemning its "complete lack of sensitivity".

TotalEnergies profit hits record on high oil prices

French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies said Thursday that its net profit hit a new record in the third quarter as the war in the Middle East pushed up hydrocarbon prices.

Taiwan says Pakistan briefly closed airspace to Taiwanese flights

Pakistan briefly closed its airspace to Taiwanese cargo and passenger flights, Taiwan said on Thursday, suspecting China of being behind the unprecedented move.

Romanian writer Cartarescu hails books as balm in turmoil

In an age of "overwhelming evil" and "generalised lies", Romanian novelist Mircea Cartarescu, a weaver of literary fantasies born from a childhood under a totalitarian regime, bets on writing to resist.

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