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Spain demands answers as rail disaster toll rises

Spain demands answers as rail disaster toll rises

Spain began demanding answers on Thursday after the toll from the country's second high-speed train collision this year rose to 74 people, with scores injured and distraught relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones.

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Garcia bids for Ryder Cup return as he confirms LIV exit

Garcia bids for Ryder Cup return as he confirms LIV exit

Sergio Garcia will target an 11th Ryder Cup appearance in Ireland next year after he became the latest leading golfer to confirm he was leaving the struggling LIV Golf circuit.

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Google drags down Wall Street stocks

Google drags down Wall Street stocks

Wall Street's main stock indices flashed red Thursday as investors dropped shares in the parent company of Google following results that fanned concerns over whether the global technology boom can be sustained.

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England outlast Sri Lanka despite Rathnayake's hundred in dead rubber

England outlast Sri Lanka despite Rathnayake's hundred in dead rubber

Pavan Rathnayake's brilliant century went in vain as England stopped Sri Lanka from chasing a big 387 target, winning the dead rubber by 55 runs in Lahore on Thursday.

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Starc strikes twice as Australia push for victory

Starc strikes twice as Australia push for victory

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc took two wickets as Australia went in search of a series-deciding victory on the third day of the third Test against South Africa at Newlands on Thursday.

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ECB says has tools to calm markets as French debt worries rise

ECB says has tools to calm markets as French debt worries rise

The European Central Bank on Thursday said it had crisis-fighting tools to deal with "disorderly" markets, seeking to calm worries that France's deteriorating public finances could shake the wider eurozone.

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Does White House ask AI to shape policy? Democrats want the receipts

Does White House ask AI to shape policy? Democrats want the receipts

Senior Democrats demanded Thursday that US President Donald Trump preserve records of any official exchanges with artificial intelligence chatbots, raising questions about whether Elon Musk's Grok influenced sensitive military decisions.

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Trump tees up Alaska election challenge over same-name candidate 'fraud'

Trump tees up Alaska election challenge over same-name candidate 'fraud'

President Donald Trump indicated Thursday he would challenge Alaska's US Senate election result over allegations that the Democratic candidate recruited a man with the same name as her Republican opponent.

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Three dead in rock spire collapse at Turkey's touristic Cappadocia

Three dead in rock spire collapse at Turkey's touristic Cappadocia

A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall caused a rock spire to collapse in Turkey's UNESCO World Heritage-listed Cappadocia region on Thursday, bringing the death toll to three, officials said.

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IMF says engaging with Iraq on preparing new bailout program

IMF says engaging with Iraq on preparing new bailout program

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it was engaging with Iraqi authorities as it prepares a new bailout program for the country, whose economy has been battered by the war on Iran.

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