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Japan's Sakamoto ends career with fourth world skating title

'Whatever it takes' - Sabalenka faces Gauff for second straight Miami Open crown

Uncertainty over war-induced oil crisis dominates key energy summit

Fate of missing Cuba aid boats unclear after US report

Czech Lehecka beats France's Fils to reach Miami Open final

No pressure? Pochettino urges US co-hosts to 'play free' at World Cup

Duckett eager to show hunger for England success after Ashes flop

'We are ready': astronauts arrive at launch site for Moon mission

Tiger Woods involved in Florida car crash: reports

Renaissance master Raphael honored at New York's Met museum

At 'Davos of energy', AI looks to gas to power its rapid expansion

Paul McCartney recalls Yesterday with first album in five years

British pop legend and former Beatle Paul McCartney on Thursday released a new single and announced his first album in over five years, examining his life in Liverpool before global stardom.

'True miracle': Napoleon's long-lost hat to go on display

A newly discovered hat believed to have been worn by Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on the island of Saint Helena is set to go on display outside Paris later this year, historians said on Thursday.

Lost in space: Sperm struggles to navigate during weightless sex

Scientists have used a tiny plastic "obstacle course" to test how much sperm would struggle to navigate during sex in the weightlessness of space.

IOC's gender test directive throws up multiple questions

The International Olympic Committee's announcement on Thursday that it is reintroducing gender testing to protect the female category, after last being used at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, raises practical, legal, ethical and scientific questions.

Families of Kabul bombing victims still search for answers

Abdul Hai Hamidi gently opened each of the dozens of coffins, hoping to recognise one of his relatives who was killed in a Pakistani strike on a Kabul drug treatment centre.

Police detain French ex-cop suspected of killing mothers of his children

Portuguese police have arrested a former French police officer suspected of killing his partner and his ex-girlfriend after kidnapping them and their children.

Senegal victims of 'most blatant scam' in football history: federation

Senegal football boss Abdoulaye Fall on Thursday labelled the decision to strip the country of its 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title the "most blatant administrative scam in the history of our sport".

Former badminton Olympic gold winner Marin retires due to injury

Spanish Olympic badminton gold medal winner Carolina Marin retired from the sport on Thursday after a long struggle with a knee injury.

Olympic women's sport to be limited to biological females

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday it was re-introducing testing for gender to determine eligibility to compete in the female category, preventing transgender women from competing.

Africa sets out stall for cotton at the WTO

African countries are taking a stand at the World Trade Organization to bolster their cotton sector, launching a platform tasked with mobilising investment to transform the cotton, textile and clothing value chain.

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