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Maccabi Tel Aviv fans cannot attend Europa League Villa match

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans cannot attend Europa League Villa match

Aston Villa announced on Thursday the club had been advised no Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will be allowed to attend next month's Europa League meeting between the two sides over "public safety concerns".

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Waymo robotaxis to deliver orders for some US DoorDash users

Waymo robotaxis to deliver orders for some US DoorDash users

US food delivery app DoorDash announced Thursday that Waymo driverless cars will soon shuttle orders to some customers in a budding partnership with the Google-owned robotaxi star.

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Three reported dead as Kenyan forces fire on mourners for politician Odinga

Three reported dead as Kenyan forces fire on mourners for politician Odinga

Three people were killed at a stadium in Nairobi as security forces opened fire to disperse mourners gathered to view the body of revered opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday, a rights group said.

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'Bigger, hotter, faster': extreme blazes drive rise in CO2 fire emissions

'Bigger, hotter, faster': extreme blazes drive rise in CO2 fire emissions

Rampant wildfires in the Americas drove a jump in global greenhouse gas emissions from fires in the year to February, new research found Thursday, warning that climate change was fanning the flames.

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Leverkusen went in 'wrong direction' under ex-boss Ten Hag, says sporting director

Leverkusen went in 'wrong direction' under ex-boss Ten Hag, says sporting director

Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes said on Thursday that it was clear from early on that the club were going in the "wrong direction" under former coach Erik Ten Hag.

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Paris auctioneers unveil Renoir child portrait of filmmaker son

Paris auctioneers unveil Renoir child portrait of filmmaker son

A Paris auction house is next month to sell a previously unlisted work by French impressionist Auguste Renoir of his toddler son Jean, who went on to become an Oscar-winning filmmaker.

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Johnson & Johnson faces UK lawsuit over talc cancer claim

Johnson & Johnson faces UK lawsuit over talc cancer claim

Thousands of UK claimants have filed legal action against US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson alleging people diagnosed with cancers were exposed to asbestos in its talcum powder, lawyers said Thursday.

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Goalkeeper Pickford signs new Everton contract

Goalkeeper Pickford signs new Everton contract

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has signed a new four-year contract at Everton, the Premier League club announced on Thursday.

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Thinness is back on catwalks -- and the data proves it

Thinness is back on catwalks -- and the data proves it

After a short interlude of pushing "body inclusivity" and plus-sized models to the fore, the fashion industry has returned to promoting thinness as a beauty ideal.

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Stocks higher as traders weigh China-US row, tech earnings

Stocks higher as traders weigh China-US row, tech earnings

Global stock markets mostly rose on Thursday as investors weighed strong tech earnings and hopes that the latest flare-up in US-China trade tensions might ease.

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