Four-time world champion Max Verstappen launched a scathing broadside at the new breed of Formula One cars, describing them as "anti-racing" at the end of the second day of testing in Bahrain on Thursday.
The broadcast by Iranian state-controlled television of interviews with several women not wearing the Muslim headscarf during a rally commemorating the Islamic revolution has angered critics of the clerical system who accused authorities of hypocrisy.
Dallas Mavericks teen forward Cooper Flagg, last year's top pick in the NBA Draft, and France's Alex Sarr will miss Friday's Rising Stars event, the league announced on Thursday.
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Italian speed skater Francesca Lollobrigida won her second gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in the women's 5,000 metres on Thursday.
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Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison warned Thursday of possible legal action against Danish firm Maersk and others over the annulment of its contract to operate two ports on the Panama Canal.
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President Donald Trump's pointman on Thursday announced the end of aggressive immigration operations in Minnesota that triggered large protests and nationwide outrage following the killing of two US citizens.
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The UN's climate chief on Thursday urged countries to unite against an "unprecedented threat" to international cooperation from pro-fossil fuel forces -- issuing the appeal as US President Donald Trump rattles the global order.
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Veteran wing James Lowe returns to the Ireland starting line-up for their Six Nations match with Italy on Saturday as head coach Andy Farrell made sweeping changes following a desperately disappointing opening 36-14 defeat by France.
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Two Mexican navy ships with more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid arrived in Cuba Thursday, as the island nation struggles under what amounts to a US blockade of oil deliveries.
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Belgium's AfricaMuseum is the country's biggest dedicated to the Congo, displaying millions of colonial-era objects and zoological specimens.
A cyclone packing violent winds has killed at least 38 people and caused devastation in Madagascar's second-largest city, prompting the country's leader to call for "international solidarity", the national disaster authority said Thursday in an updated toll.
A federal judge in Florida on Thursday set a February 2027 trial date for US President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC.
Russia announced Thursday it had blocked WhatsApp over its alleged failure to comply with Russian legislation, days after restricting access to rival messaging service Telegram for similar reasons.
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With his backflips, one-handed cartwheels and quadruple-jumps galore, US figure skater Ilia Malinin's rip-roaring routines have proved a star attraction at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
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Stock markets advanced Thursday as traders digested a string of company earnings that mostly suggested economic resilience in line with a bumper US jobs report for January, even though the chances of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts receded.
France's government on Thursday presented an energy plan to use less imported fossil fuels, including by ramping up nuclear-fuelled power production over the next decade.
Lorenzo Pani will make his first start for Italy in almost two years after head coach Gonzalo Quesada named him on Thursday to replace Juan Ignacio Brex in the team to face Ireland in the Six Nations this weekend.
Counting was underway on Thursday in Bangladesh's first election since a deadly 2024 uprising, with powerful political heir Tarique Rahman bullish about defeating an Islamist-led coalition.
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