French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has removed Paul Hudson as chief executive, thanking him Thursday for "valuable contributions" but without giving any reason for his surprise exit.
Japanese automaker Nissan said on Thursday it expected to suffer a net loss of 650 billion yen ($4.2 billion) in its fiscal year that ends in March, as it struggles with sluggish sales.
Venezuela could pass a landmark bill on Thursday granting amnesty to political prisoners, marking an early milestone in the transition from the rule of toppled leader Nicolas Maduro.
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A French court has jailed three young men for the gang rape of an 18-year-old in 2020, after the victim's mother kept evidence in a plastic bag for year, until her daughter was ready to file a complaint.
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Canadian police Wednesday identified the 18-year-old who carried out a mass shooting in a remote mining town, as authorities investigate the suspect's mental health and previous interactions with police and health care providers.
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To say Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam divides opinion is an understatement.
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Scotland coach Gregor Townsend heads into Saturday's Six Nations match at home to England knowing even a win is unlikely to quell the debate about his position.
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Canadian figure skaters Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier put the dark times behind them with ice dancing bronze at the Winter Olympics after it had looked as if their career could be over following her cancer diagnosis.
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A Wales side low on confidence welcome an in-form France to Cardiff on Sunday in the Six Nations, with rugby in the country rarely having sunk to such troubling depths.
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An All Blacks-heavy Canterbury Crusaders kick off their Super Rugby title defence against the Otago Highlanders on Friday as the southern hemisphere competition trials a raft of rule changes designed to speed up the game.
Chinese snowboarder Liu Jiayu said from hospital Thursday that she had avoided serious injury following a dramatic fall at the Winter Olympics in Italy and thanked fans for their concern.
China's emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide were "flat or falling" in 2025, analysis showed Thursday, but progress remains fragile and it is not yet clear that emissions have peaked.
China was long a lucrative market for Germany Inc, but the Asian giant's rise in high-tech fields has put the heat on Europe's industrial powerhouse and its companies, big and small.
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Four years after his Winter Games victory alongside Gabriella Papadakis, French skater Guillaume Cizeron achieved the unprecedented feat of a second Olympic ice dancing gold medal with a new partner on Wednesday.
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Most equities rose Thursday as investors cheered a bumper US jobs report that eased concerns about the state of the world's top economy, even as they pared back their bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.
EU leaders will converge on a Belgian castle on Thursday as the bloc seeks ways to punch its economic weight on the global stage -- faced with threats from China and the United States, and hamstrung by its own divisions.
Two weeks before setting off for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics to compete as Kyrgyzstan's only alpine skier, Timur Shakirov was weaving down a slalom course in his homeland.
A new push to lift aid sanctions on North Korea could kickstart efforts to lure Kim Jong Un into nuclear negotiations with US President Donald Trump, analysts told AFP.
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