India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.
La Rochelle's Nolann Le Garrec, Bordeaux-Begles' Maxime Lucu and Clermont's Baptiste Jauneau have one last opportunity to push their case to stand-in for Antoine Dupont for France during the Autumun Nations Series, when they feature in the French Top 14 this weekend.
Last season Barcelona romped to four Clasico victories over Real Madrid but led by in-form striker Kylian Mbappe, Los Blancos are aiming to redress the balance on Sunday in La Liga.
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Liverpool must halt their three-game Premier League losing streak with Saturday's visit to Brentford to remain in touch with Arsenal and in-form Manchester City.
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EU leaders launched a final sprint Thursday to agree on a 10-year target to cut carbon emissions ahead of a key UN climate conference, laying out conditions including leaving the door open to future revisions.
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EU leaders Thursday tasked the European Commission to move ahead with options for funding Ukraine for two more years, leaving the door open for a mammoth loan using frozen Russian assets.
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Demolition workers have finished tearing down the White House's entire East Wing to make way for US President Donald Trump's giant new $300 million ballroom, satellite pictures showed Thursday.
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Bosnia and Hercegovina attacker Riad Bajic scored the winner as AEK Larnaca stunned Crystal Palace 1-0 in the UEFA Conference League on Thursday.
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Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Thursday it was expanding its use of Google cloud computing and specialized chips in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars.
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Oscar Piastri confirmed on Thursday that both he and McLaren team-mate Lando Norris will start this weekend's Mexico City Grand Prix with a "clean slate" following their collision in Texas.
Sean Dyche got off to a winning start as Nottingham Forest boss thanks to two penalties to beat Porto 2-0 in the Europa League, while Aston Villa were stunned 2-1 by Go Ahead Eagles on Thursday.
EU leaders Thursday tasked the European Commission to move ahead with options for funding Ukraine for two more years, leaving the door open for a mammoth loan using frozen Russian assets, diplomats told AFP.
French driver Isack Hadjar remained coy on Thursday when he sought to laugh off rumours he is set to join Red Bull next year, instead confirming he knows he will be remaining in Formula One.
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Jannik Sinner was made to work by Flavio Cobolli before the top seed mastered his fellow Italian to reach the quarter-finals in Vienna on Thursday.
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Germany's largest LGBTQ club SchwuZ announced on Thursday the venerable Berlin institution's lights will turn off for good on November 1, making it the latest casualty of the German capital's nightlife recession.
Colombia's leftist president ramped up denunciations of Donald Trump's anti-drug air strikes and swatted aside US threats to freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in aid Thursday.
Toronto Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage will become the second-youngest pitcher in history to start a World Series opener when he lines up against Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.
US military strikes that Washington claims have targeted "narco-terrorists" ferrying drugs to American soil are having little to no impact on Latin America's bustling narcotics trade, experts say.
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