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'People thought it was witchcraft': DR Congo's Ebola outbreak

Arteta on BBQ duty as Arsenal clinched Premier League title

Top UN court says right to strike protected in key labour treaty

Musk's SpaceX bonus comes with unique condition: colonize Mars

Guardiola's Premier League legacy carried forward by Spanish coaches

Walmart reports solid results but sees some consumers struggling

Oil gains, stocks slip on uncertain Mideast peace prospects

Stellantis unveils 60 bn euro push to revive profitability

French films tackle war and fascism as crunch election looms

Italian divers in Maldives may have got lost in cave: recovery firm

Do tennis players really only take 15 percent of Grand Slam revenues?

Sinner, Djokovic kept apart in French Open draw

Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic will not be able to meet until the French Open final after the pair were placed in opposite halves of the men's draw on Thursday, while Coco Gauff could face Aryna Sabalenka in the women's semis.

In Ankara, DW journalist goes on trial for 'insulting president'

A Turkish journalist with Deutsche Welle (DW) went on trial in Ankara on Thursday for allegedly "insulting the president", with the court granting him conditional release, the German broadcaster said.

Arteta alone in garden when Arsenal clinched Premier League title

Mikel Arteta said he was barbecuing alone in his garden when Arsenal ended their 22-year wait to win the Premier League this week.

Israel deports all foreign activists from Gaza flotilla

Israel said on Thursday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by Israeli forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, following global outcry over their treatment in custody.

EU countries urge sanctions on Israeli minister for activists' treatment

Italy, Ireland and Spain have called on the EU to sanction Israel's far-right national security minister, who posted a video showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla forced to their knees with hands bound.

EU slashes eurozone 2026 growth forecast on Mideast war

The eurozone economy will expand less than expected this year, the EU said Thursday, as the Middle East war and subsequent energy shock take their toll.

Chinese authorities demolish villager's madcap 10-storey home

Authorities have razed a ramshackle 10-storey home that for years defied demolition notices and building restrictions to become an off-beat tourist attraction in southwestern China, footage from the owner showed.

Air France, Airbus guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Paris-Rio crash: French court

Paris' appeals court Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history.

Lustrinelli succeeds Eta as Union Berlin coach

Swiss coach Mauro Lustrinelli has replaced Marie-Louise Eta as coach of Union Berlin, the Bundesliga club announced on Wednesday.

Alex Marquez out of Italy, Hungary MotoGP races after crash

Spanish rider Alex Marquez will be sidelined for at least the next two MotoGP races after suffering two fractures in a horror crash at the Catalan Grand Prix last weekend, his Gresini Racing team said Thursday.

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