Juventus began their quest for Europa League glory with a 5-0 thrashing of NEC Nijmegen, while Bournemouth secured an impressive victory at Real Sociedad on their European debut on Thursday.
Venezuela has unblocked some news sites that had been censored for years, its telecom regulator said Thursday, just as US-backed political transition talks were set to resume.
Stock markets rose on Thursday a day after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected to cool inflation pressures, with falling oil prices also bolstering sentiment.
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Technology
Meta on Thursday moved to remove AI-generated videos targeting two women, including a British politician, after the tech giant's Oversight Board blasted its "fundamentally inadequate" safeguards against proliferating deepfakes.
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The debate over potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence has resurged in recent weeks, with researchers once again warning the technology could end humanity, and leaders of AI companies suggesting development needed to be slowed.
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General Motors has delivered its first components for Lockheed Martin interceptor missiles as the defense contractor boosts production to rebuild US stocks in the middle of the Iran war and to meet international demand, Lockheed said Thursday.
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Sixteen-year-old talent Cavan Sullivan was named in a new-look United States squad on Thursday as head coach Mauricio Pochettino begins the long journey to the 2030 World Cup.
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President Donald Trump's administration will no longer treat the unintentional killing of protected wildlife as unlawful, officials confirmed Thursday, in a shift conservationists say effectively guts the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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Economy
Rockstar Games unveiled six tracks from the soundtrack of the video game "Grand Theft Auto VI" on Thursday, including songs by American rapper Travis Scott and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
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India's Abhishek Sharma hit 100 off 30 balls against Afghanistan, the fastest T20 international century by a Test-playing batte, as he guided the team to 221-7 on Thursday.
An AFP photo of Donald Trump examining a depiction of Washington's Kennedy Center apparently being demolished sparked widespread attention Thursday after the president threatened to tear down the revered arts venue because he has been blocked from renaming it after himself.
The leaders of France, Lebanon and Jordan on Thursday met in Paris to to drum up international support for the cash-strapped Lebanese army which President Emmanuel Macron described as "indispensable" for bringing stability to the country.
United States coach Mauricio Pochettino on Thursday named a new-look 28-man roster for upcoming international friendlies against Peru, Chile, Mexico and Canada, with only 13 members of the USA's World Cup squad included.
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Politics
The final round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) in Saudi Arabia in November has been cancelled due to the conflict in the Middle East, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced on Thursday.
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Xabi Alonso said Chelsea's ambition was "very clear" after Clearlake Capital took full control of the Premier League club, ending Todd Boehly's chairmanship.
On a street in southern Israel, a graffiti artist paints a mural depicting the filmmakers behind the award-winning documentary "NAZA". But this is not a tribute.
Kylian Mbappe has come under mounting criticism from conservative and far-right politicians in Spain and France after the Real Madrid forward declined to fully wear a t-shirt supporting residents of Ceuta, Spain's north African exclave grappling with a migration crisis.
King Charles III warned tech giants of the "existential dangers" posed by artificial intelligence falling into the wrong hands during a conference in Scotland on Thursday.
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