Spain's Formula One 'golden oldie' Fernando Alonso set a date on his retirement on Thursday, saying he won't be behind the wheel "at 50".
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday hailed rare talks involving top US, European and Ukrainian officials as a "very important occasion for convergence" as Kyiv's allies seek to rekindle stalled ceasefire efforts amid transatlantic tensions.
Max Verstappen has brushed aside fears of a possible Red Bull exit, saying on Thursday "I'm just focusing on driving".
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Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel has drawn inspiration during his struggle with injury and personal demons by watching his rivals Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel in recent one-day races.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, hoping a personal charm offensive can help convince the US president to cut the EU a better deal on tariffs.
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Gisele Pelicot, a French feminist icon who survived nearly a decade of rapes by dozens of men, will sue Paris Match magazine for invasion of privacy, her lawyers said Thursday.
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The global economy is likely to avoid a recession despite the hit to growth from US President Donald Trump's tariff rollout, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.
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Stock markets wavered Thursday as the European Central Bank cut interest rates and Donald Trump slammed Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell, who warned that the US president's tariffs would likely fuel inflation.
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Paris and London are discussing a trial to deport undocumented migrants from the United Kingdom to France in exchange for allowing others to join family in Britain, France's interior ministry said Thursday.
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Nuno Espirito Santo says Nottingham Forest's Champions League qualification bid is still "in our hands" despite back to back Premier League defeats.
US world figure skating champions Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu dazzled again to help their country take a commanding lead after Thursday's opening day of the season-ending World Team Trophy.
Clashes between Sudanese paramilitaries and the regular army have killed at least 57 civilians in the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher, a medical source and a volunteer aid group said Thursday.
Key allies of Kyiv kicked off a day of meetings with top US officials in Paris on Thursday, as Europeans seek to promote their views on how to rekindle stalled talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation", a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan's de facto rulers.
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US President Donald Trump said Thursday that "termination" of the independent head of the Federal Reserve "cannot come fast enough" as he lashed out at Jerome Powell's warnings of tariffs-fueled inflation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met the Cambodian premier in Phnom Penh on Thursday on the final leg of a Southeast Asia tour in which he sought to strengthen regional trade ties.
The European Central Bank cut interest rates again Thursday amid fears that US President Donald Trump's stop-start tariff announcements could threaten growth across the eurozone.
Veteran Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth will return to action on Friday after four months out with injuries that included concussion, his Durban-based Sharks team announced on Thursday.
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