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The Brazil-bound Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens are confident in the quality of the grass for their Sunday clash in the NFL's first game at Rio de Janeiro.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said at the UN on Thursday that Israeli policies no longer just jeopardized a two-state solution but were now threatening the "very life and existence" of his people.

Starbucks will close 250 more cafes in North America in its latest drive to improve financial returns, the coffee company announced Thursday.

Jasmine Paolini rescued Italy’s Billie Jean King Cup title defence campaign by triumphing in singles and doubles to secure a 2-1 victory for her team over hosts China in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

French actress Marina Vlady, who appeared in more than 80 films and picked up a prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963, died on Thursday at the age of 88, her family told AFP.

France legend Zinedine Zidane on Thursday admitted to feeling "immense emotion" as he prepared to take charge of Les Bleus for the first time in their UEFA Nations League clash with Turkey.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico were allowed back into the White House on Thursday, six days after being banned by President Donald Trump, after a federal judge ordered that the journalists have their access restored.

Matthew Breetzke hit a century and left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj took four wickets as South Africa beat Australia by 67 runs in the first one-day international at Kingsmead on Thursday.

Morocco's ruling coalition dominated parliamentary elections, provisional results on Thursday showed, in a poll marked by low turnout and an improved showing for the Islamist opposition.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky broke a confidentiality agreement by disclosing that Ukraine had sent North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Seoul's president said on Thursday.

Napoli want to move to a new stadium even though the city council would rather renovate the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, which it owns, in the hope of hosting Euro 2032 games.

Former Liverpool and England striker Andy Carroll has revealed he was sexually assaulted by a man in 2021.

Airstrikes that hit Afghanistan's border area and the key city of Kandahar are a clear warning from Pakistan to the country's supreme leader, analysts told AFP.

The family of a British contractor killed during a 2021 jihadist attack in Mozambique on Thursday demanded answers from TotalEnergies over why more people were not rescued from a besieged hotel.

The Dominican Republic called Thursday for the UN-backed armed force combatting gangs in neighboring Haiti to be strengthened, warning that limited progress in protecting the Haitian people was at risk.

Hundreds of protesters demanded the return of exiled opposition figure and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado to Venezuela, AFP observed at a demonstration in Caracas on Thursday.

Dolly Parton's nephew has been ordered to stay away from employees and properties of her estate, US media reported, after the manager for the late country music legend alleged an "escalating campaign of threats" to extort money from the vast enterprise.

Deportivo La Coruna striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang underwent knee surgery on Thursday, his club announced, and is expected to be out for two months.

Alexandra Eala failed to capitalise on her passionate support at the Singapore Open as the rising Philippines star was beaten 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 by Tatiana Prozorova on Thursday.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has a prediction for November: Democrats retake the House, and Donald Trump's presidency "as we know it" is over.

Hurricane Polo swirled menacingly along the southern Mexican coast on Thursday, triggering towering waves in a Pacific port city.

Stock markets mostly fell and oil prices climbed on Thursday as inflation fears, driven by a lack of progress in ending the Middle East war, drove a further sell-off in global bonds.

With diesel prices hitting records ahead of the US midterm elections, President Donald Trump has expressed support for a ban on diesel exports, but analysts warn the move could drive up wider fuel prices.

George Russell topped the times ahead of team-mate and world championship leader Kimi Antonelli as Mercedes dominated Friday's second practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

US rapper Macklemore, who was dropped from British pop star Ed Sheeran's tour after making pro-Palestinian comments, announced Thursday he will instead perform on his own "Free Palestine Tour."

A Ukrainian man was arrested on Thursday for killing a priest and wounding four others with a knife at a Catholic abbey in southeastern Poland in an attack that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky branded "evil" and "horrific".

New York's Metropolitan Opera will give away thousands of tickets to open the prestigious cultural institution up to people who could not otherwise afford it, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday.

Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis led from the front with a superb century in the second one-day international against England at Headingley on Thursday.

The ECB said Thursday a top official will resign early to take up a role at the IMF, the first in a series of looming senior leadership changes at the central bank.

French actress Marion Cotillard said on Thursday she feared the day she might be emotionally moved by an actor created by artificial intelligence, as debate grows over AI's impact on film and the wider creative industries.

Xi Jinping called Thursday for the United States and China to manage their superpower rivalry and keep AI under human control as President Donald Trump gave his Chinese counterpart a lavish welcome at the White House

Andre Agassi has demanded a proper off-season for exhausted tennis players as he prepares to lead Team World against Team Europe at the Laver Cup in London.