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From 'Derry Girls' to 'heaven', Irish writer airs new comedy

Asia markets mixed as stong US jobs data temper rate expectations

Shanaka fireworks as Sri Lanka pile up 225-5 against Oman

Samsung starts mass production of next-gen AI memory chip

Benin's lovers less row-mantic as apps replace waterway rendezvous

Argentina moves closer to labor reform, despite protests

Geneva opera house selling off thousands of extravagant costumes

Non-alcoholic wine: a booming business searching for quality

Greece's Cycladic islands swept up in concrete fever

Grieving Canada town holds vigil for school shooting victims

Cunningham on target as depleted Pistons down Raptors

Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam combines Olympic gold and influencer attitude

To say Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam divides opinion is an understatement.

Scotland coach Townsend under pressure as England await

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend heads into Saturday's Six Nations match at home to England knowing even a win is unlikely to quell the debate about his position.

Canadian ice dancers put 'dark times' behind with Olympic medal

Canadian figure skaters Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier put the dark times behind them with ice dancing bronze at the Winter Olympics after it had looked as if their career could be over following her cancer diagnosis.

'Exhausting' off-field issues hang over Wales before France clash

A Wales side low on confidence welcome an in-form France to Cardiff on Sunday in the Six Nations, with rugby in the country rarely having sunk to such troubling depths.

Crusaders target another title as Super Rugby aims to speed up

An All Blacks-heavy Canterbury Crusaders kick off their Super Rugby title defence against the Otago Highlanders on Friday as the southern hemisphere competition trials a raft of rule changes designed to speed up the game.

Chinese Olympic snowboarder avoids serious injury after nasty crash

Chinese snowboarder Liu Jiayu said from hospital Thursday that she had avoided serious injury following a dramatic fall at the Winter Olympics in Italy and thanked fans for their concern.

China carbon emissions 'flat or falling' in 2025: analysis

China's emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide were "flat or falling" in 2025, analysis showed Thursday, but progress remains fragile and it is not yet clear that emissions have peaked.

'China shock': Germany struggles as key market turns business rival

China was long a lucrative market for Germany Inc, but the Asian giant's rise in high-tech fields has put the heat on Europe's industrial powerhouse and its companies, big and small.

French ice dancer Cizeron's 'quest for perfection' reaps second Olympic gold

Four years after his Winter Games victory alongside Gabriella Papadakis, French skater Guillaume Cizeron achieved the unprecedented feat of a second Olympic ice dancing gold medal with a new partner on Wednesday.

EU leaders push to rescue European economy challenged by China, US

EU leaders will converge on a Belgian castle on Thursday as the bloc seeks ways to punch its economic weight on the global stage -- faced with threats from China and the United States, and hamstrung by its own divisions.

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