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Oscars to leave Hollywood in 2029: Academy

Lagos secures flood insurance for 4 million at-risk Nigerians

In crime-hit Peru, candidates vie to be 'meanest sheriff'

Kadioglu fires Turkey past Romania, to brink of World Cup

Sinner rips Tiafoe to reach Miami Open semis

Joy, scepticism across west Africa after UN vote on slave trade

Salah would be 'asset' says San Diego FC owner

Parmesan exports doing grate... but sales melt in Italy

US cannot meet Iran war-induced LNG shortfall: industry leaders

IOC's new gender testing throws up multiple questions

Malinin back to his best as third world skating title beckons

Cuban children's heart hospital makes tough choices amid US blockade

Doctors at Cuba's main pediatric heart hospital face wrenching decisions as a US fuel blockade further strains an already fragile health system: which children receive life-saving treatment first -- and which must wait longer.

Nepal's PM-to-be delivers first post-election message in rap, urges unity

Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, set to be sworn in as the new prime minister, issued his first post-election message via a rap song on Thursday, urging unity.

Vernon wins wind-hit Tour of Catalonia stage as Pidcock climbs to second

British sprinter Ethan Vernon won stage four of the Tour of Catalonia on Thursday after a high wind warning in the mountains caused a hasty switch from a summit finish to a flat one.

ChatGPT's taste for literary nonsense sparks alarm

OpenAI's GPT models can often be fooled into declaring that "pseudo-literary" nonsense is great, a German researcher has found.

Paul McCartney recalls Yesterday with first album in five years

British pop legend and former Beatle Paul McCartney on Thursday released a new single and announced his first album in over five years, examining his life in Liverpool before global stardom.

'True miracle': Napoleon's long-lost hat to go on display

A newly discovered hat believed to have been worn by Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on the island of Saint Helena is set to go on display outside Paris later this year, historians said on Thursday.

Lost in space: Sperm struggles to navigate during weightless sex

Scientists have used a tiny plastic "obstacle course" to test how much sperm would struggle to navigate during sex in the weightlessness of space.

IOC's gender test directive throws up multiple questions

The International Olympic Committee's announcement on Thursday that it is reintroducing gender testing to protect the female category, after last being used at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, raises practical, legal, ethical and scientific questions.

Families of Kabul bombing victims still search for answers

Abdul Hai Hamidi gently opened each of the dozens of coffins, hoping to recognise one of his relatives who was killed in a Pakistani strike on a Kabul drug treatment centre.

Police detain French ex-cop suspected of killing mothers of his children

Portuguese police have arrested a former French police officer suspected of killing his partner and his ex-girlfriend after kidnapping them and their children.

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