French scramble to find air conditioners before next heatwave
Hundreds of people were besieging Lidl supermarkets in and around Paris Thursday, with scuffles and shouting matches breaking out as residents scrambled to get their hands on bargain air-cooling units before the next heatwave hits the French capital.
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Uruguay veteran Cavani quits Boca Juniors
Veteran Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani has announced his departure from Boca Juniors after three years.
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Japan deploys bear cameras in moutains as attacks surge
Japan has begun installing hundreds of cameras in its northern mountains as part of a nationwide survey of the bear population following a surge in maulings, an official told AFP on Thursday.
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West Ham's Fernandes joins Spurs
West Ham's Portugal midfielder Mateus Fernandes has joined Spurs after the Hammers' relegation from the Premier League, the clubs announced on Thursday.
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Germany's Infineon opens major chip plant as EU seeks tech autonomy
German semiconductor giant Infineon opened a five-billion-euro ($5.7 billion) microchip plant Thursday, at a time Europe seeks to bolster its high-tech autonomy.
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Bones of contention: More research needed on 'd'Artagnan corpse'
More research is needed to determine whether bones buried beneath a Dutch church belong to d'Artagnan, the swashbuckling French soldier who inspired the novel The Three Musketeers, officials said Thursday.
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Coffee with a view: tourists flock to Starbucks overlooking North Korea
The contrast cannot be starker: selfie-taking tourists sipping coffee at Starbucks -- an icon of globalisation and capitalism -- while looking out over reclusive, communist North Korea.
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EU top court upholds record 4.1 bn euro Google fine
The EU's top court upheld Thursday a record 4.1 billion euro ($4.7 billion) fine the bloc slapped on Google for anti-competitive practices related to its Android operating system.
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German coalition agrees on reform package in key breakthrough
Germany's ruling coalition has agreed on sweeping tax, labour and pension reforms, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday, a breakthrough aimed at reviving the struggling economy and countering the rise of the far right.
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Italy name two debutants to face Japan in Nations Championship opener
Italy on Thursday named debutants Alessandro Ortombina and Malik Faissal to start against Japan in their Nations Championship opener in Tokyo as they look to build on their Six Nations success.
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