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'People thought it was witchcraft': DR Congo's Ebola outbreak

Arteta on BBQ duty as Arsenal clinched Premier League title

Top UN court says right to strike protected in key labour treaty

Musk's SpaceX bonus comes with unique condition: colonize Mars

Guardiola's Premier League legacy carried forward by Spanish coaches

Walmart reports solid results but sees some consumers struggling

Oil gains, stocks slip on uncertain Mideast peace prospects

Stellantis unveils 60 bn euro push to revive profitability

Italian divers in Maldives may have got lost in cave: recovery firm

Do tennis players really only take 15 percent of Grand Slam revenues?

Sinner, Djokovic kept apart in French Open draw

In Ankara, DW journalist goes on trial for 'insulting president'

A Turkish journalist with Deutsche Welle (DW) went on trial in Ankara on Thursday for allegedly "insulting the president", with the court granting him conditional release, the German broadcaster said.

Arteta alone in garden when Arsenal clinched Premier League title

Mikel Arteta said he was barbecuing alone in his garden when Arsenal ended their 22-year wait to win the Premier League this week.

EU slashes eurozone 2026 growth forecast on Mideast war

The eurozone economy will expand less than expected this year, the EU said Thursday, as the Middle East war and subsequent energy shock take their toll.

Air France, Airbus guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Paris-Rio crash: French court

Paris' appeals court Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history.

Lustrinelli succeeds Eta as Union Berlin coach

Swiss coach Mauro Lustrinelli has replaced Marie-Louise Eta as coach of Union Berlin, the Bundesliga club announced on Wednesday.

Alex Marquez out of Italy, Hungary MotoGP races after crash

Spanish rider Alex Marquez will be sidelined for at least the next two MotoGP races after suffering two fractures in a horror crash at the Catalan Grand Prix last weekend, his Gresini Racing team said Thursday.

'French Banksy' and Daft Punk star turn Paris bridge into Alpine cave

Tourists and Parisians goggled at the sight of the French capital's oldest bridge transformed into a giant "cave" on Thursday, a spectacular new public work by the street artist JR.

Late queen pushed for son Andrew to be UK trade envoy: official papers

Britain's late queen Elizabeth II pushed for her son Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be given a high-profile job as a trade envoy, a senior official said in a 2000 document released by the government on Thursday.

Denmark to autopsy 'Timmy' the whale

Scientists will conduct an autopsy on "Timmy", the humpback whale whose ordeal to return to the open seas captured Germany's hearts and sparked a media frenzy, Denmark's environmental protection agency said on Thursday.

Oil gains, European stocks down on uncertain Mideast peace prospects

Oil prices jumped, European stock markets retreated and the dollar firmed Thursday as hopes of a Middle East peace accord faded on conflicting headlines on the state of talks.

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