At least 101 million Europeans were expected to experience temperatures of over 35C on Thursday, in a punishing and increasingly deadly heatwave hotter than weather in parts of Africa.
E-commerce giant Amazon announced on Thursday an additional $13-billion investment by 2030 to expand its artificial intelligence footprint in India, months after declaring plans to invest more than $35 billion.
Powerful twin earthquakes have killed at least 32 people and hurt hundreds in Venezuela, the nation's leader said Thursday, with dozens of buildings collapsed or heavily damaged in a hard-hit area near the capital.
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Kenyan police put on a massive show of force Thursday in a bid to prevent protests marking two years since a landmark Gen Z uprising.
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Brazil punished Scotland's defensive frailties to advance to the World Cup's last 32 on Wednesday as South Africa, Canada and Bosnia-Herzegovina completed a historic hat-trick by progressing to the knockout rounds for the first time.
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"Antonio, it's your mom, I'm right here," a mother's desperate cries bounced off the rubble of a 22-story building in Caracas that collapsed following two powerful earthquakes in Venezuela on Wednesday.
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At 15, like most Danish teenagers, Nora Pihl chose to get confirmed but for her, as for a growing number of young Danes, it wasn't a religious affair.
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South Africa beat South Korea 1-0 on Wednesday to reach the World Cup knockout rounds for the first time in their history -- an astonishing turnaround after a dismal opening defeat.
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South Korea's Kospi soared more than five percent in a tech-led surge across Asia on Thursday as a forecast-busting earnings report from US chip titan Micron helped traders brush off their latest worries about the AI investment boom.
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Scotland coach Steve Clarke accepted that his team may be heading home from the World Cup in a few days after completing the group stage with a comprehensive 3-0 loss to Brazil on Wednesday.
Venezuela's interim leader declared a state of emergency Wednesday as two massive earthquakes caused buildings in the capital to crumble and forced the closure of the country's main airport.
Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu said Wednesday his side were focused solely on beating "a very strong" Sweden in their final group match and hoping that would be enough to finish top of Group F.
Above the patter of rain cascading through the jungle canopy comes the haunting call of a pileated gibbon singing to fend off intruders in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.
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It was founded as a Sixties utopia "where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony" without money or religious strife in southern India.
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"When the city starts feeding the countryside, it means the country is done for," farmer Emil Deliev said from southern Bulgaria's mountains where small dairy farms are vanishing one after another.
Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti hailed Vinicius Junior as "one of the best players in the world" after the Real Madrid forward continued his excellent World Cup form with a brace in Wednesday's 3-0 win over Scotland.
US President Donald Trump opened 16 days of celebrations for America's 250th anniversary Wednesday with a rally-style speech -- turning a national commemoration into a highly politicized showcase for his second-term agenda.
Morocco coach Mohamed Ouahbi said his players have to believe they can become the first African winners of the World Cup after storming into the last 32 unbeaten.
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