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Henry hails 'magical' France as hosts fall short in rollercoaster Olympic football final

France coach Thierry Henry described his team's Olympic performance as "magical" despite their agonising extra-time defeat against Spain in the men's football final in Paris on Friday.

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What's going on: Italian track cyclists emerge triumphant from the Madison relay maelstrom

Italian track cyclists Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini won a gruelling victory in the women's Madison relay at the National Velodrome west of Paris Friday night, stealing a lap late in the race and leaving the reigning British champions in second place. It was only the second time the event…

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Fugitive Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont in Belgium after evading arrest

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont left Spain for Belgium on Friday after appearing at a rally in Barcelona, despite a warrant for his arrent in Spain, his party said.

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'No survivors' as plane carrying 61 crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state

An airliner with 61 people on board crashed in a residential area of Sao Paulo state in Brazil on Friday. The mayor of Vinhedo, where the aircraft crashed, said that there were no survivors.

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Tahitian surfing champion Kauli Vaast takes victory lap along the Seine

After winning the gold medal in surfing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kauli Vaast thrilled fans again by surfing along France's iconic River Seine. The 22-year-old was pulled by a boat, and surfed the small waves it created with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

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Incursion into Russia’s Kursk region: A risky gamble for Ukraine?

Russia on Friday raised the emergency level in the Kursk region to “federal” as Ukraine pressed on with a major cross-border incursion. Launched on Tuesday, Kyiv’s offensive is the most significant attack on enemy soil since the Ukraine war started in 2022 and could prove to be either very profitable…

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Russia's Kursk region declares state of emergency amid Ukrainian offensive

Russia sent reinforcements to the Kursk region on Friday and declared a national state of emergency in response to what appeared to be Kyiv’s biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began. Fighting was reported in the western outskirts of Sudzha, a town that has an important pipeline transit…

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Third person arrested over plot to target Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna

A third suspect has been taken into custody in connection with plans to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna that were subsequently canceled over security concerns, Austria's interior minister said Friday. Officials said the 18-year-old suspect had pledged “allegiance” to the Islamic State group.

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Iran ramping up cyber attacks ahead of US presidential vote, Microsoft says

A Microsoft report released Friday said Iran was laying the groundwork to sway voters ahead of the US presidential election, including by creating fake news sites and impersonating activists online. The report also reveals how Russia and China are exploiting US political polarization to advance their own interests.

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Gazans flee Khan Younis as Israel launches another offensive

Thousands of Palestinians continued to flee the devastated southern city of Khan Younis on Friday after Israel launched a fresh offensive and issued evacuation orders. Families fled in vehicles and on foot from eastern parts of the city, where many had returned less than two weeks ago after the Israeli…

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Euphoria: France to face US in Olympic basketball finals after a night of comebacks

France surged through to the men’s basketball finals Thursday night after a hard-fought victory over Germany that had Paris’s Bercy Arena incandescent with joy. Les Bleus will be fighting the US team for gold on Saturday after the Americans clawed back a desperate victory of their own from the dominating…

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Sudan facing 'apocalyptic level of humanitarian desperation', campaigner says

In Sudan, aid fails to get through but weapons are in ample supply. We hear from Sudanese campaigner Kholood Khair as she heads to New York to brief the UN Security Council on the crisis consuming her homeland.

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Trump reverses course and agrees to debate Harris in September

In a rambling announcement replete with digressions and false claims on Thursday, former president Donald Trump reversed course and said he was willing to debate his Democratic rival Kamala Harris three times in September on different television networks. Trump's team is currently scrambling to outline a fresh campaign strategy with…

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France fight off comeback from Germany to reach Olympic men's basketball final

A turbo-charged French men's basketball team, boosted by a home crowd, fought back a late comeback from Germany on Thursday to send the host through to the Paris Olympics gold medal game.

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‘Our way of showing resistance’: Olympians raise Palestinian flag at Paris Games

Ten months into a brutal war that has killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza, Palestinian athletes are aiming for a lot more than medals at the Paris Olympics, hoping to shed light on the suffering of Gazans as they fly the colours of a stateless people scattered across…

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Nobel laureate Yunus sworn in as leader of Bangladesh's interim government

Nobel laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday after a student-led uprising prompted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and flee to India.

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Death on the highway: the high cost of poverty in southeastern Iran

A police chase in southeastern Iran ended in tragedy earlier this month when it caused an accident between two cars, killing four people. In the incident, on August 3, a police patrol attempted to stop a "soukhtbar", a local name for smugglers who transport cheap Iranian petrol to neighbouring Pakistan…

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Paris 'flying taxis' venture misses Olympic debut over certification delays

Test flights for flying taxis have been scrapped in Paris during the Olympics due to delays in the certification of the engine, said the venture's promoters. In the meantime, flight demonstrations with a passengerless prototype are being organised.

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Mystery Paris street artist 'Invader' creates new work to celebrate Olympics, delight fans

Paris, the City of Light, has been a playground for a mysterious French street artist known only as "Invader" since the 1990s. The elusive mosaic master, who usually works at night and likes to maintain his anonymity, has created a new, Olympic-themed work on the wall of an embankment of…

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Qatar, Egypt and US urge Israel and Hamas to resume ceasefire talks

Qatari, Egyptian and US leaders on Thursday urged Israel and Hamas to resume urgent talks on August 15 either in Doha or Cairo to bridge all remaining gaps in the proposed Gaza ceasefire agreement and start implementing it without any delay. Their joint statement came after the Israeli military ordered…

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Astronauts stuck in space may hitch a ride home with SpaceX in 2025, NASA says

Two astronauts on a mission of up to two weeks who have been stuck at the International Space Station since early June due to safety concerns over Boeing's Starliner capsule may need to use SpaceX for a ride back to Earth in February 2025, the US space agency NASA said…

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Battles rage in Kursk region after Ukraine's largest incursion yet into Russia

Fighting continued for a third day on Thursday after around 1,000 Ukrainian troops crossed the Russian border with tanks and armoured vehicles earlier this week, prompting Russia to declare a state of emergency in the Kursk region.

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High hopes: Exiles and refugees fight for Olympic gold on the taekwondo mat

Palestinian athlete Omar Ismail was beaten in the last 16 of the men's flyweight taekwondo Wednesday, ending the 18-year-old's hopes of winning gold at the Paris Olympics. Fighters from Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia took to the mat in the Grand Palais, with two athletes from the Refugee Olympic Team…

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Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift Vienna concerts inspired by IS group

The two suspects in an alleged plot to attack three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna appeared to have been inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said on Thursday.

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Paris Olympics: Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei pulls out of 5,000m

It's the end of an era for Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei. The athlete who was crowned Olympic champion in the 10,000m at the Stade de France on Saturday announced on Tuesday that he would not be taking part in the 5,000m at the Paris Games, where he is the defending champion.

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