France gets boost from EU neighbours as wildfires rage
Six EU nations are sending firefighting teams and equipment to France as it battles a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest that has forced thousands to evacuate, officials said Thursday.
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Ice-age footprints shed light on North America's early humans
Footprints laid down by Ice-Age hunter-gatherers and recently discovered in a US desert are shedding new light on North America's earliest human inhabitants.
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Arctic warming four times faster than rest of Earth: study
The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet over the last 40 years, according to research published Thursday that suggests climate models are underestimating the rate of polar heating.
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Armed client holds Lebanon bank staff hostage to access savings
An armed customer threatening to set himself ablaze held bank workers hostage throughout the day Thursday in Lebanon's capital, demanding to withdraw his trapped savings to pay hospital fees, security sources and a family member said.
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Iran brands US claim of assassination plot 'fiction'
Iran dismissed as "fiction" Thursday US allegations it had plotted to kill former White House national security adviser John Bolton in retaliation for the assassination of one of its top commanders.
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Blinken says backing for armed groups in DRC must 'cease'
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that support for armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo must cease, as he held talks with Rwanda over accusations it is backing rebels in the troubled country.
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'Mac is back': McDonald's plans 'phased' reopening in Ukraine
McDonald's announced plans Thursday for a "phased" partial reopening of restaurants in Ukraine, where operations have been shuttered since February due to the Russian invasion.
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Sterling could not waste peak years at Man City on the bench
Raheem Sterling revealed on Thursday that his move to Chelsea came about after growing frustrated at his limited playing time at Manchester CIty.
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Metallica, Mariah Carey to play New York show for foreign aid
Metallica, Mariah Carey and the Jonas Brothers will be among the acts performing in New York's Central Park at this year's Global Citizen Festival, the organization announced Thursday.
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Stocks steady on more positive inflation data
Stock markets steadied on Thursday after new US data suggested that inflation could indeed be slowing in the world's biggest economy, taking the heat off the Federal Reserve to raise rates aggressively.
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