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The impossible job: Beating Rafael Nadal at French Open

Paris (AFP) - When a weary David Ferrer managed to win just five games in his French Open semi-final loss to Rafael Nadal in 2012, he was in no doubt over the enormity of the challenge.

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China overpower Denmark at Sudirman Cup to take top group spot

Suzhou (China) (AFP) - Hosts China defeated a talented Danish side Thursday to win their group at the Sudirman Cup, propelled by a dominant performance from reigning Olympic women's badminton champion Chen Yufei.

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Stocks rally loses steam

London (AFP) - A stocks rally on optimism over talks to avert a catastrophic US debt default ran out of steam Thursday.

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Major champs set for early charge at PGA Championship

Rochester (United States) (AFP) - Top-ranked Jon Rahm and fellow reigning major champions Cameron Smith and Matthew Fitzpatrick were poised for an early charge as Thursday's frost-delayed opening round of the PGA Championship began.

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Energy firm warns S.Africa to brace for 'difficult winter'

Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's struggling state-owned power firm Eskom on Thursday forecast a difficult winter with demand set to rise in the continent's most industrialised but energy-starved country.

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UK airline easyJet cuts losses on strong demand

London (AFP) - British airline easyJet said Thursday it had slashed first-half net losses on strengthening demand from holidaymakers as the aviation sector recovers from Covid.

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Walmart lifts forecast as it wins US grocery consumers due to inflation

New York (AFP) - Walmart raised its full-year profit forecast on Thursday following strong sales growth in the United States fueled by gains in grocery and other household staples.

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Start set after PGA Championship delayed by frost

Rochester (United States) (AFP) - Practice facilities opened at Oak Hill after frost on Thursday delayed the start of the 105th PGA Championship by one hour and 50 minutes.

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Crippled economy fuels former Pakistan PM Khan's protests

Lahore (Pakistan) (AFP) - The tumultuous campaign by Imran Khan, Pakistan's most popular politician, to reclaim power has been driven by an economic crisis that ordinary people say has left them unable to feed their families.

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Rival claims over Prince Harry, Meghan NY 'car chase'

London (AFP) - Competing claims surfaced Thursday over Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's purported involvement in a "near catastrophic car chase" with paparazzi in New York.

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S.Africa's blackouts force solar-powered town to life in the dark

Frankfort (South Africa) (AFP) - A South African town has been left fuming after a legal battle with a state-owned power utility forced its solar plant to dump desperately needed electricity in a country suffering a record energy crisis.

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Raw deal: English consumers stuck with sewage cleanup bill

London (AFP) - England's privatised water companies pledged Thursday to make massive investments to stop raw sewage being pumped into waterways as concerns mount about water quality and laxer environmental protections post-Brexit.

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Jerusalem tensions run high ahead of far-right Israeli rally

Jerusalem (AFP) - Jerusalem police and residents were bracing for extremist ministers and their supporters to rally on Thursday in an annual flag-waving march commemorating Israel's capture of the Old City.

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UK telecoms firm BT to axe up to 55,000 jobs by 2030

London (AFP) - British telecoms group BT said Thursday it will axe up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade in the latest tech jobs cull in response to rampant inflation.

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Two climbers die on Everest, toll reaches seven

Kathmandu (AFP) - Two more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers said Thursday, bringing the number of deaths on the world's highest peak this spring climbing season to seven.

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LGBTQ activists condemn Japan's 'meaningless' equality bill

Tokyo (AFP) - A new bill submitted to Japan's parliament on Thursday aimed at "promoting understanding" of equality issues has been criticised as a "meaningless gesture" by LGBTQ campaigners because lawmakers watered down its language.

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Kyiv weathers 'unprecedented' wave of Russian missiles

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said Thursday it had intercepted nearly all of a barrage of Russian missiles overnight, the latest in an "unprecedented" wave of aerial attacks on the capital Kyiv.

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Injury-hit Swiatek's French Open title defence on knife edge

Paris (AFP) - French Open champion Iga Swiatek says she will know in the coming days how serious her thigh injury is and whether she can defend her title at Roland Garros which gets underway on Sunday week.

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Arab conflict zones missing out on climate funds: aid groups

Dubai (AFP) - Conflict-plagued countries in the Middle East are among the most vulnerable to climate change but are almost entirely excluded from meaningful financing to mitigate its effects, aid groups warned Thursday.

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UK touts $22 bn in Japanese investment as Sunak visits Tokyo

Tokyo (AFP) - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Thursday announced Japanese investment of more than $22 billion into the UK, but accepted carmakers' concern about Brexit trade rules as he confirmed talks with the European Union.

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Sierra Leone leader urges end of Ukraine war for 'sake of humanity'

Freetown (AFP) - Sierra Leone's president expressed hope in an AFP interview that a new African mediation mission would help end Russia's war in Ukraine which has hit the "poorest of the poor" around the world.

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Myanmar junta using imported arms to commit rights violations: UN expert

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Myanmar's military has imported $1 billion in weapons since seizing power in a 2021 coup and used them "to commit atrocities," a United Nations expert said in a report released Wednesday.

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More villages evacuated as Italy counts cost of deadly floods

Cesena (Italy) (AFP) - Authorities in Ravenna issued an immediate evacuation order Thursday for three villages threatened by floods after heavy rains left nine people dead across northeastern Italy.

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Papua New Guinea to sign security pact with US, PM says

Port Moresby (AFP) - Papua New Guinea will sign a security pact with the United States that gives American troops access to the Pacific nation's ports and airports, its leader said Thursday, as Washington jostles for influence in the region with Beijing.

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India's top court upholds bull-taming festival

New Delhi (AFP) - India's Supreme Court upheld on Thursday a state government's decision to lift the ban on a popular bull-taming festival long blighted by allegations of animal cruelty.

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