English Championship club West Ham have warned fans not to sing an "offensive and divisive" chant about winger Manor Solomon that was heard during their season-opening game against Burnley.
Japan's ambitious mission to collect and bring back samples from one of Mars's moons will lift off on October 20, the space agency announced Thursday.
Dozens of questions swirled Thursday as Prince Harry prepares to move back to the UK with his wife and children, six years after his departure sparked a bitter rift with the royal family.
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North Korea has fired several short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul's military said on Thursday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang's Kim Jong Un this year.
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"Girl with a Pearl Earring" will go on show in Osaka this week, on a rare trip abroad for the 17th-century Johannes Vermeer masterpiece and potentially its last to Japan.
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Myanmar's military chief met Thursday with Thailand's top general in Bangkok in his first foreign trip since assuming the role, as his coup-staging armed forces shake off their pariah status.
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Russian bombardments killed at least 13 people in Ukraine's capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said on Thursday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urging a global response to Moscow's "escalation" of the four-year war.
August 20, 2026
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Asian markets rallied Thursday after the US Treasury said it would "at least double" the amount of long-term bonds to push down borrowing costs, after they surged this week to near two-decade highs.
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Four-time Formula One world champion Max Verstappen has signed a new contract with Red Bull until the end of 2030, the team announced Thursday, ending speculation over his future in the sport.
Four-time Formula One world champion Max Verstappen has signed a new contract with Red Bull until the end of 2030, the team announced Thursday, ending speculation over his future in the sport.
Australia coach Kevin Walters will leave the role to take over at English Super League powerhouse St Helens after the Rugby League World Cup this year, he said Thursday.
For property giant Evergrande, the face of China's real estate woes, an excruciating saga that has dragged on for years culminated on Thursday with court rulings ordering fines and jail terms.
August 20, 2026
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China sentenced the founder of embattled property giant Evergrande to life in prison and fined the group more than $2 billion on Thursday for offences including fraud, five years after a high-profile default.
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Australian prosecutors asked judges Thursday to stiffen mushroom murderer Erin Patterson's prison sentence -- saying she should never be set free.
Russian bombardments killed at least 12 peopleand wounded dozens in Ukraine's capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said on Thursday.
An alcohol-fuelled scandal swirling around a top Australian Rules team has been splashed across newspaper front pages as much as the back and triggered broader debate, a sign of the sport's importance in the country's social fabric.
Pakistan summoned Washington's top envoy in Islamabad and "strongly condemned" remarks by the US ambassador to New Delhi calling disputed Kashmir "an important part of India".
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