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High-flying businessman Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux was on Thursday unveiled as the new head of the organising committee of the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps.

A Russian drone slammed into a busy platform at a railway station in Ukraine's Dnipro on Thursday killing at least 14 people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called a "horrific" attack that demands a response from Kyiv's allies.

The wife of British comedian and actor Russell Brand testified Thursday at his trial for rape and sexual assault, saying he had found monogamy "difficult" but became an "amazing" husband.

고려신학대학원이 개교 80주년을 맞아 설립자들의 신앙과 신학을 돌아보고 교회 쇄신과 다음 세대 교육을 다짐했다.

컴투스가 SWC2026 월드 파이널을 앞두고 서머너즈 워의 실시간 대전 콘텐츠인 월드 아레나 보상을 확대한다.

경찰 고위 간부들이 아주대학교병원을 방문해 소아전문응급의료센터 압수수색에 유감을 전하고 수사 경위를 설명했다.

정부가 서울 인접 지역 6곳에 7만6700가구 규모의 신규 공공택지를 발표했지만 토지 보상과 주민 반대, 교통대책이 공급 속도를 좌우할 것으로 전망된다.

대우건설이 체코 두코바니 원전 시공계약 협상 종료와 관련해 한국수력원자력이 설계변경과 오류에 따른 위험을 시공사에 과도하게 부담시키려 했다고 반박했다.

중국 광둥성의 한 식당이 물방개를 통째로 올린 에그타르트를 출시해 온라인에서 엇갈린 반응을 얻고 있다.

윤호중 행정안전부 장관이 소방재정의 긴급한 부족분을 미래대응기금 지방계정에서 지원하는 방안을 제안했다.

경찰 조사 과정에서 자신을 박사로 호칭해 달라는 요구가 받아들여지지 않자 국가와 판사 등을 상대로 수십억원대 소송을 이어간 사례가 확인됐다.

SK이노베이션이 정유와 윤활유 사업의 수익성 개선에 힘입어 2026년 3분기 역대 최대 분기 영업이익을 기록했다.

West Indies spinner Jomel Warrican took five wickets to bowl Bangladesh out for 272 before the visitors reached 134-4 on the second day of the opening Test on Thursday.

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has warned his side to expect no let-up from Brighton this weekend when the teams meet again just days after a dramatic cup tie.

Oil and gas giants Shell and TotalEnergies on Thursday reported soaring quarterly net profits as the Middle East war pushed up hydrocarbon prices -- and the cost of living around the world.

At least 13 people were killed Thursday when a Russian drone slammed into a crowded platform at the Dnipro railway station in central Ukraine, where trains were parked, authorities said.

Christine Lagarde, who will step down in February 2027 as president of the European Central Bank, has been seen as a unifying leader who headed the institution in turbulent geopolitical times and sought to strengthen it for a more uncertain world.

Spain began three days of mourning on Thursday after its second high-speed rail collision this year killed 69 people and injured scores, with relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will step down in February 2027, months before her term expires in October next year, the Frankfurt-based institution said Thursday.

World number one Elena Rybakina secured the year-end top ranking after beating fellow Kazakh Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-3 at the Pan Pacific Open in Japan on Thursday.

A year after Tanzania's bloody election, many remain traumatised by the violence, while government critics live in fear of abduction and arbitrary arrest, or facing treason and terrorism charges.

Residents and firefighters in an Indonesian city long shrouded in a toxic haze brought on by months of wildfires rushed outside dancing and chanting as rain this week brought a welcome respite.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc on Thursday piled pressure on Israeli Arab leaders over unproven accusations of foreign funding, in a push to neuter parties that made strong gains after an otherwise indecisive election.

Former world number one Naomi Osaka said she would "keep attempting" to get back to her Grand Slam-winning best after her season ended with a second-round exit in Japan on Thursday.

Families of victims of South Korea's deadly Halloween crowd crush have demanded that footage of the disaster used in the latest instalment of "Call of Duty" be removed, a representative told AFP Thursday, condemning its "complete lack of sensitivity".

Sanrio, the Japanese company that owns the popular Hello Kitty character, apologised Thursday over its tie-up with a TV spy drama criticised as anti-China, cancelling a merchandise collaboration with the show.

French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies said Thursday that its net profit hit a new record in the third quarter as the war in the Middle East pushed up hydrocarbon prices.

Pakistan briefly closed its airspace to Taiwanese cargo and passenger flights, Taiwan said on Thursday, suspecting China of being behind the unprecedented move.

Ivorian reggae star Alpha Blondy abruptly interrupted his concert's chilled-out vibes to wade into a far less laid-back subject -- the coups in his country's unrest-riven Sahel neighbours.

A year after Tanzania's bloody election, many remain traumatised by the violence, while government critics live in fear of abduction and arbitrary arrest, or facing treason and terrorism charges.

In an age of "overwhelming evil" and "generalised lies", Romanian novelist Mircea Cartarescu, a weaver of literary fantasies born from a childhood under a totalitarian regime, bets on writing to resist.

Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan more than quadrupled in 2026 despite a Taliban government ban, the United Nations said Thursday, urging that impoverished farmers needed alternatives to the lucrative crop.