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Six missing after building collapses in historic Athens district

U2 performs surprise 50th anniversary gigs in Dublin

Mbappe scores but suffers knee injury as Zidane gets debut France win

Pope calls worshippers 'saints of France' after AI warning

Mancini's Italy return spoiled by Belgium defeat

US court sides with Pentagon in Anthropic AI ban

Rodri confident in Man City innocence despite reported charges

Wall Street stocks rise, greeting optimism over possible US-Iran deal

California celebrates Dolly Parton day on 9/25

Jay-Z rape accuser says she made 'false accusations'

NFL players chief raises concerns over pitch for Maracana game

Senegal draw first match under Vieira and Nigeria survive scare

Daytime Russian attacks kill seven in Kyiv

Trump, Xi end summit long on pomp, but short on progress

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Spotting AI writing: how reliable are the detectors?

Claims that Canadian-Haitian writer Thelyson Orelien used AI tools to write his best-selling debut novel are rocking the French literary world and posing questions about how AI can be detected.

Russia not preparing for conflict with Europe, Putin says

Russia is not preparing for "any kind" of conflict with Europe, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, following warnings from some European NATO members of potential Russian attacks on the alliance's territory.

French youth await pope after AI 'paradise of machines' warning

Tens of thousands of French youth waved their hands in the air to Christian pop on Friday as they waited for Pope Leo XIV to lead them in prayer, after he called for peace and warned against losing humanity in an AI-driven "paradise of machines".

Trump's photo of Xi greeting carries signs of AI

Donald Trump shared an image Thursday of Xi Jinping's red-carpet arrival to Washington that appears to have been altered using artificial intelligence, with an unflattering expression captured in live footage of the moment edited out.

Man City found guilty of Premier League charges, set to appeal: reports

Manchester City have been found guilty of all but one of 115 Premier League charges for breaching financial regulations, according to reports on Friday, in a ruling that will send shockwaves through English football.

Six missing after building blast in historic Athens district

Six people including three tourists were missing after an explosion early Friday in a building in Athens' historic Plaka district located just below the Acropolis.

Embolo follows Xhaka out of Swiss squad over fake Covid documents

Switzerland striker Breel Embolo has been left out of the squad for the upcoming Nations League matches after being sanctioned for using forged Covid-19 test certificates during the pandemic.

Millions in US northeast brace for powerful storm

More than 40 million people in the northeastern United States braced Friday for heavy rain and strong winds as an unusually powerful storm for the season was forecast to crash into the region.

Trump, Xi inspect founding documents of US democracy to close summit

US President Donald Trump took Xi Jinping to see the founding documents of American democracy on Friday as the Chinese leader's state visit wrapped up with more pageantry but limited progress.