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Climate activists halt traffic at Frankfurt airport

Climate activists halt traffic at Frankfurt airport

Police on Thursday arrested climate activists who glued themselves to the tarmac at Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, compelling it to temporarily suspend arrivals and departures.

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Refining and gas give TotalEnergies Q2 blues

Refining and gas give TotalEnergies Q2 blues

French oil heavyweight TotalEnergies on Thursday reported slumping profits in the second quarter, blaming lower margins in refining and falling sales and prices for natural gas.

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Markets track tech-led plunge on Wall St, yen extends gains

Markets track tech-led plunge on Wall St, yen extends gains

Heavy selloffs among tech firms hammered equities Thursday, tracking a plunge on Wall Street as disappointing earnings caused traders to panic that a months-long rally in the sector may have been overdone.

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Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 mn litres of oil capsizes off Manila

Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 mn litres of oil capsizes off Manila

A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they raced to contain a spill.

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Nissan shares plunge after profit warning

Nissan shares plunge after profit warning

Nissan tumbled more than 10 percent on Thursday after the Japanese automaker issued a profit warning, citing "intense sales competition", especially in the United States.

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Myanmar junta, ethnic armed group claim control of military regional HQ

Myanmar junta, ethnic armed group claim control of military regional HQ

Myanmar's junta and an ethnic minority armed group both claimed on Thursday they were in control of a town and regional military command in northern Shan state following days of clashes.

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Israel army says recovered bodies of five hostages held in Gaza

Israel army says recovered bodies of five hostages held in Gaza

Israeli forces retrieved the bodies of five people whose bodies were held in the Gaza Strip after they were killed during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel, the military said Thursday.

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Pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to testify in Hong Kong security trial

Pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to testify in Hong Kong security trial

Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai will take the witness stand for the first time in November in a high-profile national security trial that sees him accused of sedition, a court said Thursday.

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Bangladesh relaxes curfew as unrest recedes

Bangladesh relaxes curfew as unrest recedes

Bangladesh further eased a nationwide curfew Thursday as students weighed the future of their protest campaign against civil service hiring rules that sparked days of deadly unrest last week.

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Netanyahu, Biden to meet on elusive Gaza deal

Netanyahu, Biden to meet on elusive Gaza deal

Joe Biden will press Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal, despite the US president's shock election exit threatening to limit his leverage over the Israeli premier.

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