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London (AFP) – Chelsea women’s manager Sonia Bompastor is “really happy” for Sam Kerr following her acquittal on charges of racially aggravated harassment and says there will be no disciplinary action taken against the Australia captain by the club.

Paris (AFP) – Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce won 3-0 at home to Anderlecht in the first leg of their Europa League knockout phase play-off tie Thursday, while Real Sociedad triumphed 2-1 away to Midtjylland.

Marseille (AFP) – Former world number one Daniil Medvedev reached his first quarter-final of 2025 in Marseille on Thursday as China’s Zhang Zhizhen stunned fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz.

Paris (AFP) – Could restoring the environment in one place — say by turning farmland in Europe into a nature reserve — harm plants and animals on the other side of the planet?

Puerto Bolivar (Ecuador) (AFP) – On Ecuador’s lawless southwest coast, drug gangs operate with impunity and terrified residents ask if their president’s “iron fist” security policies are just words.

Washington (AFP) – Two Estonian nationals have pleaded guilty to defrauding hundreds of thousands of people around the world in a $577 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, the Justice Department said Thursday.

Washington (AFP) – The United States on Thursday sanctioned the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court over the ICC’s investigations targeting US personnel as well as alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

Oslo (AFP) – An Oslo court on Thursday rejected a legal challenge by the WWF environmental group against Norway’s bid to mine its seabed for minerals crucial to the green energy transition.

Paris (AFP) – Former Olympic champion Edgar Grospiron will be named next week as president of the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps, an official said Thursday.

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Lebanon’s parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday that Beirut rejected Israel’s demand to remain in five southern locations after a February 18 deadline for fully implementing a ceasefire deal.