Trump eyes summit with Xi
Washington (AFP) – Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks.
Ingebrigtsen breaks indoor mile world record in France
Liévin (France) (AFP) – Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the reigning Olympic 5,000m champion, set a new indoor mile world record of 3min 45.14sec at a meet in northern France on Thursday.
Los Angeles girds for floods, landslides as rain pounds fire zones
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – A monster rainstorm was drenching southern California on Thursday, with officials in Los Angeles readying for flooding and landslides in areas burned by last month’s huge wildfires.
Chelsea to take no action against Kerr after court acquittal
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.
Fenerbahce, Real Sociedad earn wins in Europa League play
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.
Medvedev into first quarter
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.
Conservation efforts can shift nature loss to more vulnerable regions: study
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?
Ecuador's wild west shows limits of Noboa's 'iron fist'
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.
Estonians plead guilty to US charges in $577 mn crypto scheme
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.
US sanctions ICC chief prosecutor over Israel investigations
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.
