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Denmark says airport drone flights designed to create fear

Denmark says airport drone flights designed to create fear

Denmark said Thursday that drone flights over multiple airports this week were a "hybrid attack" designed to create fear, adding it would acquire new capabilities to detect and intercept drones.

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France's Sarkozy ordered to serve prison time in historic first

France's Sarkozy ordered to serve prison time in historic first

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy was on Thursday set to become France's first postwar leader to go to prison after a court jailed him for five years over a scheme for the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund his victorious 2007 presidential run.

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Alcaraz survives injury scare and rain delay to win Tokyo opener

Alcaraz survives injury scare and rain delay to win Tokyo opener

World number one Carlos Alcaraz shrugged off an ankle injury to beat Argentina's Sebastian Baez 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday in a gritty start to his Japan Open campaign.

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Ticketmaster agrees clearer prices after Oasis probe

Ticketmaster agrees clearer prices after Oasis probe

US ticket sales giant Ticketmaster has agreed to more transparent pricing following widespread anger over the exorbitant costs paid by some fans for the Oasis reunion tour, Britain's competition watchdog said Thursday.

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Stocks downbeat ahead of key US data

Stocks downbeat ahead of key US data

European stocks skidded Thursday as traders pulled back further from the buying that propelled global equity markets to recent record highs, as focus switched to upcoming US inflation and jobs data.

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EU opens antitrust probe into German software giant SAP

EU opens antitrust probe into German software giant SAP

The European Commission launched an antitrust probe into German software giant SAP Thursday over fears the company's practices may have distorted competition.

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Meet Ali Akbar, the last newspaper hawker in Paris

Meet Ali Akbar, the last newspaper hawker in Paris

Ali Akbar knows everyone and everyone knows him: the last newspaper hawker in Paris, he zigzags each day from cafe to cafe, shouting humorous headlines in the heart of the French capital.

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EU rejects Apple demand to scrap landmark tech rules

EU rejects Apple demand to scrap landmark tech rules

The European Union rejected a call by Apple to scrap its landmark digital competition law on Thursday, dismissing the US giant's claims that the rules put users' security at risk.

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England captain Aldcroft says it's 'our time now' ahead of World Cup final

England captain Aldcroft says it's 'our time now' ahead of World Cup final

England captain Zoe Aldcroft believes it is "our time now" as her side bid to end more than a decade of Women's Rugby World Cup heartache in Saturday's final against Canada.

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Toyota opens high-tech village in Japan to road test the future

Toyota opens high-tech village in Japan to road test the future

Top-selling carmaker Toyota opened its new high-tech village in Japan on Thursday, an experimental project to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments.

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