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French bill seeks to ban hair discrimination affecting black women

French bill seeks to ban hair discrimination affecting black women

France's parliament on Thursday began debating a bill targeting workplace discrimination based on hair texture which the draft law's backers say targets mostly black women wearing their hair naturally.

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Athens chokes in clouds of Sahara dust

Athens chokes in clouds of Sahara dust

Athenians are choking in clouds of thick dust blown in from the Sahara along with unseasonably warm weather, weather forecasters and doctors warned on Thursday.

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Marcos says Philippines will not be 'cowed into silence' by China

Marcos says Philippines will not be 'cowed into silence' by China

President Ferdinand Marcos said Thursday the Philippines will not be "cowed into silence" by Beijing after confrontations in the South China Sea that injured Filipino troops and damaged vessels.

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The highs and lows of recent China-Australia relations

The highs and lows of recent China-Australia relations

China on Thursday announced the lifting of punitive tariffs on Australian wine, in a sign that the precarious bilateral relationship could be improving despite setbacks.

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China ships Tibetan glacier water to climate-threatened Maldives

China ships Tibetan glacier water to climate-threatened Maldives

China has sent more than a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers to the Maldives, officials said Thursday, a gift from the world's highest mountains to a low-lying archipelago threatened by rising seas.

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Video game giant Embracer sells 'Borderlands' maker to Take-Two

Video game giant Embracer sells 'Borderlands' maker to Take-Two

Swedish video game group Embracer said Thursday it was selling Gearbox Entertainment, the developer of the popular first-person shooter franchise "Borderlands", to US company Take-Two for $460 million.

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Battles, bombardment in Gaza as Israel reschedules talks with US

Battles, bombardment in Gaza as Israel reschedules talks with US

Battles and bombardment pounded the Gaza Strip on Thursday, after Washington said Israel agreed to reschedule cancelled talks with tensions worsening between the allies.

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Japan leukaemia survivor Ikee to swim at Paris Olympics

Japan leukaemia survivor Ikee to swim at Paris Olympics

Leukaemia survivor Rikako Ikee will compete for Japan in the 100m butterfly at the Paris Olympics after missing out on an individual place at the Tokyo Games three years ago.

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Soldier silhouettes to mark UK D-Day victims for 80th anniversary

Soldier silhouettes to mark UK D-Day victims for 80th anniversary

In the English countryside, volunteers put the finishing touches to 1,475 metal silhouettes representing British military personnel who died on D-Day, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the landings.

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New Zealand's Maori King calls for whales to be given personhood

New Zealand's Maori King calls for whales to be given personhood

The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights as people in a bid to protect the hallowed yet vulnerable species.

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