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Jalen Hurts has held a press conference every day this week in the build-up to the Super Bowl and the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has somehow managed to keep his name out of the headlines.

Cleveland added forward De'Andre Hunter and Phoenix traded Bosnian big man Jusuf Nurkic to Charlotte, according to multiple reports, as Thursday's NBA trade deadline passed.

Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz eased into the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open on Thursday with a comfortable straight-sets win over Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori.

A judge paused a scheme masterminded by billionaire Elon Musk to slash the US government by encouraging federal workers to quit through a mass buyout by midnight Thursday.

US PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Adam Scott have implored President Donald Trump to help complete a Saudi Arabian investment deal and reunite golf's top players in one series.

A convicted British conman who featured in a Netflix documentary appeared in a French court on Thursday charged with knocking over and injuring two police officers in 2022 as he tried to escape from them.

Cleveland added forward De'Andre Hunter and Phoenix traded Bosnian big man Jusuf Nurkic to Charlotte, according to multiple reports, as Thursday afternoon's NBA trade deadline approached.

Hard-boiled, soft-boiled or poached. Scientists have studied how to cook the perfect egg and have come up with a new recipe that they say optimises its taste and nutritional quality.

Paris Saint-Germain head into the Champions League knockout phase in rude health, with their crushing domination against domestic opposition making a Ligue 1 and French Cup double look highly likely and leaving them in a strong position to keep advancing in Europe.

Mexican armed troops guard the fence snaking along the US border as part of a deal with President Donald Trump, who delayed tariffs on Mexico in exchange for increased efforts against illegal migration and fentanyl smuggling.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continued its advance Thursday through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and looked poised to seize a strategic town, as United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called for peace.

England captain Maro Itoje has insisted physicality is "non-negotiable" as his side look to revive their Six Nations campaign against France at Twickenham on Saturday.

Virginia Halas McCaskey, principal owner of the NFL Chicago Bears and the daughter of team founder George Halas, died Thursday at age 102, the Bears announced.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar, one of the big success stories of the Grammys last weeks, said Thursday his fans should expect "storytelling" at the Super Bowl halftime show this weekend.

England will play Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy later this month despite calls from British politicians to boycott the match over the Taliban regime's curtailment of women's rights.

Ecuador's dueling presidential hopefuls made a last-ditch pitch to late-deciding voters Thursday, wrapping a bitter campaign dominated by surging cartel violence and economic crisis.

ChatGPT developer OpenAI on Thursday said it will allow some European customers to store and process data from conversations with its chatbots within the European Union, rather than on its infrastructure in the United States or elsewhere.

Spaniard Jordi Fernandez, head coach of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, will not return as coach of Canada's men's national team, Canada Basketball announced on Thursday.

South Africa will not be bullied, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a national address Thursday, after criticism this week of his government from senior US officials including President Donald Trump.

Panama on Thursday rejected the United States' claim of securing free passage for its government vessels through the Panama Canal, while bowing to US pressure to quit a key Chinese project.

Charlotte center Mark Williams joined the Los Angeles Lakers and the Toronto Raptors made two late moves, according to multiple reports, as Thursday afternoon's NBA trade deadline approached.

Stefanos Tsitsipas saved a match point and battled from a set down to advance into the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open Thursday with a gruelling win over local hope Tallon Griekspoor.

French cosmetics giant L'Oreal said Thursday its profits rose last year despite the declining Chinese market and it made bullish statements about its hopes for 2025.

More than two million US federal workers were hours away from a deadline Thursday to quit with eight months' pay or risk being fired on the spot in a plan by billionaire Elon Musk to gut the civil service.

India's Shreyas Iyer on Thursday said star batsman Virat Kohli's late injury call cut short his movie night before he turned hero in the team's opening ODI win over England.

Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell on Thursday took to the ice at a figure skating gala in Zurich trying to "push the limit" of the sport as a first same-sex couple to skate together.

Last month was the hottest January on record, blitzing the previous high and stunning climate scientists who expected cooler La Nina conditions to finally start quelling a long-running heat streak.

Countries must aim as high as possible when setting new goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Andre Correa do Lago, the president of the COP30 climate conference to be hosted by Brazil in November, told AFP in an interview.

Defending champion Elena Rybakina edged out Ons Jabeur in a deciding-set tie-break on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the Abu Dhabi Open.

Stock markets mostly rose Thursday on easing trade tensions and some strong company earnings, with London and Frankfurt hitting record highs.

US Democrats forced a delay Thursday in a key vote on Kash Patel's nomination to lead the FBI amid a mushrooming scandal over Republican "enemies lists" allegedly drawn up to help US President Donald Trump take revenge on his perceived adversaries.

England coach Steve Borthwick says the "exciting partnership" of Fin Smith and Marcus Smith can ignite their Six Nations campaign against France after he paired both playmakers in the backline.