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🇻🇪 Man rescued eight days after Venezuela quakes An international rescue team have pulled a survivor of Venezuelas twin earthquakes from the rubble, after surviving eight days underground. Hernan Gil, 43, had been buried in the booth of the seven-story building where he worked in Catia La Mar.
🇬🇧 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally apologised on Thursday for the forced adoption of an estimated 185,000 babies born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976, calling it "a stain on our history". ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfd
🎾 Reigning champion Iga Swiatek returned to her brilliant best in a 6-1, 6-3 thrashing of former world number one Karolina Pliskova in the Wimbledon second round on Thursday. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKf8
🇻🇪 Hundreds of rescuers in Venezuela cheered and embraced Thursday after pulling a 43-year-old man alive from the ruins of a collapsed building eight days after deadly twin earthquakes, AFP journalists witnessed. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfB
🇸🇾 A bomb blast at a cafe in Damascus on Thursday killed six people and wounded 22, authorities said, in the latest challenge for Syrias Islamist leaders as they seek to stabilise the country after more than a decade of war. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfL
⚽ Pele jersey worn in 1958 World Cup final goes on auction The jersey worn by late football legend Pele during Brazils 1958 World Cup victory is headlining an auction at Sothebys as this years tournament unfolds in the US, Mexico and Canada.
The first act of pop sensation Taylor Swifts wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce was set to kick off Thursday, with a rehearsal dinner for 100 guests ahead of a star-studded extravaganza at the famed Madison Square Garden. u.afp.com/SKft
Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland are two of the quickest football players around -- but when it comes to pure speed, they have a rival at the World Cup in Australian flyer Jordan Bos. u.afp.com/SKYJ
🇬🇧 🇫🇷 Woman on decade-long mission to recreate Bayeux Tapestry In eastern England, Swedish-born Mia Hansson has spent the last decade recreating one of historys most famous embroidered artworks, the Bayeux Tapestry.
🇺🇸 Pop singer Taylor Swift and pro-athlete Travis Kelces official wedding plans are tightly under wraps, but New York is bracing to host the celebrity marriage of the year this week at Madison Square Garden. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfN
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russia launched its largest ever barrage on Kyiv early Thursday, according to the citys mayor, tearing open apartment buildings in an hours-long drone and missile attack that killed at least 21 people. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKff
🚵 Tadej Pogacar will keep winning the Tour de France for many more years, as long as he retains his "desire and drive", fellow four-time winner Chris Froome told AFP. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfh
🇦🇱 Violent clashes have erupted between police and demonstrators outside Albanias parliament, as protests sparked by a resort development linked to US President Donald Trumps family threatened to escalate. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKf7
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced an end to an employees right to call in sick without a doctors note, as part of a package of sweeping reforms to revive the economy.
Tesla reported a jump in second-quarter auto sales Thursday, as Elon Musks electric vehicle company easily topped expectations in a period of lofty gasoline prices due to the US-Iran war. u.afp.com/SKfK
Where is Aung San Suu Kyi? Myanmars deposed leader is under house arrest in the capital Naypyidaw, according to her captors, but exactly where is hard to say in a city experts describe as purpose-built to guard its rulers secrets. u.afp.com/SKfF
#BREAKING WHO says Marburg virus case detected in Uganda
🇲🇼 🇿🇦 Malawians return home from South Africa Ahamadi Assani is one of nearly 15,000 Malawians who have returned home from South Africa, after fleeing xenophobic violence and anti-immigrant hostility.
🇻🇪 Man rescued eight days after Venezuela quakes An international rescue team have pulled a survivor of Venezuelas twin earthquakes from the rubble, after surviving eight days underground. Hernan Gil, 43, had been buried in the booth of the seven-story building where he worked in Catia La Mar.
🇬🇧 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally apologised on Thursday for the forced adoption of an estimated 185,000 babies born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976, calling it "a stain on our history". ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfd
🎾 Reigning champion Iga Swiatek returned to her brilliant best in a 6-1, 6-3 thrashing of former world number one Karolina Pliskova in the Wimbledon second round on Thursday. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKf8
🇻🇪 Hundreds of rescuers in Venezuela cheered and embraced Thursday after pulling a 43-year-old man alive from the ruins of a collapsed building eight days after deadly twin earthquakes, AFP journalists witnessed. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfB
🇸🇾 A bomb blast at a cafe in Damascus on Thursday killed six people and wounded 22, authorities said, in the latest challenge for Syrias Islamist leaders as they seek to stabilise the country after more than a decade of war. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfL
⚽ Pele jersey worn in 1958 World Cup final goes on auction The jersey worn by late football legend Pele during Brazils 1958 World Cup victory is headlining an auction at Sothebys as this years tournament unfolds in the US, Mexico and Canada.
The first act of pop sensation Taylor Swifts wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce was set to kick off Thursday, with a rehearsal dinner for 100 guests ahead of a star-studded extravaganza at the famed Madison Square Garden. u.afp.com/SKft
Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland are two of the quickest football players around -- but when it comes to pure speed, they have a rival at the World Cup in Australian flyer Jordan Bos. u.afp.com/SKYJ
🇬🇧 🇫🇷 Woman on decade-long mission to recreate Bayeux Tapestry In eastern England, Swedish-born Mia Hansson has spent the last decade recreating one of historys most famous embroidered artworks, the Bayeux Tapestry.
🇺🇸 Pop singer Taylor Swift and pro-athlete Travis Kelces official wedding plans are tightly under wraps, but New York is bracing to host the celebrity marriage of the year this week at Madison Square Garden. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfN
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russia launched its largest ever barrage on Kyiv early Thursday, according to the citys mayor, tearing open apartment buildings in an hours-long drone and missile attack that killed at least 21 people. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKff
🚵 Tadej Pogacar will keep winning the Tour de France for many more years, as long as he retains his "desire and drive", fellow four-time winner Chris Froome told AFP. ➡️ u.afp.com/SKfh