The Golden Trailer Awards: Hollywood's 'Oscars' for movie previews
The Golden Trailer Awards, which recognize the people behind Hollywood's best-made movie previews, returns for its 26th edition Thursday.
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NBA teams approve anti-tanking reforms
NBA teams on Thursday approved reforms intended to discourage teams from deliberately losing games in order to receive better players in the following season's draft.
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Nice back Tunisia defender Ali Abdi amid threats for missing play-off
Tunisian international Ali Abdi on Thursday received the backing of his French club Nice amid a "barrage of threats" for joining his national team before the Ligue 1's side crucial play-off.
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WHO chief says Ebola 'can be stopped' as he lands in DR Congo
The UN health chief said Thursday the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has claimed over 200 lives can be stopped, as he arrived to oversee the fight against the highly infectious disease.
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Artists back out of concerts for US 250th anniversary
Two of the nine artists who were announced as headliners for a concert series celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States have publicly backed out of the event, a day after the lineup was released.
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Oil, stocks mixed as US-Iran deal awaits Trump approval
Oil prices diverged and global stock markets were mixed Thursday as a ceasefire extension deal between United States and Iranian negotiators awaited the green light from President Donald Trump.
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Israel launches deadly strike near Beirut, widening Lebanon offensive
Israel pounded south Lebanon with deadly strikes and widened its offensive with the first raid near Beirut in weeks where authorities said a woman and two children were killed despite a ceasefire.
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AI giant Anthropic reaches near-trillion dollar valuation
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said Thursday it had raised $65 billion in a new funding round that values the Claude maker at $965 billion, more than its archrival OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.
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Austrian jihadist jailed for 15 years for Taylor Swift concert attack plan
An Austrian court on Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old who admitted plotting a foiled jihadist attack on a Taylor Swift concert to 15 years in jail.
Read moreWHO chief lands in Ebola-hit DR Congo
The head of the UN health agency landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo late on Thursday, in a show of support for the African country as it battles its latest deadly Ebola outbreak.
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