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ROME — Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was set on Thursday to win the final parliamentary seal of approval for his government, allowing him to focus on his country's unprecedented health and economic crisis.

PARIS — Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution pose a triple threat to human health and prosperity that may be averted only by transforming how we power our economies and feed ourselves, the United Nations said on Thursday.

PARIS — European aircraft giant Airbus said Thursday it was able to limit its losses last year, even as the airline sector collapsed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

MELBOURNE — Japan's Naomi Osaka brutally halted Serena Williams's latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title on Thursday, as Novak Djokovic wrote the final chapter of qualifier Aslan Karatsev's fairy-tale run.

By Marlowe Hood and  Eléonore Hughes

PARIS — A male Springbok praying mantis looking for a hook up doesn't have to worry about a female stealing his heart away. 

There is, however, a very good change she'll bite his head off, and he knows it.

Indeed, 60 per cent of sexual encounters between Springboks — one of nearly 2,000 mantis species across the globe — end in males being eaten as snack.

"Males play Russian roulette whenever they encounter cannibalistic females," explained Nathan Burke... Читать дальше...

PARIS — Erling Braut Haaland's phenomenal display in Borussia Dortmund's 3-2 Champions League win over Sevilla on Wednesday was inspired by what he had seen the night before.