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Celtic to face Rangers in Scottish Cup quarter-finals
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Portugal elects Socialist Party’s Seguro as president in landslide
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GB teenager Brookes qualifies for women's big air final
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T20 World Cup: Nepal fans light up Wankhede despite painful England loss
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Centre-left candidate poised to comfortably win Portuguese presidency
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How has Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza shaped the Middle East?
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Iran sentences Nobel laureate Mohammadi to seven more years in prison
Women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi was arrested in December while attending a memorial ceremony in Mashhad.
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Mark Marquess, Who Made Stanford a Baseball Powerhouse, Dies at 78
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Iranian Nobel Laureate Gets Second Prison Sentence and Ends Hunger Strike
Narges Mohammadi in an undated photo provided by her foundation in 2023.
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Starmer in fight to reassert control over Labour party after McSweeney exit
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Christchurch shooter seeks to overturn guilty plea
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Iranian Nobel laureate handed further prison sentence, lawyer says
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Ethiopia demands Eritrea ‘immediately withdraw’ troops from its territory
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UNC fined $50K after court storming vs. Duke
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Italy’s Meloni condemns anti-Olympics protesters in Milan
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Ireland collapse in T20 World Cup loss to co-hosts Sri Lanka
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Ireland let Sri Lanka off the hook at World Cup
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'Quad God,' U.S. defend figure skating team gold
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UK PM’s top aide quits over Mandelson’s links to Epstein
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Sources: 49ers not planning to trade QB Jones
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Bucks reach deal with former Nets guard Thomas
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San Francisco’s pro-billionaire march draws dozens
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'Catalogue of errors' as Ireland drop several catches against Sri Lanka
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Japan’s Leader Wins in a Landslide, Clearing Way for Hard-Line Agenda
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An almighty scare - but are England learning?
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From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads
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Thai PM Anutin’s party takes early lead in general election race
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Portugal Votes for President, With Leftist Set to Beat Surging Far Right
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Dance of Death review – spark and mischief as humorously horrible couple wish each other dead
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Mandelson revelations show need for tougher UK constraints to resist rule of the rich | Heather Stewart
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Reed continues fine form with Qatar Masters win
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Two-time champ Lillard headlines 3-point contest
The NBA announced the participants for the 3-point contest on All-Star Saturday, headlined by the surprise addition of two-time champion Damian Lillard.
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Matthews tabbed U.S. captain for men's hockey
Auston Matthews has been named captain for Team USA's men's hockey team at the 2026 Olympics.
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PM Sanae Takaichi’s party set for majority in Japan parliamentary elections
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Trump hosts Honduras’s new president Asfura at Mar-a-Lago in US
The US president praises his newly inaugurated 'friend' and hails strong US-Honduras security ties.
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WBC backs Opetaia vs Mikaelian unification fight
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Zhao wins all-Chinese World Grand Prix final
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Morgan McSweeney: the brains behind Labour’s comeback but less efficient as No 10 official
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Oklahoma State fined over anti-Mormon chant
The Big 12 has fined Oklahoma State $50,000 over an anti-Mormon chant directed at BYU during the teams' game on Wednesday.
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Wizards GM expects Davis to return this season
Wizards general manager Will Dawkins says he expects Anthony Davis to return to the court this season.
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Understanding the value of gold: Prices, global reserves, and market trends
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How reconstruction became Israel’s new weapon of ‘silent transfer’ in Gaza
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Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff
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NYU sets. Div. III mark with 82nd win in a row
NYU won its 82nd straight game to set the Division III record for consecutive victories by a women's basketball team.
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Sheff Wed set unwanted record as Swansea run riot
Sheffield Wednesday set an unwanted club record of nine league games without a goal as Swansea strolled to a 4-0 Sky Bet Championship win.
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England beat Nepal by four runs; avoid shock at T20 World Cup
Lokesh Bam's late heroics with bat are not enough as Nepal are beaten by two-time champions in Group C match in Mumbai.
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Klaebo wins first of potential six golds at Games
Norway's Johannes Hosflot Klaebo wins the first of a potential six golds at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in the 10km+10km skiathlon.
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Highlights: England survive major scare to open World Cup campaign with win
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England survive scare to beat Nepal in World Cup thriller
Will Jacks' late flurry of 39 runs off 18 balls proved to be key as England narrowly avoid a shocking upset against minnows Nepal, winning by four runs in their opening game of the ICC Men's T20 Wo...
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England deny Nepal in final-ball thriller at World Cup
England fight from the brink to avoid a major shock and beat an inspired Nepal by four runs in their opening match of the T20 World Cup in Mumbai.
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At the Winter Olympics, Team USA Can’t Escape the Politics at Home
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England avoid huge shock at T20 World Cup after edging Nepal in thriller
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Who are Ireland's athletes at the Winter Olympics?
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Breezy Johnson’s celebration is muted by Vonn’s crash.
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Rockets' Sengun named All-Star to replace SGA
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Office buzz: UK employers turn to beehives to boost workplace wellbeing
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Meloni hits out at ‘enemies of Italy’ after rail sabotage and Olympic protests
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Heavy Snow Disrupts Japan Election, Forcing Polling Stations to Close Early
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4 Best AI Notetakers (2026), Tested and Reviewed
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Vonn crashes out of Winter Olympics downhill
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Pakistan officials meet ICC over India boycott
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Liberal Democratic Party on course for large majority in Japan election
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I Have Fallen in Love With Open Earbuds (and You Should Too)
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Russian figure skater spins new tune over rights
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Protests against ICE and Israel at Winter Olympics in Milan
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Bethell hits quick-fire 50 for England
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Vonn crashes again while competing with torn ACL at Winter Olympics
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Vonn crashes in Olympic downhill after ACL injury
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Afghanistan lose to New Zealand in T20 World Cup opener
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Shortages of posters and trucks add to candidates’ challenges.
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Economists reject Kevin Warsh’s claim that AI boom will enable rate cuts
FT-Booth Survey shows scepticism of productivity gains forecast by Trump’s pick as next Fed chair
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Hope and scepticism as Yemen’s Saudi-backed gov’t announces a new cabinet
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Mandelson should hand back US ambassador payout, says cabinet minister
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Polls close in Thailand election that pitted reformists against conservatives
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China’s Presence Looms Large in Japanese Election
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Week in Pictures: From Israeli air raids on Lebanon to bombing in Pakistan
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Pro-Palestine groups to protest Israeli president’s visit to Australia
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A Curling Champion Is Italy’s Hometown Hero at the Olympic Games
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Premier chides protesters as 'enemies of Italy'
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni condemned recent anti-Olympics protests in Milan and alleged sabotage of train infrastructure, calling those responsible "enemies of Italy and Italians."
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'The shirt used to weigh heavy - now England players double in size in it'
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Seifert half-century helps NZ beat Afghanistan
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Scorecard: England vs Nepal, T20 World Cup, Mumbai
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Italian police arrest protesters after clash in Olympic host city Milan
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Polls open in second round of Portugal presidential election
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Japan elections live: PM Takaichi’s LDP hopes to secure big win
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‘I’m the psychedelic confessor’: the man who turned a generation on to hallucinogens returns with a head-spinning book about consciousness
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England face Nepal in T20 World Cup LIVE!
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Foreign Office to review Peter Mandelson’s US ambassador payoff – UK politics live
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Ledecka halted in quest for snowboarding 3-peat
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Fins, Cards seek trade partners for Tua, Kyler
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Somalia is the missing pillar of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden stability
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Immigration enforcement emerges as the major issue in the Texas U.S. Senate race
Texas' U.S. Senate is grappling with how immigration enforcement should look like ahead of its primary elections.
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Politics chat: Trump defends posting racist clip, Judge rules on Hudson River project
President Trump explains how a racist video clip made it into his Truth Social post. A judge rules that his administration cannot block funds for a massive tunnel project under the Hudson river.
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Matsuyama leads at Phoenix Open with Fitzpatrick poised for charge
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Johnson wins downhill for USA's first Milan gold
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Saudi Arabia slams ‘foreign interference’ in Sudan after deadly RSF attacks
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New drug resets the body clock and cuts jet lag recovery nearly in half
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Vonn, skiing on torn ACL, crashes at Olympics
Lindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early in the Olympic downhill Sunday and stayed down on the ground as the 41-year-old American received medical attention.
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Iran-US talks in Muscat bought time, not a deal
The negotiations reopened diplomacy, but mistrust and military pressure raise the question of how much time remains.
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LIVE: Nepal vs England – T20 World Cup 2026
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The new top-flight Canadian club inspired by Athletic Bilbao
Supra du Quebec kick off their inaugural Canadian Premier League in April and will field only players born or raised in the province.
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Physicists solve a quantum mystery that stumped scientists for decades
Physicists at Heidelberg University have developed a new theory that finally unites two long-standing and seemingly incompatible views of how exotic particles behave inside quantum matter. In some...
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Israel is killing far more civilians than fighters in Gaza
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Transfer rumors, news: Man United to rival Man City for long-throw king Kayode
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Dear Tomorrow: Inside Japan’s loneliness crisis
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‘I don’t have to create his legacy, I just have to protect it’: Chadwick Boseman’s widow Simone on grieving a global star – and guarding his secrets
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Thailand counts votes in early election with 3 main parties vying for power
Vote counting was underway in Thailand's early general election on Sunday, seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics.
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Timeline of past Bangladesh elections and the country’s leaders
Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the longest-ruling leader in the country's history.
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Ease fiscal curbs on borrowing for development schemes, gilt investors urge Reeves
Aviva and Legal & General warn chancellor that push to boost growth will be inhibited without change
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Banks push for speedy European IPOs to cut market risk
Bookbuilding periods shrink to record low, helped by strong demand for continent’s stocks
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World’s priciest hotels charge record prices in defiance of luxury slowdown
‘Hugely resilient’ wealthy travellers are willing to pay up for access to health and lifestyle amenities
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,445
These are the key developments from day 1,445 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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India has changed its startup rules for deep tech
India is adjusting startup rules to help more of its deep tech startups with funding and long-term success.
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Polls open in Thailand with three main parties vying for power
No single party is expected to secure a clear majority in Sunday's vote, raising the spectre of political instability.
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Ancient bones reveal chilling victory rituals after Europe’s earliest wars
New evidence from Neolithic mass graves in northeastern France suggests that some of Europe’s earliest violent encounters were not random acts of brutality, but carefully staged displays of power....
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Scientists warn climate models are missing a key ocean player
Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s climate, quietly pulling carbon from the atmosphere and helping lock it away in the deep ocean....
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Japan’s Leader Makes a Bold Election Bet. Here’s What to Know.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi standing atop a vehicle during an election campaign in Tokyo on Saturday.
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What to Know About Thailand’s Election
Election officials inspecting ballots ahead of their delivery to a local polling station, in Narathiwat, Thailand, on Saturday.
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Japan’s Sanae Takaichi tipped for big win as polls open in snap elections
Opinion polls suggest Takaichi's conservative coalition could win as many as 300 of the 465 seats in the lower house.
aljazeera.com
From classroom to camera: A teacher who has become a sensation in Indian cinema
At 70, indigenous teacher Biana Watre Momin acted in an Indian film that has changed her life.
bbc.com
Brad Arnold, Rocker Who Fronted 3 Doors Down, Dies at 47
Brad Arnold, center, performing with 3 Doors Down at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in 2017, in honor of Donald J. Trump’s first inauguration.
nytimes.com
No big names. No big budget. But Heated Rivalry is a big hit
The made-on-a-shoe-string, Canadian-produced series is taking the world by storm.
bbc.com
A singer's tragic death highlights Nigeria's snakebite problem
The crisis is compounded by a critical shortage of affordable, properly stored antivenom.
bbc.com
UK’s ‘unsung army’ of full-time unpaid carers needs more support, report says
Resolution Foundation finds one in three carers from poorer families unable to work because of responsibilitiesA growing “unsung army” of 1 million people with full-time caring responsibilities nee...
theguardian.com
New Zealand v Afghanistan - Men's T20 World Cup scorecard
Latest scorecard from the Men's T20 World Cup match between New Zealand and Afghanistan in Chennai.