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India's Padikkal makes 167 in first Sri Lanka Test
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India's Sindhu backs monkey measures as badminton worlds set to open
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Hurricane Lala brushes past Hawaii's Big Island, bringing heavy rain
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Mass drone attack on Moscow as Russian strikes kill three in Ukraine
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'Something we dreamed of': Bangladesh celebrates historic cricket win
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Rain holds up India on day two of Sri Lanka Test
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Pallister stuns Ledecky in Pan Pacs 800m free as two world records carry Douglass to gold
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The Ukrainian social media channels tracking Russian missiles
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Rampant Bangladesh make history with first-ever Test win in Australia
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UK's media-savvy PM Burnham shifts messaging to TikTok, podcasts
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Gay badminton star Gilmour urges progress on LGBTQ rights in Asia
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Douglass breaks 50m free world record again to claim Pan Pacs gold
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Mehidy takes three as Bangladesh close on historic win in Australia
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Hope fades for finding survivors of Colombia quake as rescued woman dies
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Japan aims for the moons of Mars
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PSG sign Belgian winger Godts from Ajax
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Morocco boy found dead in tragic end to well ordeal
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Morocco held its breath Saturday as rescue teams drew near a five-year-old boy trapped down a well for days, moving at a snail's pace for fear of triggering a landslip, AFP correspondents reported.
Ford curbs N.American production as chip shortage hits: media
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Morocco bid to free boy from well reaches nerve-wracking final stages
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US lawmakers advance China competition bill
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Oil prices, US jobs data weigh on stocks
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EU, US thaw trade tensions further with mollusc sales
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Blinken to Australia next week for Quad group meeting
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Mosque-goers pray for rain in drought-scorched Morocco
Mosques held prayers for rain on Friday across the parched North African kingdom of Morocco where farmers are battling an acute drought.
NATO chief Stoltenberg to head Norway central bank
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will take over as Norway's central bank governor at the end of the year, officials said Friday, a controversial choice that has already raised concerns about the bank's independence.
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Morocco rescuers close in on boy trapped in well
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Sri Lanka calls for diaspora investment on independence day
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Asian markets up as Hong Kong returns with rally, eyes on US jobs
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