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Australia coach Schmidt hails 'great bunch of young men'
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Brentford splash club-record fee on Ouattara
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Barcelona open Liga title defence strolling past nine-man Mallorca
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Pogba watches as Monaco start Ligue 1 season with a win
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Canada moves to halt strike as hundreds of flights grounded
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Forest seal swoop for Ipswich's Hutchinson
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Haaland fires Man City to opening win at Wolves
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Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves house arrest for medical exams
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Mikautadze gets Lyon off to winning start in Ligue 1 at Lens
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Fires keep burning in western Spain as army is deployed
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Captain Wilson scores twice as Australia stun South Africa
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Thompson eclipses Lyles and Hodgkinson makes stellar comeback
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Spurs get Frank off to flier, Sunderland win on Premier League return
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Europeans try to stay on the board after Ukraine summit
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Richarlison stars as Spurs boss Frank seals first win
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Hurricane Erin intensifies to 'catastrophic' category 5 storm in Caribbean
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Thompson beats Lyles in first 100m head-to-head since Paris Olympics
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Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves house arrest for court-approved medical exams
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Hodgkinson in sparkling track return one year after Olympic 800m gold
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Air Canada grounds hundreds of flights over cabin crew strike
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Hurricane Erin intensifies to category 4 storm as it nears Caribbean
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Championship leader Marc Marquez wins sprint at Austrian MotoGP
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Newcastle held by 10-man Villa after Konsa sees red
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Semenyo says alleged racist abuse at Liverpool 'will stay with me forever'
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Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill over 340
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In high-stakes summit, Trump, not Putin, budges
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Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill 340
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Hurricane Erin intensifies to category 3 storm as it nears Caribbean
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Ukrainians see 'nothing' good from Trump-Putin meeting
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Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill 320
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Bob Simpson: Australian cricket captain and influential coach
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Air Canada flight attendants strike over pay, shutting down service
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Air Canada set to shut down over flight attendants strike
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Sabalenka and Gauff crash out in Cincinnati as Alcaraz survives to reach semis
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Majority of Americans think alcohol bad for health: poll
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Hurricane Erin intensifies in Atlantic, eyes Caribbean
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Louisiana sues Roblox game platform over child safety
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Trump and Putin end summit without Ukraine deal
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Kildunne confident Women's Rugby World Cup 'heartbreak' can inspire England to glory
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Arsenal 'digging for gold' as title bid starts at new-look Man Utd
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El Salvador to jail gang suspects without trial until 2027
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Alcaraz survives to reach Cincy semis as Rybakina topples No. 1 Sabalenka
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Trump, Putin cite progress but no Ukraine deal at summit
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Trump hails Putin summit but no specifics on Ukraine
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Trump, Putin wrap up high-stakes Ukraine talks
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El Salvador extends detention of suspected gang members
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Scotland's MacIntyre fires 64 to stay atop BMW Championship
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Colombia's Munoz fires 59 to grab LIV Golf Indy lead
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Pope wishes 'Happy Easter' to faithful in appearance at St Peter's Square
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Exec linked to Bangkok building collapse arrested
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Zelensky says Russian attacks ongoing despite Putin's Easter truce
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing a surprise but brief Easter truce.

Six drowning deaths as huge waves hit Australian coast
A fisherman died after being swept off rocks near Sydney on Sunday, stretching the Easter weekend death toll of drownings to six as huge waves battered Australia's east coast.

Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
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Recovering pope expected to delight crowds at Easter Sunday mass
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DR Congo boat fire toll revised down to 33
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Trans rights supporters rally in London, Edinburgh after landmark ruling
Thousands of people on Saturday rallied in London and Edinburgh in support of trans rights, after a landmark UK court ruling on the definition of a "woman".

Trans rights supporters rally outside in London, Edinburgh after landmark ruling
Thousands of people on Saturday rallied in London and Edinburgh in support of trans rights, after a landmark court ruling on the definition of a "woman".

US Supreme Court intervenes to pause Trump deportations
The US Supreme Court, in a dramatic nighttime intervention Saturday, paused President Donald Trump's unprecedented use of an obscure law to deport Venezuelan migrants without due process.

Tunisia opposition figures get jail terms in mass trial
A Tunisian court has handed down jail sentences of up to 66 years to multiple defendants, including prominent opposition figures, in a mass trial criticised by rights groups.

Putin announces 'Easter truce' in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced a surprise Easter truce in the conflict in Ukraine to last until midnight on Sunday.

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US Supreme Court pauses deportation of Venezuelans from Texas
The US Supreme Court on Saturday paused the Trump administration's deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under an 18th-century law.

Cycling mulls slowing bikes to make road racing safer
The head of cycling's governing body said it is wrestling with the idea of reducing the maximum power riders can generate to make road racing safer.

Client brain-dead after Paris cryotherapy session goes wrong
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Bloody Philippine passion play sees final performance of veteran 'Jesus'
Scores of penitents whipped themselves bloody under a scorching Philippine sun while others were nailed to crosses in a polarising Good Friday tradition drawing the most extreme of Catholic devotees.

Sri Lankans throng to Kandy for rare display of Buddhist relic
Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a prized relic that will be shown to the public for the first time in 16 years.

US senator meets wrongfully deported Salvadoran migrant
American Senator Chris Van Hollen said Thursday he had met with a Salvadoran man wrongfully deported to his home country by the Trump administration, in a case that has sparked outrage in the United States.

Heavy spring snow storm wreaks havoc in the Alps
An unusually heavy spring storm across the Alps sparked chaos on Thursday, as it dumped more than a metre of snow in some areas, shutting ski areas, roads, trains and schools as authorities urged people to stay home.

US judge rules Google monopolized online ad tech market
A US judge on Thursday ruled that Google wielded monopoly power in the online ad technology market in a blow that could rattle the tech giant's revenue engine.

Pope says doing 'best he can' on jail visit before Easter
A still-convalescing Pope Francis said Thursday he was doing "as best I can" as he visited inmates at Rome's central jail before Easter.

France's feminist icon Pelicot to sue Paris Match for privacy invasion
Gisele Pelicot, a French feminist icon who survived nearly a decade of rapes by dozens of men, will sue Paris Match magazine for invasion of privacy, her lawyers said Thursday.

Book claims Vatican knew French charity icon accused of abuse from 1950s
The authors of a book published Thursday said the Vatican knew about sexual abuse allegations against French charity icon Abbe Pierre as early as the 1950s.

Anger as China club plays hours after striker Boupendza's death
Football fans in China were outraged by Zhejiang FC's decision to go ahead with a league match hours after the death of their Gabon international striker Aaron Boupendza.

US judge says 'probable cause' to hold Trump admin in contempt
A US judge said Wednesday he had found "probable cause" to hold President Donald Trump's administration in contempt in a deportation case, raising the stakes in the White House's confrontation with the justice system.