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PSG confirm Mukiele arrival from RB Leipzig
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Longlist for Booker literary prize spans the ages
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China's 'Silicon Valley' tightens rules over Covid flare-up
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Executed Myanmar prisoners deserved 'many death sentences' says junta
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Karunaratne, De Silva take Sri Lanka's lead past 300 in Pakistan Test
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Ronaldo arrives at Man Utd training ground for talks on future
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Pakistan hurt Sri Lanka with key wickets in second Test
Pakistan's bowlers hurt Sri Lanka with key strikes including the wicket of Angelo Mathews in his 100th Test as the tourists tried to wrestle back the initiative on day three of the second Test on Tuesday.
Executed Myanmar prisoners deserved 'many death sentences': junta spokesman
Myanmar's junta lashed out Tuesday against international condemnation of the country's first use of capital punishment in decades, saying the four executed prisoners -- two of them prominent democracy fighters -- "deserved many death sentences."
'Never surrender': Myanmar's executed activists
A hip-hop pioneer who vowed to "never surrender" and a democracy activist who said prison was his second home -- Myanmar's execution of two prominent democracy fighters will only keep the flame of defiance burning, their families say.
Olympic javelin champion Chopra out of Commonwealth Games
India's Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with injury, sports authorities said on Tuesday.
Ramesh bags five as Sri Lanka bowl out Pakistan for 231
Sri Lanka extended their lead to 169 after spinner Ramesh Mendis took five wickets to help bowl out Pakistan for 231 on day three of the second Test on Tuesday.
Injury sidelines All Blacks prop Tu'ungafasi for Tests in South Africa
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Firefighters tackle California wildfire as heat grips parts of US
Firefighters were battling California's largest wildfire of the summer on Monday, a blaze near famed Yosemite National Park that has forced thousands of people to evacuate, officials said.
Iraqi Kurd farmers battle drought as Lake Dukan retreats
Farmers in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to irrigate crops face seeing their economic lifeline slip away as the waters of Lake Dukan recede and dams upstream in Iran stem the flow.