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Former Wallabies skipper Wright signs for Welsh club Ospreys
Former Australia captain Liam Wright has signed for Welsh club Ospreys, with the flanker saying on Wednesday it was a chance to test himself in a different environment.
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Emotional World Cup return to Mexico for South Africa coach Broos
Forty years after playing for Belgium against hosts Mexico in the 1986 World Cup opener, Hugo Broos makes an emotional return to the Estadio Azteca on Thursday, this time as coach of South Africa.
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McLaughlin-Levrone, Lyles headline US championships
Olympic stars Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Noah Lyles headline a star-studded line-up as the US Track and Field Championships get underway on Thursday with places at the Tokyo World Championships up for grabs.
Sports
Too much too young?: Swimming's dilemma over 12-year-old schoolgirl
Swimming is a sport well used to talented teenagers, but Yu Zidi's participation aged 12 at the world championships has sparked debate about how young is too young.
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Swiatek cruises, Osaka battles, Bouchard says goodbye in Montreal
Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek cruised, Naomi Osaka battled through and Canadian Eugenie Bouchard called time on her WTA career with a gutsy second-round loss in Montreal on Wednesday.
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Vatican embraces social media 'digital missionaries'
Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for her hundreds of thousands of followers online.
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'Silent killer': the science of tracing climate deaths in heatwaves
A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.
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Wallabies scrum-half Nic White calls time on career
Veteran Wallabies scrum-half Nic White announced his retirement Thursday, with the 35-year-old saying it was the right time to pass the baton to a younger generation.
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Tale of love, passion behind Mexico's 'boundary-pushing' Quintonil
Behind the growing international success of a Mexican restaurant named one of world's best is a love story between two gourmets with a passion for blending traditional and contemporary flavors.
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England and India set for final push in gripping Test series
Both England and India are set to field new-look teams when the decisive fifth and final Test of an enthralling, gruelling, and often spiky series gets underway at the Oval on Thursday.
Millions return home as Pacific tsunami warnings lifted
Tsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home.
Millions return home as Pacific tsunamis warnings lifted
Tsunami warnings were lifted across the Pacific rim Wednesday, allowing millions of temporary evacuees to return home.
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Ex-NBA star Arenas arrested on charges of hosting illegal poker games
Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five others on charges of running illegal "high-stakes" poker games at his mansion in the Los Angeles suburbs, US prosecutors said.
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Shelton ends Mannarino jinx in Toronto
Ben Shelton earned his first career win over gritty Frenchman Adrian Mannarino on Wednesday, posting a 6-2, 6-3 victory to earn a third-round spot at the ATP Toronto Masters.
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Swiatek cruises, Osaka battles through in Montreal
Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek cruised into the third round of the WTA Canadian Open on Wednesday as Naomi Osaka fought off two match points to advance with a three-set win over Liudmila Samsonova.
Culture
Meta beats expectations sending share price soaring
Meta reported robust second-quarter financial results Wednesday, with revenue jumping 22 percent year-over-year to $47.5 billion as the social media giant continues investing heavily in artificial intelligence.
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US sprinter Kerley out of US trials
Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley has withdrawn from this week's US Track and Field Championships in Oregon, ruling him out of September's World Championships in Tokyo.
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Ukraine will fix anti-graft law, minister tells AFP ahead of crucial vote
Ukraine will fix a controversial anti-graft law that sparked protests last week, its foreign minister told AFP ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote Thusday, but critics said some MPs might be reluctant to back the changes.
Millions evacuate in face of Pacific tsunamis after Russia quake
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East Wednesday, causing tsunamis that forced millions to evacuate homes across the Pacific rim, from Japan to Ecuador.
Culture
Michael Jackson's dirty sock sells for over $8,000 in France
A single glittery sock that late pop superstar Michael Jackson wore during a concert in France in the 1990s sold for more than $8,000 on Wednesday, a French auctioneer said.
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Le Court makes history for Africa at women's Tour de France
Mauritian Kim Le Court became the first African to win a stage on the women's Tour de France on Wednesday.
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Henry puts New Zealand in control of 1st Test against Zimbabwe
Matt Henry bowled New Zealand into a dominant position on the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club on Wednesday.
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Palestine Action wins bid to challenge terror ban in London court
The co-founder of pro-Palestinian activist group Palestine Action can launch a court bid to overturn the UK government's decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Nature
EU urged to act on forests' faltering absorption of carbon
The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by European forests has reduced dramatically in recent years putting the EU's climate targets at risk, researchers said Wednesday, calling for urgent action to halt the decline.
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India secures return of ancient Buddhist gems
India has recovered a set of relics linked to early Buddhism more than a century after they were removed from the country during the British colonial period, officials said Wednesday.
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Stokes braced for 'emotional' tribute to late England batsman Thorpe
Ben Stokes is preparing himself for an "emotional" tribute to Graham Thorpe when the late former England batsman is honoured during this week's fifth and deciding Test against India at the Oval.
Culture
France's Luc Besson resurrects new 'romantic' Dracula
As a director with no affection for the horror genre, France's Luc Besson has made a new version of "Dracula" with American actor Caleb Landry Jones in the principal role as a lovelorn incarnation of the famous vampire.
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Chinese sub discovers deepest-ever creatures 10 km undersea
A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and molluscs nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed, a study revealed on Wednesday.
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Kingscote revels in being the 'villain' of Sussex Stakes shock
Richard Kingscote said with a grin on his face he felt like a "villain" after the 2022 Epsom Derby winning jockey landed a massive shock in guiding 150/1 outsider Qirat to victory in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday.
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English cricket chiefs confirm sale of six Hundred franchises
Six teams in English cricket's controversial Hundred competition have now been sold to private investors, with deals for the Oval Invincibles and Trent Rockets still to be formally completed, officials announced Wednesday.
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Wirtz opens Liverpool account in friendly win in Japan
Florian Wirtz scored his first Liverpool goal as the Premier League champions beat Yokohama F. Marinos 3-1 in a pre-season friendly in Japan on Wednesday.
Marchand shatters record as US, Australia win more world gold
Leon Marchand smashed the 200m individual medley world record in Singapore on Wednesday with another breathtaking swim while Australia and the United States celebrated more gold.
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Thousands honour Ozzy Osbourne at UK hometown funeral procession
Thousands lined the streets of UK city Birmingham on Wednesday to pay an emotional farewell to hometown hero Ozzy Osbourne as the heavy metal hellraiser was laid to rest.
England's Stokes out of India series decider with shoulder injury
England captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the fifth and deciding Test against India with a shoulder injury in a devastating blow for the home side.
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India's Gill says Oval groundsman caused 'unnecessary' row
India captain Shubman Gill said the head groundsman at the Oval had sparked an "unnecessary" row with coach Gautam Gambhir following the latest flashpoint in a fractious series against England.
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Russia relieved as tsunami spares far east from major damage
Russia lifted a tsunami alert on Wednesday after a massive quake and tsunami largely spared the country's sparsely populated far east from casualties and major damage.
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'Can't believe it': Marchand shatters long-standing world record
Leon Marchand smashed the 200m individual medley world record in Singapore on Wednesday, setting a new mark of 1min 52.69sec, a year on from his Paris Olympics heroics.
Culture
French govt prepares new law to return colonial-era art
France's government on Wednesday discussed a bill designed to speed up the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin, officials said.
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London court rules oligarch liable over $1.9 bn Ukraine loan scheme
The Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and his former business partner are likely to be forced to repay $1.9 billion that they "unlawfully" appropriated from a Ukrainian bank they owned, London's High Court ruled Wednesday.
Olympic biathlon champion confirmed dead after Pakistan mountaineering accident
Germany's two-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead aged 31 on Wednesday after being hit by falling rocks on a Pakistani mountain.
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German biathlete confirmed dead after accident on Pakistan mountain
German double biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead on Wednesday after she was seriously injured by a rockfall on a Pakistani mountain.