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Youthful Matildas provide spark in friendly win over South Korea
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De Bruyne says he will leave Man City at end of season
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UK spy agency MI5 reveals fruity secrets in new show
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Leverkusen's Wirtz to return 'next week', says Alonso
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England bowler Stone to miss most of India Test series
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Taiwan earmarks $2.7 bn to help industries hit by US tariffs
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Rat earns world record for sniffing landmines in Cambodia
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Elton John says new album 'freshest' since 1970s
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EU announces 'new era' in relations with Central Asia
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Greece nixes Acropolis shoot for 'Poor Things' director
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'Historic moment': South Koreans react to Yoon's dismissal
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Israel kills Hamas commander in Lebanon strike
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Trump unveils first $5 million 'gold card' visa
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India and Bangladesh leaders meet for first time since revolution
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Israel expands ground offensive in Gaza
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Families of Duterte drug war victims demand probe into online threats
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Kolkata's Iyer more bothered about impact than price tag
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BP chairman to step down after energy strategy reset
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Indian patriotic movie 'icon' Manoj Kumar dies aged 87
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China floats battle barges in Taiwan invasion plans
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McLaren's Piastri fastest in chaotic second Japanese GP practice
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South Korea seize two tons of cocaine in largest-ever drug bust
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Pacific nations perplexed, worried by Trump tariffs
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The race to save the Amazon's bushy-bearded monkeys
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Trump tariffs to test resiliency of US consumers
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Clamping down on 'forever chemicals'
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Prominent US academic facing royal insult charge in Thailand
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Yana, a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth, goes under the scalpel
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'Don't want to die': Lesotho HIV patients look to traditional medicine
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Curry scores 37 as Warriors outgun LeBron's Lakers
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Crops under threat as surprise March heatwave hits Central Asia: study
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Japan PM says Trump tariffs a 'national crisis'
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Security 'breakdown' allows armed men into Melbourne's MCG
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Norris fastest in Japan GP first practice, Tsunoda sixth on Red Bull debut
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Albon says Thailand taking bid for F1 race 'very seriously'
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'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest
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Protest as quake-hit Myanmar junta chief joins Bangkok summit
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EU leaders push for influence at Central Asia summit
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Asian stocks extend global rout after Trump's shock tariff blitz
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Lewandowski, Mbappe duel fuelling tight La Liga title race
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Liverpool march towards title as Man City face Man Utd
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Finland's colossal bomb shelters a model for jittery Europe
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Athletes frustrated as France mulls Muslim headscarf ban in sport
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Korda downs Kupcho to stay alive at LPGA Match Play
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German industry grapples with AI at trade fair
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Irish school trains thatchers to save iconic roofs
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'Frightening': US restaurants, producers face tariff whiplash
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Canada announces end to Covid border restrictions
Canada will suspend Covid-19 border restrictions in October, the country's public health agency said Monday.

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Filleting a fish, lighting a fire or building an igloo: In Canada's Arctic, Inuit youth are being encouraged to connect with their culture in an attempt to prevent severe depression and save lives.

Ebola deaths in Uganda climb to four
A total of four people have died from the highly contagious Ebola virus in Uganda, where the authorities declared an outbreak earlier this week, health officials said on Friday.

Hong Kong scrapping quarantine for international arrivals
Hong Kong announced Friday it will end mandatory hotel quarantine, scrapping some of the world's toughest travel restrictions which have battered the economy and kept the finance hub internationally isolated.

Taiwan to scrap Covid quarantine for travellers in October
Taiwan will fully reopen its borders by ending mandatory Covid quarantine for arrivals next month, the government said Thursday.

'Drink it anyway': Syria water woes peak in cholera outbreak
In a Syria hospital crowded with women and wailing children, Ahmad al-Mohammad writhed in pain beside his wife after they contracted cholera, which is resurging for the first time in years.

Global Fund raises $14.25 billion to end HIV, TB and malaria
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria raised $14.25 billion Wednesday at a donor conference led by US President Joe Biden, as decades of progress against the diseases are set back by Covid.

Global Fund seeks $18 billion to end HIV, TB and malaria
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will hold a donor conference Wednesday in New York, where it aims to raise at least $18 billion during an event hosted by US President Joe Biden.

Rising obesity projected to hamper developing economies: report
Rising levels of obesity are set to cost the world economy 3.3 percent of GDP by 2060, slowing development in lower-income countries and making it hard for people to lead healthy lives, according to a new study published Wednesday.

Most pregnancy-related deaths in US are avoidable: CDC
Four out of five pregnancy-related deaths in the United States could be avoided, a new report by the nation's top public health agency says, as mothers in the country face a comparatively high mortality rate, especially among Black women.

How the new bivalent Covid vaccines work
France became the latest country on Tuesday to authorise new Covid-19 vaccines that have been updated to target Omicron subvariants ahead of autumn booster campaign.

The Ebola virus: profile of a dreaded killer
The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.

Uganda declares first Ebola death since 2019
Uganda's health ministry on Tuesday announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende.

Hong Kong to decide on further Covid relaxation 'soon': city leader
Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday said he will soon make a decision on further relaxing coronavirus restrictions, as residents and businesses decry quarantine rules that have kept the finance hub cut off for more than two years.

Hong Kong to further relax covid restrictions 'soon': city leader
Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday said he will soon make a decision on further relaxing coronavirus restrictions, as residents and businesses decry quarantine rules that have kept the finance hub cut off for more than two years.

China health chief tells public not to touch foreigners after first monkeypox case
A top Chinese health official has warned the public to avoid "skin-to-skin contact with foreigners" to prevent the spread of monkeypox after the country confirmed its first case.

Biden warns China and Russia, hedges on seeking reelection
President Joe Biden issued forceful warnings to China and Russia on Sunday and expressed optimism over the US economic rebound, but surprised many by hedging on whether he'll seek reelection.

China lifts weeks-long lockdown on southwest megacity Chengdu
Millions of people in the Chinese megacity of Chengdu emerged Monday from a Covid-19 lockdown that had closed schools, disrupted businesses and forced residents to stay home for over two weeks.

Syria reports 7 dead in first major cholera outbreak in years
Syria's first major cholera outbreak in over a decade has killed seven people and infected more than 50, the health ministry said, amid widespread damage to water treatment infrastructure.

Second US monkeypox death as virus linked to brain inflammation
A second US death was linked to monkeypox on Tuesday as health authorities published a study describing how two previously healthy young men experienced inflammation of the brain and spinal cord as a result of the virus.

Republican senator proposes national 15-week US abortion ban
A prominent Republican senator introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy in all 50 US states.

Syria cholera outbreak at risk of spreading: WHO
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of a "very high" risk of cholera spreading across Syria after the country recorded its first cases since 2009.

Biden evokes US Moon mission in renewed cancer fight
President Joe Biden on Monday invoked the national effort to land a man on the Moon 60 years ago in a speech touting his Cancer Moonshot initiative, which aims to slash cancer death rates across the United States by half.

EU watchdog approves vaccine targeting Omicron sub-variants
The EU's medicines watchdog on Monday approved a vaccine specifically targeting the new and contagious types of the Omicron variant amid fears of a new wave of Covid-19 winter infections.

Biden promotes US biotech, cancer fight in new 'Moonshot'
President Joe Biden issued an executive order Monday boosting the US biotech sector as part of his Cancer Moonshot initiative, which invokes the national effort to land a man on the Moon 60 years ago.

'A broken man': Russian sisters see father scarred by Ukraine fight
In the picture, Anastasaia and Elizaveta Grigoryeva's father is faintly smiling, smartly dressed from head to toe in military uniform and holding a puppy to the camera.

US begins clinical trial to test monkeypox vaccine
US health authorities announced Thursday they would carry out a clinical trial to test different dosing strategies of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, amid uncertainty over its effectiveness.

China's Chengdu extends Covid lockdown
The Chinese megacity of Chengdu has extended a Covid-19 lockdown in most areas, maintaining curbs that have ground business to a halt and confined the majority of its 21 million residents to their homes.

Sweeteners may be linked to heart disease risk, study suggests
A large study suggested Thursday that artificial sweetener could be associated with a higher risk of heart disease, however experts urged caution about the findings.

France to send latest nuclear shipment to Japan
The departure of a shipment of reprocessed nuclear fuel from France to Japan has been delayed due to the breakdown of loading equipment, a French nuclear technology company announced Wednesday.

Biden to evoke JFK's moon speech in cancer fight
President Joe Biden will evoke John F. Kennedy's famous 1962 speech on putting an American on the moon next week when he outlines his government's goal of halving cancer deaths, the White House said Wednesday.