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Rana takes 5-32 as Bangladesh bowl out New Zealand for 198

Rana takes 5-32 as Bangladesh bowl out New Zealand for 198

Pace sensation Nahid Rana took 5-32 as Bangladesh bundled out New Zealand for 198 in the second one-day international on Monday in Dhaka.

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Anthropic says will put AI risks 'on the table' with Mythos model

Anthropic says will put AI risks 'on the table' with Mythos model

American AI developer Anthropic plans to "lay the risks out on the table" even as it restricts deployment of a new model dubbed Mythos, whose powerful cybersecurity capabilities raise stark questions for companies and governments.

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Iran says no plan for US peace talks

Iran says no plan for US peace talks

Iran insisted it has no plan to attend a new round of negotiations with the United States on Monday, as uncertainty grows over a push to stop the Middle East war from resuming.

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Iran executes two more members of exiled opposition: group

Iran executes two more members of exiled opposition: group

Iran on Monday executed two more members of opposition group the People's Mujahedin (MEK), the organisation said, with Iranian authorities saying they had been hanged on charges of spying for Israel.

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Pope Leo visits Angola's diamond-rich northeast

Pope Leo visits Angola's diamond-rich northeast

Pope Leo XIV heads to Angola's remote and diamond-rich northeast on Monday in the latest stop on an Africa tour during which he has spoken out against the country's glaring poverty.

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US begins 'biggest ever' Philippines war games in thick of Mideast conflict

US begins 'biggest ever' Philippines war games in thick of Mideast conflict

Thousands of American and Philippine troops, joined for the first time by a significant contingent of Japanese forces, began annual military exercises Monday set against the backdrop of the Middle East war.

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Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority

Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority

Bulgarian ex-president Rumen Radev, an EU critic who has called for renewing ties with Russia, took an absolute majority in parliamentary elections that could spell an end to the country's half-decade of political uncertainty, according to near complete vote results on Monday.

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Oil prices jump on Iran war escalation but stocks up on peace hope

Oil prices jump on Iran war escalation but stocks up on peace hope

Oil prices surged Monday on a re-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East war after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz at the weekend, just a day after reopening it, citing the United States' blockade of its ports.

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US begins 'biggest ever' Philippines war games in thick of Mideast war

US begins 'biggest ever' Philippines war games in thick of Mideast war

Thousands of American and Philippine troops, joined for the first time by a significant contingent of Japanese forces, began annual military exercises Monday set against the backdrop of the Middle East war.

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Anxiety lingers in divided Kashmir a year after shooting attack

Anxiety lingers in divided Kashmir a year after shooting attack

When falling bombs shattered the usual calm of his Kashmir village, Mohammad Rashid set his mind to building a shelter for his family, ready in case fighting erupts again in the divided Himalayan region.

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