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Alcaraz three-peat bid on track as Cerundolo downed

Alcaraz three-peat bid on track as Cerundolo downed

Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz fought off determined challenger Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters.

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Chinese, Iranian, Russian diplomats meet for nuclear talks

Chinese, Iranian, Russian diplomats meet for nuclear talks

Chinese, Russian and Iranian diplomats met Friday for talks, state media said, in a meeting Beijing hopes could restart long-stalled negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program.

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England's Harry Brook banned from IPL for two years

England's Harry Brook banned from IPL for two years

England batsman Harry Brook has been banned from the Indian Premier League for two years after he pulled out at the last minute to focus on international cricket, local media reported Friday.

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Curry bags record 4,000th three-pointer as Warriors face Kings

Curry bags record 4,000th three-pointer as Warriors face Kings

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry became the first NBA player ever to score 4,000 three-pointers on Thursday, extending his runaway lead as the greatest long-range shooter in basketball history.

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Former sex worker records Tokyo's red-light history

Former sex worker records Tokyo's red-light history

It's late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed "soapland" sex parlours in a historic Tokyo red-light district.

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Australians welcome departure of baby wombat grabber

Australians welcome departure of baby wombat grabber

An American influencer who outraged Australians by snatching a baby wombat from its apparently distressed mother flew out of the country Friday, the government said.

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Nepal community efforts revive red panda population

Nepal community efforts revive red panda population

Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realising it was an endangered red panda.

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Norris fastest in first Australian GP practice, Hamilton 12th

Norris fastest in first Australian GP practice, Hamilton 12th

Lando Norris fired a warning shot to outpace world champion Max Verstappen and top the timesheets in first practice for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Friday, with Lewis Hamilton 12th on his Ferrari debut.

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Doncic drops 45 but Lakers pounded in Bucks loss

Doncic drops 45 but Lakers pounded in Bucks loss

Luka Doncic scored a game-high 45 points but could not prevent the Los Angeles Lakers from slumping to a third straight defeat in a 126-106 pounding by the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA on Thursday.

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Most Asian markets rise on hopes for bill to avert US shutdown

Most Asian markets rise on hopes for bill to avert US shutdown

Asian investors fought Friday to grind out gains at the end of a painful week for markets as they welcomed signs US lawmakers will avert a government shutdown but remained fearful over Donald Trump's trade war.

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