India's Mandhana fetches $410,000 at first women's premier league auction
Several of the world's top women cricketers earned hundreds of thousands of dollars for their services in the inaugural Women's Premier League auction on Monday, with India's attacking batter Smriti Mandhana leading the way on $410,000.
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World Cup-winning captain Morgan retires from cricket
Eoin Morgan, who captained England to a thrilling One Day International World Cup success in 2019, said on Monday he was retiring from all forms of cricket.
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EU raises eurozone 2023 forecast as recession skirted
The eurozone economy will grow more than previously forecast in 2023 as the energy crisis eases and the single currency area "narrowly" avoids recession this winter, the European Commission said Monday.
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Ex-CEO Braun denies 'all charges' in Wirecard fraud trial
Wirecard's ex-CEO Markus Braun denied all charges against him and insisted he had no knowledge of the massive accounting fraud that brought down the German payments firm, as he took the stand for the first time on Monday.
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World's oldest dog Bobi, 30, is also one of the luckiest
Bobi, a 30-year-old guard dog who cheated death in his first days, is living out the end of his life as a celebrity in central Portugal after being declared the world's oldest dog ever.
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Protesters, rights groups condemn closure of Cambodian news outlet
A handful of protesters gathered in Phnom Penh on Monday to condemn the shutdown of one of Cambodia's last independent media outlets, with rights groups also slamming the portal's closure just months before national elections.
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On the road with Ukraine's 'medical battalion'
At a hospital a short drive from the scene of fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops in eastern Ukraine, two orderlies carefully carry an injured soldier onto a medical bus.
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Sirianni says Eagles will use Super Bowl pain as motivation
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni vowed his team would use the bitter taste of Sunday's Super Bowl defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs to drive them to go one further next season.
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Asian markets take fresh hit on rate hike worries
Asian equities fell again Monday on growing expectations that US interest rates will go much higher and for longer than previously thought.
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'Enlightened tingle': Aussie cafe offers $140 cup of coffee
At US$140 a pop, one cafe in Melbourne, Australia is serving up no ordinary cup of joe.
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