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Bolsonaro to meet Elon Musk in Brazil: government source

Bolsonaro to meet Elon Musk in Brazil: government source

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is set to meet with billionaire Elon Musk on Friday, according to a government source.

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Davos returns under Ukraine cloud after Covid break

Davos returns under Ukraine cloud after Covid break

The world's political and business elite will hobnob in Davos next week after a two-year break caused by Covid, with the Ukraine war set to dominate the exclusive Swiss mountain summit.

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Boeing's Starliner encounters propulsion problems on way to ISS

Boeing's Starliner encounters propulsion problems on way to ISS

American aerospace giant Boeing's Starliner capsule was heading for the International Space Station Thursday, in a critical uncrewed test flight that followed years of failures and false starts.

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Candidates criss-cross Australia on eve of 'close' election

Candidates criss-cross Australia on eve of 'close' election

The man narrowly tipped to become Australia's next prime minister predicted a "close" outcome in Saturday's vote, as he barnstormed the country in an eleventh-hour bid to defend a shrinking lead.

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How Alcaraz's early rise compares to the 'big three'

How Alcaraz's early rise compares to the 'big three'

Carlos Alcaraz will bid to become only the eighth teenager to win a men's Grand Slam title at the French Open, which starts on Sunday.

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A higher wall, a Covid policy make the US border more deadly

A higher wall, a Covid policy make the US border more deadly

Horrific fractures, punctured lungs and a traumatic miscarriage: Jay Doucet has seen the severity of his patients' injuries worsen as more migrants fall from a growing border wall in their bid to evade a pandemic-imposed legal blockade.

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Sisi-mania: Austria's starry empress returns to screens

Sisi-mania: Austria's starry empress returns to screens

She was the Princess Diana of the 19th century. An impossibly glamorous Austro-Hungarian empress whose star-crossed love life and tragic end entranced the public.

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Japan's Quad summit eyes unity on China, if not Ukraine

Japan's Quad summit eyes unity on China, if not Ukraine

The leaders of Japan, India, Australia and the United States meet in Tokyo next week seeking common ground on countering China, despite differences over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Jordan's 'Fierce Savage' kicks down martial arts gender constraints

Jordan's 'Fierce Savage' kicks down martial arts gender constraints

It's no mystery why Jordanian Lina Fayyad has been nicknamed "Fierce Savage" -- watching as she lands successive blows in the cage, it's clear she is poised to take mixed martial arts by storm.

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'Straight to your soul': Japan's taiko reinvents drum tradition

'Straight to your soul': Japan's taiko reinvents drum tradition

In a hall on Japan's Sado island, 71-year-old Yoshikazu Fujimoto strikes the imposing drum mounted before him, producing a boom so powerful that it reverberates through the floorboards.

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