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Hull aim to silence critics after unexpected promotion to Premier League

US warns allies, China to back economic war on Iran

Pakistan hit back against England after Cox and Root fifties

Manifesto defends Germany's iconic Bauhaus against 'populist attacks'

Walmart reports mixed results as gas prices drag on US sales growth

Kenya's Kipyegon ends season with hamstring injury

Wang downs Sindhu to break Indian hearts at badminton worlds

Nord Stream bomb suspect arrested while working on movie about attack: media

As Europe's rivers recede, shippers scramble to limit damage

German football fans plan widespread VAR protests

Alonso won't confirm Fernandez will remain at Chelsea after Man City link

Scorching summer triggers record rockfalls in Alps, scientist says

Milky Way's fastest star discovered spinning around black hole

Newly-crowned European champ Werro turns focus on 800m record

China reports 20,000 daily Covid cases, most since start of pandemic

China reported over 20,000 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally given since the start of the pandemic, with Shanghai the heart of the virus surge despite being in lockdown.

Russian cinema in turmoil as Hollywood pulls out

After years spent translating Hollywood films, Russian Mila Grekova was suddenly thrown out of work after Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine.

Tigrayans subjected to 'war crimes' in Ethiopia: rights groups

Security forces and their allies in a disputed part of conflict-hit northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity, two rights groups said Wednesday.

Golovkin's blockbuster Canelo trilogy at stake in Murata showdown

Middleweight great Gennady Golovkin returns to the ring for the first time in 16 months on Saturday, where victory against Japan's Ryota Murata could set up a long-awaited third fight against Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.

Cyprus push to ban gay conversion therapy amid exorcism claim

Cypriot lawmakers and activists are pushing to criminalise "gay conversion therapy" which has left members of the island's LGBTQ+ community traumatised through "medieval" practices such as exorcisms.

Young voters blase on Brazil's elections

Not only is this the year Brazilian teenager Rodrigo Kutz turns old enough to vote, the almost-16-year-old gets to cast his first ballot in a clutch presidential election.

Mark Wahlberg piles on the pounds as boxer-turned-priest

Mark Wahlberg has a famously punishing physical routine that has kept the 50-year-old in enviable shape.

Tiger eyes comeback trail blazed by legendary Hogan

As Tiger Woods prepares to make an amazing comeback from severe leg injuries suffered in a car crash 14 months ago, he has the legend of Ben Hogan to serve as inspiration.

Unhappy spouses celebrate as England adopts 'no-fault divorce'

No more faked evidence or years-long waits -- from Wednesday, unhappy spouses in England and Wales can end their marriages without blaming each other, in the biggest reform of divorce law for half a century.

Woods aims to pull off another Masters miracle

Tiger Woods plans to tee it up in the Masters on Thursday, gunning for a record-equalling sixth green jacket in what would be the most miraculous resurgence of a career studded with epic comebacks.

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