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Bangladesh Test cricket reboot delivers in style with historic win

Ukraine badminton star: 'How can you feel normal when bombs are falling?'

Virgin moves closer to launching Eurostar rival in 2030

Rain brings respite as Belgium wrestles massive wildfire

Indian marble waste dump becomes unlikely tourist attraction

Most stocks rise as US data ease rate fears but fuel economic worries

Coach says Australia 'let standards slip' in shock Bangladesh loss

India take control of Galle Test as Sri Lanka slump to 99-5

Hawaii recovery efforts begin as Lala downgraded, moves west

Australia's mushroom murderer appeals conviction

Food safety crackdown snares Mumbai's famed restaurants

The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic

Trump says US scaling back military drills with Seoul hours before start

Kushner to meet Netanyahu after talks with Hamas on Gaza plan

Klopp warns Liverpool's title momentum is a 'fragile flower'

Jurgen Klopp warned his Liverpool stars that their momentum in the Premier League title race is a "fragile flower" following Wednesday's vital 2-0 win at Arsenal.

Two dead in powerful Japan quake

Two people were killed and dozens injured in a powerful overnight earthquake that rattled large parts of east Japan and prompted a tsunami warning, authorities said Thursday.

Tuchel praises focus of Chelsea players as troubled holders reach Champions League quarters

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel praised his players for remaining focused amid the uncertainty about the club's future after they progressed Wednesday to the Champions League quarter-finals, where he said they would be "the team nobody wants to play".

Nadal neutralizes Opelka to reach Indian Wells quarter-finals

Rafael Nadal improved his perfect 2022 record to 18-0 on Wednesday, battling past American Reilly Opelka 7-6 (7/3),

Brazil hikes key interest rate ninth straight time

Brazil's central bank raised its key interest rate for the ninth straight time Wednesday, as Latin America's biggest economy continues to reel from surging inflation, now exacerbated by the Ukraine war.

Citigroup to cover travel costs after US state abortion laws

Citigroup plans to provide travel benefits to workers who live in states that have passed laws to restrict abortion rights, such as Texas.

Root century puts England in command against West Indies

Dan Lawrence's last-over impetuousness cost him a maiden Test hundred but Joe Root's composed, unbeaten century guided England to a comfortable 244 for three at the close of the first day of the second Test against the West Indies in Barbados on Wednesday.

Man Utd's Pogba reveals burglary 'nightmare'

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has revealed his house was burgled during his club's Champions League defeat against Atletico Madrid while his children were asleep in their bedroom.

Villarreal humiliate Juventus to make Champions League quarters

Villarreal reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday after inflicting a humiliating 3-0 defeat on Juventus in Turin to go through 4-1 on aggregate.

Biden slams 'war criminal' Putin as Ukraine civilian horror grows

US President Joe Biden branded Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" Wednesday as the Russian leader's onslaught in Ukraine claimed more civilian lives, and a theatre where "hundreds" were sheltering was destroyed by bombing.

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