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Title-chasing Marquez third-fastest in Japan MotoGP practice

Title-chasing Marquez third-fastest in Japan MotoGP practice

Championship-chasing Marc Marquez clocked the third-fastest time of an action-packed practice for the Japan MotoGP on Friday as he looks to clinch his first world title since 2019.

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South Asia monsoon: climate change's dangerous impact on lifeline rains

South Asia monsoon: climate change's dangerous impact on lifeline rains

South Asia's annual monsoon rains sustain more than a billion people, but climate change is making them increasingly erratic and deadly, with poor infrastructure only exacerbating the impact.

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Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline

Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday.

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Gauff launches China Open title defence in style

Gauff launches China Open title defence in style

Coco Gauff brushed aside Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4, 6-0 on Friday to secure a spot in the last 32 as she bids for a repeat China Open crown.

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Netanyahu set for defiant UN speech as Trump warns on annexation

Netanyahu set for defiant UN speech as Trump warns on annexation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to deliver a defiant message to the UN on Friday against a Palestinian state, but faces rare pressure from US President Donald Trump who seeks a deal on Gaza.

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The world's last linen beetling mill eyes strong future

The world's last linen beetling mill eyes strong future

The noise is deafening and the work can be lonely, but to William Smyth, who toils in the world's last commercial linen "beetling" mill, his job is unique.

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Iran sanctions look set to return after last-ditch UN vote

Iran sanctions look set to return after last-ditch UN vote

Sweeping UN sanctions look likely to return on Iran despite a last-ditch effort on Friday by China and Russia for a delay to allow further talks, diplomats say.

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Poland cools on Ukrainians despite their economic success

Poland cools on Ukrainians despite their economic success

Warsaw's central business district is booming alongside Poland's economy, but those teaching yoga and taking coffee orders in bustling premises under glass and steel office towers are often Ukrainian.

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Canada signs free trade agreement with Indonesia

Canada signs free trade agreement with Indonesia

Canada has signed a bilateral free trade agreement with Indonesia, which aims to eliminate or reduce tariffs on over 95 percent of Ottawa's exports to its largest market in Southeast Asia.

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Danish airport closes again after suspected new drone sighting

Danish airport closes again after suspected new drone sighting

A suspected drone sighting briefly shuttered a Danish airport on Friday for the second time in a few hours, after the country's prime minister said the flights were part of "hybrid attacks" that may be linked to Russia.

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