Senational Son bags first MLS hat-trick as LAFC beat Real Salt Lake
Son Heung-min scored his first Major League Soccer hat-trick to propel Los Angeles FC to a 4-1 victory over Real Salt Lake in Utah on Wednesday and continue his spectacular start to life in the United States.
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Title rivals Piastri, Norris bid to secure teams' crown for McLaren
Championship leader Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris resume their world title battle in Azerbaijan this weekend, but could also secure McLaren the constructors' crown.
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Europe, Mediterranean coast saw record drought in August: AFP analysis of EU data
Europe and the Mediterranean basin saw record drought in August, with more than half of the land affected, according to AFP analysis of EU data.
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Australia unveils 'anti-climactic' new emissions cuts
Australia pledged Thursday to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by up to 70 percent from 2005 levels over the next decade, a target activists warned was not ambitious enough.
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Warholm and Bol headline hurdling royalty on Day 7 of Tokyo worlds
Karsten Warholm and Femke Bol are two of the most recognisable athletes on the circuit and both have a chance to add another medal to their collection on the seventh day of action at the world championships in Tokyo on Friday.
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'Raped, jailed, tortured, left to die': the hell of being gay in Turkmenistan
Two men who escaped one of the world's most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the "crime" of being gay.
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Asian markets fluctuate after Fed cuts interest rates
Equities wavered in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates but left investors wondering how many more cuts were in the pipeline despite boss Jerome Powell warning about the struggling jobs market.
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Dodgers ponder using Ohtani as relief pitcher
The Los Angeles Dodgers will consider using two-way star Shohei Ohtani as a relief pitcher to shore up their struggling bullpen, manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday.
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US adversaries stoke Kirk conspiracy theories, researchers warn
Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media are exploiting conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination to advance thousands of false claims aimed at undermining the United States and other adversaries, a research group warned Wednesday.
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Jimmy Kimmel show yanked after government pressure on Kirk comments
Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show was pulled from the air Wednesday hours after the US government threatened to cancel broadcasting licenses because of comments the host made about the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
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