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El Nino rewrites the menu in the world's top restaurants

El Nino rewrites the menu in the world's top restaurants

A record-breaking El Nino will likely force the world's top chefs to rethink their menus ahead of droughts, floods and heatwaves upending global food systems.

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'Leo, Leo': Young Catholics give pope rockstar welcome in France

'Leo, Leo': Young Catholics give pope rockstar welcome in France

Waving a homemade sign reading, "I can't, I've got the pope," 17-year-old Marie Mabre joined tens of thousands of young Catholics who flocked to see Pope Leo XIV at a stadium near Paris on Friday evening.

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TikTok to pay Alabama $100 mn under pre-trial settlement

TikTok to pay Alabama $100 mn under pre-trial settlement

TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact limits for teen users, avoiding a trial set to begin next week in the southern US state over claims related to child safety on the platform.

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Lula bans sports betting days ahead of Brazil's election

Lula bans sports betting days ahead of Brazil's election

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday banned sports betting sites, the biggest sponsor of the country's football clubs, just days before a nailbiter election in which he is seeking a fourth term.

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Internationals take 7-3 Presidents Cup lead after foursomes sweep

Internationals take 7-3 Presidents Cup lead after foursomes sweep

The Internationals completed a sensational foursomes clean sweep Friday to surge into a commanding 7-3 lead over the United States at the Presidents Cup.

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Guatemala ensures survival of vulnerable 'fossil' fish

Guatemala ensures survival of vulnerable 'fossil' fish

In a freshwater canal surrounded by mangroves in southern Guatemala, hundreds of baby tropical gars -- a torpedo-shaped fish with an alligator-like snout dubbed the "fossil fish" -- are released into the wild.

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Brazil team returns to Colombian site of doomed jet crash

Brazil team returns to Colombian site of doomed jet crash

Ten years after a plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team ran out of fuel and crashed in Colombia, the club returned to the disaster site on Friday to attend a tribute to the 71 victims.

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Mancini finds positives in Italy loss, accepts fans' jeers

Mancini finds positives in Italy loss, accepts fans' jeers

Roberto Mancini accepted boos from Italy fans as a normal part of the game but insisted there were positives to take from a 2-0 defeat to Belgium on his return as head coach.

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US celebrates Dolly Parton day on 9/25

US celebrates Dolly Parton day on 9/25

Cities and states across the US celebrated the inaugural Dolly Parton Day on Friday -- 9/25 -- a date that recalls one of the late country icon's most beloved hits.

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Mbappe injured as Zidane wins on France debut, Italy lose on Mancini return

Mbappe injured as Zidane wins on France debut, Italy lose on Mancini return

Zinedine Zidane's debut as France coach was overshadowed by an injury to captain Kylian Mbappe in a 1-0 win away to Turkey on Friday, while Roberto Mancini's first game back in charge of Italy ended in a 2-0 defeat to Belgium.

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