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Two hundred 'Cruise for life' passengers stranded in Cambodia

Two hundred 'Cruise for life' passengers stranded in Cambodia

Around 200 passengers who paid to live on a cruise ship while travelling the world were abruptly left in a Cambodian port after the company ran out of money, an official said on Wednesday.

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India vows action after first cheetah shot dead

India vows action after first cheetah shot dead

India has vowed "swift action" after a cheetah was shot dead, the first such killing since the country began reintroducing the animals in 2022, the government said Wednesday.

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Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren on the joys of filming 'MobLand'

Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren on the joys of filming 'MobLand'

Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren have found they quite enjoy mob life, as they embody the dangerous and volatile criminal boss couple Conrad and Maeve Harrigan in "MobLand."

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S.African activists push back on data centre rush

S.African activists push back on data centre rush

A little boy balanced a large bottle of water on his shoulder as he returned from a communal tap near land acquired by a major data centre developer in South Africa's water-scarce city of Cape Town.

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Mbappe furore rages on in China, but Mao comments censored

Mbappe furore rages on in China, but Mao comments censored

Kylian Mbappe struggled to dissipate anger on Chinese social media on Wednesday despite apologising for his comments on Mao Zedong that cost him several commercial deals in the huge market.

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Judges set to rule on Australian mushroom killer's appeal

Judges set to rule on Australian mushroom killer's appeal

Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will learn Friday if she has succeeded in overturning her conviction for killing three people with a poisoned beef Wellington lunch.

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Billionaire Ambani's Jio jumps 21% in market debut after record India IPO

Billionaire Ambani's Jio jumps 21% in market debut after record India IPO

Shares in India's Jio Platforms surged more than 21 percent on its market debut Wednesday, after raising more than $3 billion in the country's biggest initial public offering.

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Syria reopens Jordan border crossing after mending ties

Syria reopens Jordan border crossing after mending ties

Syria reopened its main border crossing with Jordan on Wednesday as the two countries reaffirmed ties that were strained by a deadly retaliatory strike by Jordanian forces.

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Rays win thriller to thwart Brewers in World Series

Rays win thriller to thwart Brewers in World Series

The Tampa Bay Rays staged a dramatic extra-innings rally to keep their World Series dream alive on Tuesday, walking off a 4-3 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers to avoid a clean sweep.

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Cyclone Arnab lashes India coast, no deaths reported

Cyclone Arnab lashes India coast, no deaths reported

Ferocious winds and torrential rain lashed India's southeastern coast after a cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, but there were no initial reports of deaths, a top official said.

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