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All-round Archer powers Rajasthan into IPL play-offs

All-round Archer powers Rajasthan into IPL play-offs

England's Jofra Archer starred with bat and ball as Rajasthan Royals sealed the last play-off spot in the Indian Premier League with a 30-run win over Mumbai Indians on Sunday.

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Kostyuk dedicates opening Roland Garros win to Ukraine

Kostyuk dedicates opening Roland Garros win to Ukraine

Marta Kostyuk dedicated her first-round win on Sunday at Roland Garros to her home country of Ukraine, saying the war got "the closest it has ever been to my house" after her family home narrowly avoided being struck by a missile.

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China to launch three-crew space flight as part of Moon ambitions

China to launch three-crew space flight as part of Moon ambitions

China is launching its Shenzhou-23 mission on Sunday, which will see a Chinese astronaut spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing's ambition to send humans to the Moon by 2030.

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Rescuers search for 20 missing after Philippine building collapse

Rescuers search for 20 missing after Philippine building collapse

Rescuers were racing on Sunday to free two workers pinned under a building that collapsed in the northern Philippines, killing a Malaysian man and leaving 20 people missing.

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Yemen family deprived of aid reduced to eating tree leaves

Yemen family deprived of aid reduced to eating tree leaves

With no food aid, 65-year-old Saeedah Mohammed heads out with a plastic bag to pick tree leaves near her displacement camp in southern Yemen, before serving them to her grandchildren to stave off hunger.

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Will Barcelona's latest Champions League triumph mark the end of an era?

Will Barcelona's latest Champions League triumph mark the end of an era?

Barcelona reclaimed the Women's Champions League title in emphatic fashion on Saturday but their fourth victory in six seasons in Europe's elite club competition could mark the end of an era with the future of several players up in the air, notably captain Alexia Putellas.

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Dread and denial at heart of deadly DR Congo Ebola outbreak

Dread and denial at heart of deadly DR Congo Ebola outbreak

Unlike other residents of Mongbwalu, a town at the heart of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's latest devastating Ebola outbreak, Laureine Sakiya believes that the blood-letting virus exists after seeing some of her neighbours die.

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China's Li Shifeng defends Malaysia Masters title

China's Li Shifeng defends Malaysia Masters title

China's Li Shifeng defended his Malaysia Masters men's singles crown with a one-sided 21-16, 21-17 victory over Thailand's Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

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Senegal football fans home after royal pardon

Senegal football fans home after royal pardon

A group of Senegalese football supporters jailed following their country's chaotic, violence-plagued Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco in January returned home Sunday after being pardoned by the Moroccan king.

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Shark kills man in Australia's Queensland state

Shark kills man in Australia's Queensland state

A man died after a shark attack in northern Queensland state on Sunday, the third fatal shark attack this year in Australia.

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