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Sooryavanshi, 15, to travel with parents on India cricket tours

Sooryavanshi, 15, to travel with parents on India cricket tours

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi can have his parents travel with him on India's overseas tours, the cricket board told AFP on Sunday, a day after the 15-year-old batting sensation earned his first senior international call-up.

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Dubai luxury hotels woo staycationers as tourists flee

Dubai luxury hotels woo staycationers as tourists flee

Once reserved for wealthy travellers, Dubai's top-notch hotels have become almost exclusively reliant on residents, drawn in by dizzying staycation offers as war drives tourists away.

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India flyover school offers lifeline to street children

India flyover school offers lifeline to street children

Beneath a busy flyover in India's financial capital Mumbai, a row of pastel-coloured shipping containers houses an unlikely school serving some of the city's most marginalised children.

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Top-ranked Korda shares US Women's Open lead with Kim Sei-young

Top-ranked Korda shares US Women's Open lead with Kim Sei-young

World number one Nelly Korda birdied the last three holes in a four-under par 67 on Saturday to share the US Women's Open lead with Kim Sei-young going into the final round.

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Luxury sector seeks to recover its cachet

Luxury sector seeks to recover its cachet

Faced with a painful slowdown in recent years, the luxury sector is seeking to recover its mojo by juggling a back-to-basics approach with finding new ways to connect to clients.

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Argentina stroll to pre-World Cup win over Honduras

Argentina stroll to pre-World Cup win over Honduras

Argentina eased to a 2-0 victory against a lacklustre Honduras in the reigning champions' penultimate World Cup warm-up game in Texas on Saturday.

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As OPEC+ meets, Iran war hobbles power to shape oil market

As OPEC+ meets, Iran war hobbles power to shape oil market

OPEC+ ministers meet Sunday to weigh higher production quotas in a bid to cap oil prices that have surged since the Iran war effectively choked off Gulf crude shipments.

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Tiny homes see tiny boost for Los Angeles homeless as World Cup nears

Tiny homes see tiny boost for Los Angeles homeless as World Cup nears

For the past few months, Michael Gilpin has slept in a small, prefabricated house he moved into when he got off the streets of Los Angeles as part of a major drive to reduce homelessness.

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US gamers getting older as industry reports growth

US gamers getting older as industry reports growth

Video games are having a moment in the United States -- but the players are getting older.

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In the Knicks, New Yorkers see their own resilience reflected

In the Knicks, New Yorkers see their own resilience reflected

As New York prepares to host the World Cup, the city is instead awash in Knicks blue and orange, reflecting a deep love for the gritty, unifying team chasing a historic NBA Finals victory.

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