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Ubisoft targets new decade of 'Rainbow 6' with China expansion

Ubisoft targets new decade of 'Rainbow 6' with China expansion

Troubled French games giant Ubisoft will strive to project confidence this weekend with a massive esports event for its shooter "Rainbow Six Siege", while hoping a reorganisation and expansion to China can keep the money rolling in.

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Spurs set to hire Tudor as interim boss until end of season: reports

Spurs set to hire Tudor as interim boss until end of season: reports

Tottenham are set to hire Igor Tudor as interim manager until the end of the season after Thomas Frank's dismissal, according to reports on Friday.

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International crew en route to space station

International crew en route to space station

Four astronauts were on their way to the International Space Station Friday after they successfully embarked on their research mission to the orbiting laboratory.

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Man City's Rodri charged over ref rant

Man City's Rodri charged over ref rant

Manchester City midfielder Rodri has been charged by the English Football Association after saying referees have to be "neutral" following his side's controversial clash with Tottenham.

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Italian biathlete Passler cleared to compete at Olympics despite positive test

Italian biathlete Passler cleared to compete at Olympics despite positive test

Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler has been cleared to compete in the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics after a successful appeal to the Italian Anti-Doping Agency (NADO) following a failed drugs test last month.

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Macron slams 'antisemitic hydra' as he honours 2006 Jewish murder victim

Macron slams 'antisemitic hydra' as he honours 2006 Jewish murder victim

President Emmanuel Macron Friday denounced what he described as an "antisemitic hydra" that had crept into "every crack" of society two decades after Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jewish man, was tortured to death.

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Tuipulotu warns England to beware 'desperate' Scotland in Six Nations

Tuipulotu warns England to beware 'desperate' Scotland in Six Nations

Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu believes his "desperate" side can take heart from England's example as they look to revive their fortunes with victory over the 'Auld Enemy' in Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash at Murrayfield.

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Cash-starved French hospitals ask public to pitch in

Cash-starved French hospitals ask public to pitch in

Cash-strapped and running out of options, a public hospital in southwestern France has turned to an unlikely source of rescue: potential patients.

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Fresh water leak adds to Louvre museum woes

Fresh water leak adds to Louvre museum woes

After a break-in, strikes and a ticket fraud scandal, the beleaguered Louvre museum in Paris said Friday it had suffered a water leak in its most-visited wing, the second flood in three months.

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Floods wreak havoc in Morocco farmlands after severe drought

Floods wreak havoc in Morocco farmlands after severe drought

In the Moroccan village of Ouled Salama, 63-year-old farmer Mohamed Reouani waded through his crops, now submerged by floodwaters after days of heavy downpours.

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