Navalny's Moscow funeral takes place under shadow of repression
The funeral of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is scheduled to be held in Moscow on Friday, with mourners braving the risk of arrest to come and pay their respects.
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New Zealand collapse after Green smacks 174 for Australia
Australia took five quick wickets to leave New Zealand in big trouble at tea on day two of the first Test on Friday after Cameron Green smashed an unbeaten 174 to steer the tourists to an imposing 383.
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Victims of Denmark's adoption scandal demand answers
"I don't even know when I was born," said May-Britt Koed, a Copenhagen restaurant owner and one of the quarter of a million South Korean babies sent abroad for adoption since the 1950s.
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New Zealand volcano disaster victims win damages
The victims and families affected by the 2019 New Zealand volcano disaster, which claimed 22 lives, were awarded total damages of NZ$10 million (US$6 million) on Friday.
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Lights out for wonky US lunar lander, for now
An uncrewed American lander that became the first private spaceship on the Moon sent its final image Thursday before its power banks depleted, the company that built it said.
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Baseball star Ohtani keeps fans guessing on identity of new wife
Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani kept fans guessing Friday on the identity of his new wife, saying only that they met "three to four years ago" and got engaged last year.
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Riding high on AI, Nvidia is no bubble, says Wall Street
The emergence of AI bots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard has fueled a massive rise in share prices of chip-making juggernaut Nvidia, with its skyrocketing stock now making it the world's fourth biggest company by market capitalization.
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More than one billion now afflicted by obesity: Lancet
More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by the Lancet medical journal.
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Man City face Man Utd test as Liverpool's kids prosper
Erling Haaland has Manchester United in his sights this weekend as Manchester City host their cross-town rivals at the start of a season-defining spell for the Premier League champions.
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Ex-Canada PM Mulroney, father of N. American free trade, dies at 84
Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, who made his political mark in the 1980s with the signing of a ground-breaking free trade agreement with the United States that later expanded to include Mexico, died Thursday. He was 84.
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