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De Bruyne seeks Champions League vindication to sparkling Man City career

De Bruyne seeks Champions League vindication to sparkling Man City career

Real Madrid managed to blunt Manchester City's goalscoring phenom Erling Haaland in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, but there was no stopping the brilliance of Kevin De Bruyne.

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Cleanup of oil-polluted Nigerian state would cost $12 bn: report

Cleanup of oil-polluted Nigerian state would cost $12 bn: report

Cleaning up decades-long oil pollution and restoring environmental health in just one of Nigeria's crude-producing states will cost at least $12 billion, investigators said on Tuesday.

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At least six killed in New Zealand hostel fire

At least six killed in New Zealand hostel fire

At least six people have been killed in a fire that tore through a four-storey hostel in the early hours of Tuesday in New Zealand's capital.

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Pele's gilded, turf-lined tomb opens to public in Brazil

Pele's gilded, turf-lined tomb opens to public in Brazil

It is a final resting place fit for "The King": six months after the death of the man widely considered the greatest footballer of all time, Brazil opened Pele's gilded, football-turfed tomb to the public Monday.

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US special counsel slams FBI probe of Trump-Russia collusion

US special counsel slams FBI probe of Trump-Russia collusion

The FBI investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign was based on flimsy evidence and seriously flawed, an independent US prosecutor said in a report published Monday.

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Yellen reiterates debt default warning before Biden-McCarthy talks

Yellen reiterates debt default warning before Biden-McCarthy talks

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said new data reinforced an earlier warning that the US could default on its debts as early as June 1, ahead of crunch talks Tuesday between President Joe Biden and Republican leaders.

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Liverpool maintain top-four charge to push Leicester closer to relegation

Liverpool maintain top-four charge to push Leicester closer to relegation

Liverpool maintained their pursuit of Champions League football next season and pushed Leicester ever closer to the Championship as Curtis Jones scored twice in a 3-0 win at the King Power on Monday.

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Ex SVB head says social media 'fueled' run on doomed bank

Ex SVB head says social media 'fueled' run on doomed bank

The former head of Silicon Valley Bank blamed the lender's sudden collapse on a "social media fueled run" on it, according to congressional testimony released Monday.

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French prodigy Wembanyama set to learn team in NBA lottery

French prodigy Wembanyama set to learn team in NBA lottery

French basketball prodigy Victor Wembanyama will discover where he is likely to launch his NBA career on Tuesday when the league holds its lottery to determine which team will get first choice in next month's draft.

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Micheel still haunted by major regrets 20 years after PGA win

Micheel still haunted by major regrets 20 years after PGA win

Shaun Micheel still copes with regrets 20 years after a shocking PGA Championship triumph that proved to be the only PGA Tour victory of his career.

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