Juventus win appeal over stand closure for Lukaku racist abuse
Juventus have won their appeal against a one-match stand closure for their fans racially abusing Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Wednesday.
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'Hotter and hotter': Swathes of Asia sweat in heatwave
Sweltering under a blistering sun, people across South and Southeast Asia have been taking cover beneath any shelter they can find as they pray for cooling rains with record temperatures hitting the region.
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European Space Agency chief eyes tapping private industry partners
European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher promised a "transformation" of the continent's space sector in the coming years during an interview with AFP, including more collaboration between government and private industry.
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Pixar's 'Elemental' to close Cannes festival
The latest Pixar film, "Elemental", will get its world premiere as the closing film of the Cannes Film Festival next month, the organisers announced on Wednesday.
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German president asks forgiveness on Warsaw ghetto anniversary
Germany's president on Wednesday sought pardon for his nation's World War II crimes in comments on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising anniversary in Poland's capital.
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Thiago Silva demands 'strategy' to fix Chelsea crisis
Thiago Silva has urged Chelsea to come up with a "strategy" to prevent the club's slump stretching into next season after Real Madrid ended their Champions League campaign.
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Spain's exiled former king makes second visit home
Spain's disgraced former king Juan Carlos returned home on Wednesday for the second time since he moved to Abu Dhabi in 2020 amid fraud investigations.
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Family planning in India: A woman's dangerous burden
Occasional screams sounded from the operating theatre in a rural Indian clinic as a heavily sedated woman named Kajal waited to have her tubes tied, long the country's preferred family planning method.
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Ancient necropolis unearthed next to busy Paris train station
Just metres from a busy train station in the heart of Paris, scientists have uncovered 50 graves in an ancient necropolis which offer a rare glimpse of life in the French capital's precursor Lutetia nearly 2000 years ago.
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China's CATL unveils battery planned to power planes
China's CATL said Wednesday it was working with partners to develop electric passenger planes as they unveiled a condensed matter battery it said was strong enough to power such an aircraft.
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