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McIlroy hails PGA Tour's new-look plan as 'compelling product'

McIlroy hails PGA Tour's new-look plan as 'compelling product'

The PGA Tour unveiled its new-look structure for the 2024 season featuring eight 'designated events' with elite fields, no cut and increased prize money hailed by Rory McIlroy as producing a "compelling product".

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Long lost Madagascar songbird seen again in wild

Long lost Madagascar songbird seen again in wild

Conservationists were celebrating Wednesday the first sightings in 24 years of the dusky tetraka, a yellow-throated songbird native to Madagascar for which ornithologists had feared the worst.

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Bresnan accused of racist remark towards Rafiq's sister

Bresnan accused of racist remark towards Rafiq's sister

A hearing into the racism scandal at Yorkshire county cricket club started on Wednesday with former England international Tim Bresnan accused of making a racist comment towards the sister of Azeem Rafiq.

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Greek PM blames 'tragic human error' for train collision

Greek PM blames 'tragic human error' for train collision

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said a "tragic human error" was likely responsible for a train collision that has left at least 38 dead in the country's worst rail tragedy.

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Djokovic eyes gold strike at Paris Olympics

Djokovic eyes gold strike at Paris Olympics

Novak Djokovic is hoping the Paris 2024 Games will be his most successful Olympics to date, as he continues to chase the gold medal that has so far eluded him.

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Bol and Hodgkinson set to light up European Indoors

Bol and Hodgkinson set to light up European Indoors

One-lap Dutch sensation Femke Bol and British 800m specialist Keely Hodgkinson lead the charge at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul which start on Thursday.

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Five-wicket Nortje mystified by late dramas as West Indies fight back

Five-wicket Nortje mystified by late dramas as West Indies fight back

South African fast bowler Anrich Nortje was at a loss to explain a second successive day of late batting collapses at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday.

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US drugmaker Eli Lilly says slashing insulin prices

US drugmaker Eli Lilly says slashing insulin prices

US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced Wednesday it would cut the cost of its insulin by 70 percent, with President Joe Biden calling on others to follow suit to tackle soaring drug prices.

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Europeans scramble in AI race

Europeans scramble in AI race

Generative AI chatbots unveiled by US tech firms have captivated the world with their spectacular successes and failures in engaging in conversations.

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Stocks wobble on China and rate hike fears

Stocks wobble on China and rate hike fears

Stock markets wobbled on Wednesday as investors were torn between data showing decade-high Chinese factory activity last month and worries about interest rate hikes.

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