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Australia look for redemption after first Test debacle in India

Australia look for redemption after first Test debacle in India

Pat Cummins' Australia side have returned to the site of their humiliating innings defeat and flown in a back-up spinner in an effort to redeem themselves before this week's second Test against India begins in Delhi.

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UK inflation retreats further, remains above 10%

UK inflation retreats further, remains above 10%

British annual inflation dropped further last month on easing transport costs, official data showed Wednesday, but remains above a historically-high 10 percent.

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'Someone else' could be running Twitter this year, says Musk

'Someone else' could be running Twitter this year, says Musk

Twitter boss Elon Musk said Wednesday that a new CEO might be running the online platform by the end of 2023, after a "rollercoaster" since he took full ownership last year.

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At 81, South Africa's fearless rights defender Navi Pillay fights on

At 81, South Africa's fearless rights defender Navi Pillay fights on

At the height of apartheid, young South African lawyer Navi Pillay made history by securing better conditions for political prisoners incarcerated on the infamous Robben Island, including Nelson Mandela.

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New hope for forests of ancient Athens' silver hills

New hope for forests of ancient Athens' silver hills

It was once the source of Athens' fabulous golden-age wealth before its hillsides were blackened by fire after fire and scandalously torched by a foreign mining company.

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Sinkholes sow fear in former Polish mining town

Sinkholes sow fear in former Polish mining town

Two decades after the local coal mine closed, residents in a southern Polish town live in fear that the ground will collapse under their feet after 20 sinkholes appeared in the past two years.

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'Crackland' clown seeks to bring hope to Brazil addicts

'Crackland' clown seeks to bring hope to Brazil addicts

Every Thursday, Brazilian psychiatrist Flavio Falcone trades his white lab coat for a red clown nose and heads to a decidedly unfunny place: a squalid Sao Paulo neighborhood known as "Crackland."

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The controversial plan to release Fukushima plant's wastewater

The controversial plan to release Fukushima plant's wastewater

Twelve years after a nuclear catastrophe triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeast Japan are preparing to release treated wastewater into the sea.

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AirTag harassment victims unconvinced by Apple's fixes

AirTag harassment victims unconvinced by Apple's fixes

Originally designed as a solution for the absent-minded, the AirTag digital tracking sensor is also sometimes employed for a more sinister function, with manufacturer Apple now finding itself the subject of anger -- and lawsuits -- from Americans who have been harassed with the help of the brand's product.

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Survivors plucked from rooftops as New Zealand cyclone kills four

Survivors plucked from rooftops as New Zealand cyclone kills four

Military helicopters winched stranded storm survivors to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday, after Cyclone Gabrielle killed four people and displaced 10,500 more.

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