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Thai eSports players sentenced over SEA Games cheating scandal

Thai eSports players sentenced over SEA Games cheating scandal

A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced two eSports players to three months in detention for cheating at the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand last year.

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Millions of Indonesians in Eid travel exodus

Millions of Indonesians in Eid travel exodus

Tens of millions of Indonesians are travelling by motorcycle, car, plane or boat to their hometowns in an annual exodus for the Eid holiday that begins in the world's largest Muslim-majority country on Wednesday.

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Hard-hitting Conway steers New Zealand to victory over South Africa

Hard-hitting Conway steers New Zealand to victory over South Africa

Devon Conway blasted a half-century before New Zealand skittled South Africa cheaply to win the second Twenty20 international by 68 runs Tuesday and level the five-match series 1-1.

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During Ramadan, Senegal's Baye Fall community lives to serve

During Ramadan, Senegal's Baye Fall community lives to serve

Thousands of followers of a unique Senegalese Muslim community, the Baye Fall, worked with electric fervour on a recent morning preparing iftar meals for breaking the Ramadan fast, even though they themselves were not fasting.

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Afghan govt says 'around 400' killed in Pakistani strike on Kabul rehab clinic

Afghan govt says 'around 400' killed in Pakistani strike on Kabul rehab clinic

The Afghan government on Tuesday said that about 400 people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation centre in the capital, Kabul, in the deadliest attack in the recent violence between the two neighbours.

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Malaysia hit with 3-0 forfeits to send Vietnam to Asian Cup

Malaysia hit with 3-0 forfeits to send Vietnam to Asian Cup

Malaysia's 2027 Asian Cup hopes are over after the country was hit with 3-0 forfeits in two qualifiers for fielding ineligible players, the regional football body said Tuesday, sending Vietnam through instead.

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Rescue workers comb ruins of Kabul drug clinic after Pakistan strike

Rescue workers comb ruins of Kabul drug clinic after Pakistan strike

Rescue workers scrambled to recover bodies and survivors on Tuesday from a drug treatment centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, after it was hit by a Pakistani airstrike, with the Taliban authorities saying hundreds of people were feared killed.

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Kabul drug rehab clinic in ruins after Pakistan strikes on Afghanistan

Kabul drug rehab clinic in ruins after Pakistan strikes on Afghanistan

Crowds gathered on Tuesday outside a drug treatment centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in a bid for news of their loved ones after it was hit in a Pakistani air strike.

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Georgia ready for rugby elite despite rare Portugal defeat

Georgia ready for rugby elite despite rare Portugal defeat

Georgia are ready to join either an expanded Six Nations or to provide a team to join the United Rugby Championship as soon as authorities let them, interim head coach Marco Bortolami has told AFP in an interview.

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Doncic leads Lakers to sixth straight win, Spurs sink Clippers

Doncic leads Lakers to sixth straight win, Spurs sink Clippers

Luka Doncic scored 36 points as the in-form Los Angeles Lakers powered to their sixth straight victory with a 100-92 defeat of the Houston Rockets on Monday.

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