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Inoue wary of 'clever' Nakatani in sold-out Tokyo superfight

Inoue wary of 'clever' Nakatani in sold-out Tokyo superfight

Japan's Naoya Inoue said he will face a "clever, serious" opponent in fellow unbeaten countryman Junto Nakatani when they clash in front of 55,000 at a sold-out Tokyo Dome on Saturday.

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Australian Jewish group warned of 'attack' before Bondi mass shooting: inquiry

Australian Jewish group warned of 'attack' before Bondi mass shooting: inquiry

A Jewish community group warned police a terror attack was "likely" just days before two gunmen killed 15 people in a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach, an inquiry said on Thursday.

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Mamdani calls on King Charles to return Koh-i-Noor diamond

Mamdani calls on King Charles to return Koh-i-Noor diamond

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called for King Charles to "return" the prized Koh-i-Noor diamond, which the British Empire took from the Indian subcontinent in the 1800s, on the third day of the monarch's state visit on Wednesday.

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New Zealand mosque killer loses bid to overturn convictions

New Zealand mosque killer loses bid to overturn convictions

White supremacist killer Brenton Tarrant lost on Thursday an appeal seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence for shooting dead 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019, court documents showed.

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Key points from the first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels

Key points from the first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels

The first global conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels wrapped up on Wednesday -- but what progress was made in Santa Marta, a coal port on the Caribbean coast?

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Mountain festival marks spring arrival high above Tokyo

Mountain festival marks spring arrival high above Tokyo

A centuries-old festival that heralds spring drew hundreds of worshippers to a mountain in Tokyo on Wednesday, as robed Shinto priests led a procession to a sacred shrine at the summit.

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Australia's 'most beautiful' street fed up with viral fame

Australia's 'most beautiful' street fed up with viral fame

Viral posts of an Australian street dubbed the country's "most beautiful" have enticed coachloads of visitors to a picturesque seaside town -- and locals have had enough of it.

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Top-seeded Pistons stay alive in playoffs with Magic win

Top-seeded Pistons stay alive in playoffs with Magic win

An epic Cade Cunningham performance kept top-seeded Detroit's NBA playoff run alive in a crucial 116-109 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday.

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Cuban boy's sporting dreams on hold as surgery backlog grows

Cuban boy's sporting dreams on hold as surgery backlog grows

Juan Jose Guilarte is like any other 10-year-old as he races around a park in Cuba's capital Havana.

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Bali drowning in trash after landfill closed

Bali drowning in trash after landfill closed

Buckets of blooms adorn Yuvita Anggi Prinanda's sidewalk flower stall in Bali, but their perfume can't mask the stench of accumulating trash bespoiling parts of the resort island famed for its natural beauty.

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