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Wembanyama leads Spurs to brink as Timberwolves routed

Wembanyama leads Spurs to brink as Timberwolves routed

Victor Wembanyama scored 27 points as the San Antonio Spurs moved to within one win of the NBA Western Conference finals with an emphatic 126-97 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.

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Ronaldo left waiting for Saudi title after goalkeeping gaffe

Ronaldo left waiting for Saudi title after goalkeeping gaffe

Cristiano Ronaldo will have to wait a bit longer for his first Saudi Pro League title after Al Nassr conceded a bizarre own goal in the final seconds on Tuesday.

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'I applied to be pope': Losing grip on reality while using ChatGPT

'I applied to be pope': Losing grip on reality while using ChatGPT

Tom Millar thought he had unlocked the secrets of the universe.

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EU to ease train travel with one journey, one ticket rules

EU to ease train travel with one journey, one ticket rules

The EU could force railway companies to sell rivals' tickets on their websites and share data with booking platforms under plans to be unveiled Wednesday aiming to boost train travel, sources said.

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Quick bowler Brown left out of Australia T20 World Cup squad

Quick bowler Brown left out of Australia T20 World Cup squad

Fast bowler Darcie Brown was a surprise omission from Australia's 15-player squad named Wednesday for next month's T20 World Cup in England.

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Los Angeles stadium undergoes World Cup facelift

Los Angeles stadium undergoes World Cup facelift

Hundreds of corner seats have been ripped out of Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium and truckloads of freshly harvested sod were beginning the 1,200-mile journey from Washington state Tuesday as the venue puts the finishing touches on its facelift for soccer's World Cup.

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Pacific nation Nauru to change name in break from colonial past

Pacific nation Nauru to change name in break from colonial past

Pacific island Nauru said it will hold a referendum to change its official name, described as a colonial relic from a time when "foreign tongues" mangled the native language.

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Messi still highest-paid player in MLS

Messi still highest-paid player in MLS

Lionel Messi remains the highest-paid player in Major League Soccer with an annual base salary of $25 million -- more than twice as much as the next-highest paid player Son Heung-min, the MLS Players Association said Tuesday.

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Musk 'wanted 90%' of OpenAI, Altman tells feisty tech titan trial

Musk 'wanted 90%' of OpenAI, Altman tells feisty tech titan trial

Elon Musk was obsessed with trying to control OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company's CEO Sam Altman said Tuesday at a blockbuster trial that saw him spar with lawyers representing the worth's wealthiest man.

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Paramount defends Warner bid amid California probe

Paramount defends Warner bid amid California probe

Paramount Skydance has defended its attempt to buy the legendary Warner Bros. studio, in a letter to California's top lawyer whose office is probing the $110 billion bid, US media reported Tuesday.

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