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Mets advance on Lindor blast, Dodgers stay alive in MLB playoffs

Injury-ravaged Krygios aiming to return at Australian Open

Greek international Baldock, dead at 31: family

S. Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant

China opens $71 bn 'swap facility' to boost markets

Mets advance on Lindor grand slam, Yankees and Tigers win

China's solar goes from supremacy to oversupply

Asian markets track Wall St record as Hong Kong, Shanghai stabilise

'Denying my potential': women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance

China's central bank says opens up $70.6 bn in liquidity to boost market

Youth facing unprecedented wave of violence, UN envoy warns

The exiled sculptor of 'all that is no longer there' in Syria

A Syrian neighbourhood targeted by regime bombing lies in ruins, with bodies and broken toys poking out of the rubble; tall, grey buildings are reduced to crumbling, empty shells, their walls blown away or pockmarked by the blast.

Covid-hit Australian warship delivers disaster aid to Tonga

A coronavirus-hit Australian warship docked in Tonga on Wednesday, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck nation under strict "no-contact" protocols.

Rio Tinto begins underground work at vast Mongolia copper mine: state media

Underground operations have finally begun at a copper mine in Mongolia, official media has reported, ending years of delays for Anglo-Australian giant Rio Tinto.

Poland's pigeon fanciers eye moving up the pecking order

Opening one of his many cages, Michal Trojczak watches proudly as more than 70 dusty-blue pigeons take flight, soaring high above snow-covered fields in eastern Poland.

Fitter, stronger and pain-free, Collins makes Australian Open semis

A resurgent Danielle Collins said feeling herself again after difficult surgery, coupled with improved strength and stamina, helped power her into the last four of the Australian Open Wednesday.

Swiatek, Collins beat heat to reach semis, Medvedev needs cool head

Danielle Collins and Iga Swiatek will meet in the Australian Open semi-finals after vastly contrasting wins in the last eight on Wednesday.

Cardi B wins defamation lawsuit against gossip blogger

Cardi B has won some $4 million in a libel lawsuit in the United States against a celebrity gossip blogger, who posted claims that the superstar rapper was a "prostitute" who had herpes and used cocaine.

Swiatek downs veteran Kanepi to make Australian Open semi-finals

Iga Swiatek came from a set down to make her maiden Australian Open semi-final Wednesday by battling past gutsy veteran Kaia Kanepi to set up a last-four clash with Danielle Collins.

China restricts activists' social media ahead of Olympics

Human rights activists and some academics in China have had their WeChat messaging app accounts restricted in recent weeks, multiple people affected have told AFP, as Beijing cracks down on dissent before the Winter Olympics.

Shanghai grannies knit love and pride into Olympic bouquets

When Olympic champions at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games are handed their customary bouquets on the medal stand, no one will be prouder than Shanghai pensioner Mou Guoying.

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