PSG in talks with Leipzig to buy Ivory Coast star Diomande
Paris Saint-Germain are in talks with Bundesliga side RB Leipzig to buy Ivory Coast forward Yan Diomande, a source close to the dossier told AFP.
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Australia to host Brazil double-header after World Cup
Australia said Monday its football team will play two games against powerhouse Brazil for their first home fixtures after the World Cup.
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Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors
Hopes were fading Monday of finding survivors more than four days after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, as residents grow increasingly frustrated with the government's response to the disaster that has killed at least 1,450 people.
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South Korea to invest nearly $1.2 tn in chips, AI data centres
South Korea will invest nearly $1.2 trillion -- equivalent to more than two-thirds of its GDP -- in a new chip-building hub and AI data centres over several years, as it seeks to profit from soaring demand while developing previously neglected regions.
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Cape Verde, Africa's outlier in LGBTQ tolerance
Cape Verdean make-up artist Leonardo put the finishing touches to a singer's look at a shoot for a music video, open and comfortable about being a gay man in Africa.
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Brazil, Germany eye World Cup last 16 as Netherlands face Morocco
Brazil's quest to win a record sixth World Cup heads into the knockout stages on Monday as Carlo Ancelotti's team face Japan in the last 32, before four-time champions Germany play Paraguay and Morocco take on the Netherlands in perhaps the tie of the round.
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South Korea demands change after dismal World Cup exit
South Korea's dismal World Cup first-round exit has sparked fury at home and calls for a complete overhaul at the top have not been silenced by coach Hong Myung-bo's resignation.
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Stocks mixed and oil rises as US, Iran call end to latest attacks
Asian stocks were mixed and oil prices edged up as reports said the United States and Iran had agreed to stop attacking each other following a weekend of strikes that threw their fragile truce into question.
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EU, China trade tensions loom over minister visit
Europe and China will gauge whether trade frictions can be resolved through talks Monday when top EU trade official Maros Sefcovic hosts his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao in Brussels for day-long discussions.
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For sale on Facebook: monkeys, rhino horn and dead pangolins
The ghostly white creature curled up on a weighing scale is almost unrecognisable in the Facebook post offering it for sale. Only closer inspection reveals it to be a dead pangolin.
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