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Jazz hold off Blazers in battle of West's best, Hawks down Raptors in OT

Jazz hold off Blazers in battle of West's best, Hawks down Raptors in OT

Jordan Clarkson scored 15 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter as the Utah Jazz thwarted Portland's furious comeback bid to beat the Trail Blazers 118-113 in a duel of the NBA's top Western Conference teams on Saturday.

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Charles III welcomes S.Africa president as hosts first state visit of reign

Charles III welcomes S.Africa president as hosts first state visit of reign

King Charles III next week hosts his first state visit as monarch, welcoming South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his wife to Buckingham Palace.

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Hawks swoop in overtime for win over Raptors

Hawks swoop in overtime for win over Raptors

Trae Young scored 33 points and lofted a pass from midcourt to rookie AJ Griffin for the game-winning alley-oop layup at the buzzer in the Atlanta Hawks' 124-122 NBA overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday.

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Frustrated foodies gobble up South Korean grocery unicorn

Frustrated foodies gobble up South Korean grocery unicorn

When Sophie Kim moved home to South Korea after 15 years in the United States, she couldn't find anywhere to buy kale for her green juice. So she found a farmer, then built an app to help others seek out top-quality produce.

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Joy at 'historic' climate damages deal

Joy at 'historic' climate damages deal

Vulnerable nations least responsible for planet-heating emissions have been battling for three decades for wealthy polluters to cough up the cash for climate damages.

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Trump Twitter account reappears after Musk poll

Trump Twitter account reappears after Musk poll

Donald Trump's notorious Twitter account was reinstated Saturday after the platform's new owner Elon Musk ran a poll in which a narrow majority of voters supported the move, days after the former US president announced another White House bid.

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What could a world without Twitter look like?

What could a world without Twitter look like?

After another chaotic week of mass staff departures and policy reversals, Twitter's future seems highly uncertain, with users -- and everybody else -- increasingly asking one question: What would a world without the so-called bird app even look like?

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Coming soon, dueling probes in divided Washington

Coming soon, dueling probes in divided Washington

While Joe Biden's administration has named a special counsel to oversee investigations of Donald Trump, Republicans due to take over the US House of Representatives have pledged their own flurry of probes of the president.

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Irving apologizes 'deeply' for post: 'I'm not anti-semitic'

Irving apologizes 'deeply' for post: 'I'm not anti-semitic'

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving said Saturday he wants to "apologize deeply" for social media links to a film with anti-semitic ideas, the NBA guard declaring, "I'm not anti-semitic."

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Sixers' Maxey expected to miss 3-4 weeks with broken foot

Sixers' Maxey expected to miss 3-4 weeks with broken foot

The Philadelphia 76ers suffered another injury blow on Saturday as guard Tyrese Maxey was diagnosed with a broken left foot that is expected to sideline him for up to four weeks.

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