Purrfection: how video game 'Stray' transfixed cats
Cat-lover Enzo Yaksic was instantly taken by the recently released video game "Stray" which allowed him to explore a bright, kaleidoscopic underground world of puzzles as a feline avatar.
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India hikes interest rates to pre-pandemic level
India's central bank on Friday hiked interest rates for the third time in four months, as Asia's third-largest economy contends with a widening trade deficit and weakening currency.
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Raiders welcome McDaniels with win over Jags to open NFL pre-season
The Las Vegas Raiders opened new coach Josh McDaniels' tenure with a 27-11 victory on Thursday in the first game of the NFL pre-season.
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Gauff thwarts Osaka fight-back to reach San Jose WTA quarter-finals
American teenager Coco Gauff built a big lead early then had to dig deep late for a 6-4, 6-4 victory over four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka Thursday at the WTA hardcourt tournament in San Jose, California.
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Pumas' Cheika expecting forward battle against Australia
Argentina's Australian coach Michael Cheika is expecting a tough battle up front in the Pumas' Rugby Championship opener against the Wallabies in Mendoza on Saturday.
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Medvedev races into Los Cabos semi-finals
World number one Daniil Medvedev powered into the semi-finals of the ATP hardcourt tournament in Los Cabos, Mexico, on Thursday with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Ricardas Berankis.
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China Evergrande to get $818 mn for scrapping stadium deal
Embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande has cancelled a contract to build a football stadium in a southern city in return for 5.52 billion yuan ($818 million), it said in a filing.
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Lawn bowls gives Commonwealth Games minnows a chance to shine
The Falkland Islands, Niue and Norfolk Island are unlikely to produce a 100m champion but lawn bowls is a chance for them to "put their flag on the map" at the Commonwealth Games.
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Blue Origin sends first Egyptian and Portuguese nationals to space
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin on Thursday launched six people to space, including the first from Egypt and Portugal, on the company's sixth crewed flight.
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South Korea's first lunar orbiter launched by SpaceX
South Korea's first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul said Friday, with the payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space.
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