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Tokyo to host 2025 World Athletics Championships: official

Tokyo to host 2025 World Athletics Championships: official

The 2025 World Athletics Championships will return to Tokyo, the sport's global governing body announced Thursday.

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US says no restrictions on farm equipment to Russia

US says no restrictions on farm equipment to Russia

The United States said Thursday that it would not bar the sale of farm equipment to Russia, again denying Moscow's allegations that Western sanctions -- not its invasion of Ukraine -- are causing the global food crisis.

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Eight children trapped after Colombia landslide buries school: officials

Eight children trapped after Colombia landslide buries school: officials

At least eight children are believed trapped in northwest Colombia after a landslide buried a school on Thursday, local authorities said.

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Global stocks mostly fall on latest troubling inflation figures

Global stocks mostly fall on latest troubling inflation figures

Stock markets mostly retreated Thursday as fresh evidence of runaway global inflation ramped up expectations of more aggressive interest rate hikes by central banks, while disappointing earnings revived recession fears.

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Ukraine war to dominate G20 finance chief meeting in Indonesia

Ukraine war to dominate G20 finance chief meeting in Indonesia

Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs from top economies will meet in Indonesia Friday for talks on the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has roiled markets, spiked food prices and stoked breakneck inflation.

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Donald Trump's first wife Ivana dies aged 73

Donald Trump's first wife Ivana dies aged 73

Ivana Trump -- Donald Trump's first wife and mother of his three eldest children -- has died at the age of 73, the former president announced Thursday.

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Fed official signals willingness to hike interest rates full percentage point

Fed official signals willingness to hike interest rates full percentage point

US Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller signaled Thursday he may support a full percentage point interest rate hike this month -- the biggest increase in more than 30 years and a further indication of the central bank's determination to crush sky-high inflation.

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Record-breaker Topley strikes as England level India ODI series

Record-breaker Topley strikes as England level India ODI series

Reece Topley took 6-24, the best figures by any England bowler in a one-day international, as the world champions bounced back to beat India by 100 runs at Lord's on Thursday.

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Limping Tiger slumps to six-over on British Open return

Limping Tiger slumps to six-over on British Open return

Tiger Woods endured a miserable return to the British Open as the three-time champion laboured to a six-over-par 78 at St Andrews on Thursday to leave his chances of making the cut looking slim.

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Six-wicket Topley helps England turn tables on India

Six-wicket Topley helps England turn tables on India

Reece Topley took 6-24, the best figures by any England bowler in a one-day international, as the world champions bounced back to beat India by 100 runs at Lord's on Thursday.

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