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Tottenham's Son Heung-min says he faced racism as teen in Germany

Tottenham's Son Heung-min says he faced racism as teen in Germany

Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min has revealed he faced racism as a teenage footballer in Germany and was happy to get "revenge" when South Korea knocked Germany out of 2018 World Cup.

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Hacker claims major Chinese citizens' data theft

Hacker claims major Chinese citizens' data theft

A hacker claiming to have stolen personal data from hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens is now selling the information online.

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Israel PM visits France with Lebanon gas row topping agenda

Israel PM visits France with Lebanon gas row topping agenda

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid departed on his first foreign trip in office Tuesday to France, where he will ask for backing on a gas dispute with Lebanon that days ago saw Israel shoot down three Hezbollah drones.

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Freeze-dried mice: how a new technique could help conservation

Freeze-dried mice: how a new technique could help conservation

Japanese scientists have successfully produced cloned mice using freeze-dried cells in a technique they believe could one day help conserve species and overcome challenges with current biobanking methods.

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Duminil-Copin, Fields-winning mathematician with 'aesthetic vision'

Duminil-Copin, Fields-winning mathematician with 'aesthetic vision'

Hugo Duminil-Copin, a French mathematician whose visual approach helped him win the world's most prestigious mathematics prize the Fields Medal on Tuesday, said he "doesn't really fit into the cliches of a genius".

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Markets mostly up on talk Biden to roll back some China tariffs

Markets mostly up on talk Biden to roll back some China tariffs

Most markets rose Tuesday on growing speculation US President Joe Biden is about to roll back some of the Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods as he looks for ways to rein in inflation, though sentiment remains at a premium owing to fears of a recession.

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Dismantling shut ski resorts an uphill battle in Swiss Alps

Dismantling shut ski resorts an uphill battle in Swiss Alps

In a remote, secluded valley in the Swiss Alps, a line of rusty ski lift masts scar the grassy hillside where cows lazily graze.

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For UK artist, the key to good art is a typewriter

For UK artist, the key to good art is a typewriter

James Cook sits calmly at his desk, with the only sound the clickety clack of his typewriter. As he works, a portrait of a boy takes shape.

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Families' pain still raw ahead of Italy bridge trial

Families' pain still raw ahead of Italy bridge trial

The screams of people trapped under a collapsed bridge in Genoa in 2018 still torment those who witnessed the deadly disaster, for which 59 people go on trial this week.

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Ireland's Sexton cleared for second Test, All Blacks lose Whitelock

Ireland's Sexton cleared for second Test, All Blacks lose Whitelock

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has been cleared to play in the second Test against the New Zealand, according to assistant coach Mike Catt after confusion about the fly-half's head injury assessment (HIA) in the first Test.

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