Liverpool's Diaz from indigenous community that breeds 'toughness'
Running around barefooted on a dust bowl of a pitch, a young indigenous Colombian began kicking a ball more than 20 years ago. Now that boy, Luis Diaz, is on the verge of becoming champion of Europe with Liverpool.
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Australia bidding to host UN climate summit, set new emissions target
Australia will present a more ambitious UN emissions target "very soon" and is bidding to co-host a COP summit with Pacific island neighbours, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Thursday, signalling a ground shift in climate policy.
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Hundreds stranded after ransomware attack on Indian airline
Hundreds of Indian air travellers were stranded inside their planes after the low-cost airline SpiceJet cancelled or delayed flights due to an "attempted ransomware attack", the company has said.
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Asian markets mostly down as Li remarks overshadow Fed minutes
Asian markets mostly fell Thursday as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang warned the world's number two economy was in some ways worse off now than during the early days of the pandemic.
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Mathews, Chandimal give Sri Lanka lead over Bangladesh
Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal shared 103 in an unbroken sixth-wicket stand to give Sri Lanka a narrow first-innings lead in the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday.
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For Ukraine's Roma, discrimination adds to agonies of war
Forced to flee fighting, Lyudmyla was assured the authorities would rehouse her in a town in western Ukraine. But when she arrived, they took one look at her and turned her away.
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'The pandemic won't stop us': the Beijingers skirting Covid rules
Mothers hosting playdates near cordoned-off parks, mahjong maestros huddled in streets and youngsters slugging night-time beers on barricaded sidewalks -- Beijingers are making the most of the small spaces available as China's coronavirus controls close in.
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Verstappen heads to Monaco where Leclerc awaits a change of luck
World champion Max Verstappen heads home this weekend hoping to survive the chaos and beat arch-rival and luckless local hero Charles Leclerc again in Sunday's 79th running of the Monaco Grand Prix.
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11 babies killed in Senegal hospital fire
Eleven newborn babies died in a hospital fire in the western Senegalese city of Tivaouane, the president of the country said late Wednesday.
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Asian markets mixed as traders weigh Li remarks, Fed minutes
Asian markets were mixed Thursday as minutes indicating a less hawkish Fed were offset by China's premier warning that the world's number two economy was in some ways worse off now than during the early days of the pandemic.
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