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Meillard extends Swiss Olympic stranglehold while Gu aims for gold

Meillard extends Swiss Olympic stranglehold while Gu aims for gold

Loic Meillard added another gold to the Swiss near-domination of men's alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics on Monday, before China's freestyle skiing superstar Eileen Gu tries to win her first title of the Milan-Cortina Games.

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Meillard extends Swiss Olympic strangehold while Gu aims for gold

Meillard extends Swiss Olympic strangehold while Gu aims for gold

Loic Meillard added another gold to the Swiss near-domination of men's alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics on Monday, before China's freestyle skiing superstar Eileen Gu tries to win her first title of the Milan-Cortina Games.

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Meillard crowns Swiss men's Olympic domination with slalom gold

Meillard crowns Swiss men's Olympic domination with slalom gold

Loic Meillard won the Swiss men's team their fourth Olympic gold in the five alpine skiing events in Bormio when he streaked to victory in the slalom on Monday.

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England survive Italy scare to reach T20 World Cup Super Eights

England survive Italy scare to reach T20 World Cup Super Eights

England survived a scare to qualify for the Super Eights at the T20 World Cup on Monday as Italy's swashbuckling chase of 203 fell agonisingly short in a pulsating match in Kolkata.

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Gold rush grips South African township

Gold rush grips South African township

The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever.

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'Tehran' TV series producer Dana Eden found dead in Athens

'Tehran' TV series producer Dana Eden found dead in Athens

TV producer Dana Eden, who co-created the hit Israeli spy thriller series "Tehran", has been found dead in a hotel room in central Athens, Greek police told AFP on Monday.

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AI chatbots to face UK safety rules after outcry over Grok

AI chatbots to face UK safety rules after outcry over Grok

The UK government said Monday that it would include AI chatbots in online safety laws, closing a loophole exposed after Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok was used to create sexualised deepfakes.

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Sakamoto fights fatigue, Japanese rivals and US skaters for Olympic women's gold

Sakamoto fights fatigue, Japanese rivals and US skaters for Olympic women's gold

Kaori Sakamoto will be looking to avoid another Olympics upset as the Japanese figure skating star takes to the ice in the wide-open women's singles starting Tuesday.

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African diaspora's plural identities on screen in Berlin

African diaspora's plural identities on screen in Berlin

Two films at this year's Berlin Film Festival follow members of the African diaspora telling stories by retracing the paths of their ancestors.

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Del Toro wins shortened UAE Tour first stage

Del Toro wins shortened UAE Tour first stage

Mexican youngster Isaac Del Toro powered to victory in a sprint finish in a shortened opening stage of the UAE Tour on Monday.

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