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Thailand uses contraceptive vaccine to limit wild elephant births

Thailand uses contraceptive vaccine to limit wild elephant births

Thailand has given a contraceptive vaccine to wild elephants for the first time in an effort to control their ballooning population, a conservation official said on Wednesday.

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Djokovic gets lucky to join Pegula, Rybakina in Melbourne semi-finals

Djokovic gets lucky to join Pegula, Rybakina in Melbourne semi-finals

Novak Djokovic admitted he got lucky after opponent Lorenzo Musetti retired hurt on Wednesday to send the Serbian great into a semi-final against either two-time reigning champion Jannik Sinner or Ben Shelton.

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Trump says to 'de-escalate' Minneapolis, as aide questions agents' 'protocol'

Trump says to 'de-escalate' Minneapolis, as aide questions agents' 'protocol'

US immigration agents may have breached "protocol" in Minneapolis before shooting dead a nurse during protests, a senior White House aide said on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump suggested he would "de-escalate a little bit" in the city.

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'Extremely lucky' Djokovic into Melbourne semi-finals as Musetti retires

'Extremely lucky' Djokovic into Melbourne semi-finals as Musetti retires

An "extremely lucky" Novak Djokovic survived a massive scare to reach the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday when Lorenzo Musetti retired hurt while two sets up, keeping alive the Serbian great's bid for a 25th Grand Slam crown.

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'Animals in a zoo': Players back Gauff call for more privacy

'Animals in a zoo': Players back Gauff call for more privacy

Top players on Wednesday backed Coco Gauff's call for more privacy during tournaments, with world number two Iga Swiatek saying it felt like "animals in the zoo where they are observed even when they poop".

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Uganda's Quidditch players with global dreams

Uganda's Quidditch players with global dreams

Far from the legendary skies above Hogwarts school, a young woman chased a "Golden Snitch" highlighting how the craze for Harry Potter's favourite sport, Quidditch, has taken hold in a remote Ugandan village.

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'Hard to survive': Kyiv's elderly shiver after Russian attacks on power and heat

'Hard to survive': Kyiv's elderly shiver after Russian attacks on power and heat

Shivering in her flat after Russian strikes knocked out the heating, 91-year-old Lidia Teleschuk said she couldn't remember a winter this harsh since World War II.

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South Korea's ex-first lady jailed for 20 months for taking bribes

South Korea's ex-first lady jailed for 20 months for taking bribes

A South Korean judge handed the country's former first lady Kim Keon Hee 20 months in jail for accepting lavish gifts from a cult-like church on Wednesday, but acquitted her for alleged stock manipulation and other charges.

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Polish migrants return home to a changed country

Polish migrants return home to a changed country

Unemployment was soaring and the country was in economic turmoil when Monika Pudlik first left Poland to find a job in Ireland just over two decades ago.

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Dutch tech giant ASML posts bumper profits, eyes bright AI future

Dutch tech giant ASML posts bumper profits, eyes bright AI future

Dutch tech giant ASML, which sells cutting-edge machines to make semiconductor chips, reported a significant gain in annual net profit Wednesday and predicted a bright future driven by demand for artificial intelligence.

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