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Willie Mays:  Baseball's 'Say Hey Kid'

Willie Mays: Baseball's 'Say Hey Kid'

Willie Mays was so good that even one of baseball's greatest plays couldn't define his Hall of Fame career.

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Putin in North Korea to boost defence ties

Putin in North Korea to boost defence ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet Wednesday in Pyongyang for a summit where they are widely expected to discuss ways to boost sanctions-busting military ties.

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Mouse shakers, power naps: Corporate America fights 'keyboard fraud'

Mouse shakers, power naps: Corporate America fights 'keyboard fraud'

A US banking giant fired more than a dozen employees for "simulating keyboard activity," highlighting a battle within productivity-obsessed corporate America to tame a culture of faking work with gizmos such as mouse jigglers.

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'Scary' Portugal flex strength in depth to avoid slow Euros start

'Scary' Portugal flex strength in depth to avoid slow Euros start

Jose Mourinho had claimed even Portugal's reserves would be contenders for Euro 2024 and they relied on that strength in depth to beat a stubborn Czech Republic 2-1 for a winning start.

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'Cheapfakes': Out-of-context videos target Biden's age

'Cheapfakes': Out-of-context videos target Biden's age

Republicans are flooding the internet with out-of-context videos of US President Joe Biden, using what the White House has characterized as deceptive editing tactics to cast the 81-year-old as infirm less than five months from November's election.

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Korda unfazed by dip ahead of Women's PGA Championship

Korda unfazed by dip ahead of Women's PGA Championship

World number one Nelly Korda has shrugged off her recent dip in form as she chases the third major title of her career at this week's Women's PGA Championship in Washington state.

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Regan Smith clocks 100m backstroke world record of 57.13 in US trials win

Regan Smith clocks 100m backstroke world record of 57.13 in US trials win

Regan Smith clocked a world record 57.13sec to win the 100m backstroke at the US Olympic trials in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Tuesday, throwing down a challenge to Aussie Kaylee McKeown six weeks before the Paris Games.

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Noam Chomsky discharged from Sao Paolo hospital

Noam Chomsky discharged from Sao Paolo hospital

American intellectual, linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky was discharged from a hospital in Sao Paolo Tuesday, the facility said, and would continue an undisclosed treatment at home.

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Ledecky to skip 200m free in Paris 'if all goes well' at trials

Ledecky to skip 200m free in Paris 'if all goes well' at trials

Katie Ledecky confirmed Tuesday she will skip the individual 200m freestyle at the Paris Olympics "if all goes well" and she books her expected berths in the 800m and 1500m free at the US swimming trials.

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Los Angeles moves to ban smartphone use in school

Los Angeles moves to ban smartphone use in school

Education bosses in Los Angeles voted Tuesday to work towards a complete ban on the use of smartphones in the city's schools.

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