Toyota full-year net profit beats forecast
Top-selling automaker Toyota said Wednesday that its full-year net profit beat expectations and projected better sales and revenue for the year ahead as supply chain disruptions ease.
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Australia told to shoot kangaroos before they starve
Australia's kangaroos could die in "catastrophic" numbers if a population boom is left unchecked, ecologists have warned, while backing the industrial-scale culling of the marsupials.
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Sweden's 'Truth Commission' delves into painful Sami past
After centuries of persecution, Sweden's indigenous Sami people are beginning to provide testimony about the injustices they experienced in a recently launched "Truth Commission" probing the country's discriminatory policies and their consequences.
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Jewellery with Nazi links up for auction despite criticism
Jewels belonging to an Austrian billionaire whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis go under the hammer on Wednesday, despite demands by Jewish groups to call the sale off.
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Mongolia's building boom traps capital residents in concrete jungle
Otgoo recalls running around freely as a child in Mongolia's once sparsely populated capital city, but he fears a rapid construction boom has now trapped his children in a concrete jungle.
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'Perfect storm' of heat, dryness fuel western Canada's extreme wildfires
Dry vegetation, record temperatures and powerful winds: this "perfect storm" of weather phenomena fueled the massive forest fires in western Canada's Alberta province this year, according to researchers.
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Google to show off AI and Pixel gadget innovations
Google is expected to enrich its popular online services with more artificial intelligence on Wednesday as it scrambles to catch up with rival Microsoft despite fears that AI poses a threat to society.
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Embiid shines as Sixers sink Celtics, Nuggets rout Suns
The Philadelphia 76ers moved to within one win of a series victory over the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs on Tuesday as the Denver Nuggets thrashed the Phoenix Suns to edge closer to a place in the conference finals.
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Skyscraper totals becoming new norm in run-fest IPL
A marauding Faf du Plessis and emerging power-hitters including Rinku Singh have helped make team totals over 200 the new normal in this high-scoring edition of the Indian Premier League.
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Alonso bids to shed 'Neverkusen' tag against former boss Mourinho
When Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso takes on Jose Mourinho's Roma on Thursday, he will face not only his former mentor, but the man who predicted his future coaching success.
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