US, Mexico see headway on migration as Blinken pays emergency visit
Top Mexican and US officials said that they made progress Wednesday in emergency talks on curbing a surge in migration, which has become a major headache for President Joe Biden as he enters an election year.
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India targeting high-profile journalists with spyware: Amnesty
India's government has recently targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware, Amnesty International and The Washington Post said in a joint investigation published Thursday.
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Asian stocks open higher on Fed rate hopes
Asian stocks opened largely higher on Thursday, with Hong Kong leading the gains as investors worked on expectations the US Federal Reserve will cut rates next year.
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Son headlines South Korea squad for Asian Cup
Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min was named in South Korea's Asian Cup squad on Thursday as coach Jurgen Klinsmann aims to end the country's 64-year continental title drought.
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Jailed, unseated, exiled: Hong Kong opposition party shuts its doors
Six lapel pins bearing the Civic Party's founding date are all Hong Kong veteran politician Alan Leong kept when the once-prominent opposition group cleared its headquarters and shuttered its doors days before the new year.
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'Competitive animal' Nadal back for one last hurrah
More than two decades after bursting on the scene, the sun is setting on Rafael Nadal's storied career with the Spanish gladiator hoping his creaking body can hold up long enough to see out the season.
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Pakistan strike back after Cummins takes five in 2nd Test
Australia lost Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne in quick succession as a defiant Pakistan battled hard to stay in the second Test Thursday after Pat Cummins took five wickets to dismiss them for 264.
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In Colombia, illegally felled timber repurposed to help bees
In northeast Colombia, police guard warehouses stacked high with confiscated timber with a noble new destiny: transformation into homes for bees beleaguered by pesticides and climate change.
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Tough time for Milei, no quick peace for Gaza: Peru shamans' predictions for 2024
Tough times ahead for Argentina's new President Javier Milei, continued war in Gaza, and an Uruguay-Argentina 2024 Copa America final: Peru's shamans made their annual predictions Wednesday for the year ahead.
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LawConnect swoops late to win Sydney-Hobart thriller
Australian supermaxi LawConnect took line honours in the punishing Sydney-Hobart ocean race on Thursday, pipping rival Andoo Comanche in one of the tightest-ever finishes to the blue water classic.
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