'Surprised' Shelton fights back to reach Shanghai last eight
US Open semi-finalist Ben Shelton fought back from a set down to defeat sixth seed Jannik Sinner on Tuesday and reach the Shanghai Masters last eight in one of the biggest victories of his young career.
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Booker winner Arundhati Roy facing prosecution in India: media
Booker Prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for a 2010 speech about Kashmir after a top official signed off on the move, local media reported Tuesday.
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Unequal Hamas fight belies perils for Israel
Israel on paper enjoys vast numerical superiority over Palestinian militant group Hamas in terms of forces and hardware but the numbers mask a picture that is far more troubling for the Israeli government, analysts say.
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Climate change main culprit for hot South American winter
A wave of unusually extreme heat at the end of South America's winter was made 100 times more likely by climate change, according to a study published Tuesday.
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Host nations from UK, Ireland set to enter Euro 2028 qualifying
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will enter qualifying for Euro 2028 despite being named hosts, the head of the English Football Association (FA) said on Tuesday.
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Russia loses bid to regain seat on UN rights body
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday rejected a bid by Russia to regain a seat on the Human Rights Council, from which it was ousted after invading Ukraine.
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Dutch protests scrapped after fossil fuel vote
Environmental pressure group Extinction Rebellion said Tuesday it was ending its daily blockade of a major motorway in The Hague, after Dutch MPs voted to examine ways of scrapping fossil fuel subsidies.
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Pre-election jitters send Argentine peso to new lows
The US dollar broke through the symbolic 1,000 peso mark on Argentina's parallel market on Tuesday, as citizens scramble to dump the currency two weeks before a presidential election, according to websites tracking the rate.
Read moreActivist arrested after showering glitter on UK opposition leader
Police in Britain arrested an activist heckler who scattered glitter Tuesday on opposition leader Keir Starmer as he began to deliver a keynote speech at his Labour party's annual conference.
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Yellen urges more IMF, World Bank reforms for climate fight
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday she backed efforts to boost the lending firepower of the IMF and World Bank to combat poverty and climate change.
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