St. Louis ends long wait as LAFC start title defense
Major League Soccer's newest club, St.Louis City, will celebrate their first home game on Saturday, ending a 45 year wait for the return of top-flight action in America's original soccer hotbed.
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Birthday girl Hodgkinson into 800m semi-final at European Indoors
Defending champion Keely Hodgkinson eased into the semi-finals of the 800m at the European Indoors Championships on Thursday to give herself a perfectly-timed birthday present.
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Russian ex-Haas driver Mazepin cleared to race in Europe
Russian ex-Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin was Thursday cleared to return to motor racing in Europe, a year after his career was brought to a halt by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
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Depleted Barca earn Copa semi first leg Clasico win
Eder Militao's own goal handed a depleted Barcelona a surprise 1-0 away victory over Real Madrid in a stormy Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on Thursday.
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US stocks rally despite disappointing inflation data
Beaten-down Wall Street stocks rallied Thursday, shrugging off worries about additional interest rate hikes following the latest batch of worrisome inflation data.
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Petrobras posts record profits for 2022
Brazil's state oil company Petrobras has reported record profits of 188 billion reais (about $36 billion) in 2022, due mainly to the global rise in fuel prices.
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EU pledges $860 mn at Our Ocean conference
A global conference to save the world's oceans kicked off in Panama on Thursday with an EU pledge of more than $860 million for research, monitoring and conservation in 2023.
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Drugs, money and wild hogs: US jury weighs case of lawyer accused of killing family
Millions stolen, a $7,000 a day drug habit, but no witnesses and no weapons: a US jury was asked Thursday to decide whether a prominent lawyer killed his wife and son on their hunting estate in a trial that has drawn global attention.
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Relatives of Greek train crash passenger in fury and despair
Two days after Greece's worst rail accident, relatives awaiting news of their missing loved ones are furious and in despair.
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Cambodia court due to give verdict in opposition leader treason trial
A Cambodian court is expected to give a verdict on Friday in the treason trial of top opposition leader Kem Sokha, in a case critics say is designed to bar him from politics as the country prepares for a July election.
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