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Jacobson to lead New Zealand for first time against Sharks

Honda plots a profitable European comeback without a price war

Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China after flight cancellations, evacuations

Iran Guards say won't reopen Hormuz without US meeting all Tehran's conditions

South Korea FA apologises after sex scandal adds to controversies

Messi absent after father's death as Miami lose in Leagues Cup

Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads

Flight cancellations, evacuations in China as Typhoon Dolphin looms

ZXMoto leads China's charge to dominate the global motorbike market

Iran issues demands for reopening of Hormuz

Top-ranked Sabalenka, Pegula stunned in Toronto fourth round

Afghanistan's gold rush upends lives and landscapes

Japan nuclear debate unnerves proponents of pacifism

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

On EU, Ukraine borders, Belarus special forces are 'ready'

In reclusive Belarus, just a few kilometres from the EU frontier, special forces in the army of Kremlin ally Alexander Lukashenko are simulating forest combat while paratroopers nearby practise jumping from aircraft.

Survivors plucked from rooftops as New Zealand cyclone kills three

Military helicopters winched stranded storm survivors to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday, after Cyclone Gabrielle killed three people and displaced 10,500 more.

Israeli firm deploys robots to speed up online shopping

Behind a dark and opaque storefront in Tel Aviv, an Israeli company is speeding up online shopping by replacing staff with robots that manoeuvre around small storerooms.

Cash-strapped Egypt sells state assets to Gulf nations

Egypt, sapped dry of dollars despite a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout loan, is seeking to boost its coffers by selling state assets to wealthy Gulf nations.

Iran woos Chinese, other tourists as Westerners stay away

Western tourists, who flocked to Iran just a few years ago, are being advised by their governments to stay away, forcing the Islamic republic's struggling tourism industry to look elsewhere.

Asian markets retreat as US inflation fuels rate-hike bets

Asian markets sank Wednesday as a mixed US inflation report did little to soothe investor worries that the Federal Reserve will continue to ramp up interest rates, which many fear could cause a recession.

England's Broad returns for first Test against New Zealand

England recalled seam bowler Stuart Broad on Wednesday for this week's first Test against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui, reuniting his strike partnership with veteran Jimmy Anderson.

J-League propels Japan from footballing backwater to World Cup regulars

Japan was a football backwater when the J-League kicked off 30 years ago but its success has helped the sport thrive in the country and turned the national team into World Cup regulars.

Woods lauds LeBron longevity, seeks his own late hurrah

Tiger Woods reflected on LeBron James's NBA career scoring record on Tuesday, marvelling at the Lakers great's continued dominance even as he tries to prolong his own superstar career.

Clash of Barca and Manchester United underlines soaring revivals

Barcelona host Manchester United Thursday in a match-up which has twice graced the Champions League final but this week has the relative ignominy of taking place in the Europa League play-off round.

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