Hooper returns for Australia rugby tour opener against Scotland
Australia's rugby union great Michael Hooper was recalled to the team announced Thursday for this weekend's European tour opener against Scotland at Murrayfield.
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Thai doctor recounts Mali kidnap ordeal
A Thai plastic surgeon on Thursday described drinking pond water to survive during three weeks of captivity at the hands of gun-toting kidnappers in Mali.
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Mountains dominate 2023 men's Tour de France route
The 2023 route for the men's Tour de France unveiled Thursday passes across all five of the nation's mountain ranges, favouring climbers such as 2019 champion Egan Bernal.
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India's women cricketers to be paid same match fee as men
India's international women cricketers will be paid the same match fee as the men, its cricket board said Thursday, hailing a "new era of gender equality" in the nation's favourite sport.
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Euro holds above dollar parity before ECB
The euro held above parity with the dollar Thursday but eurozone stocks dropped as the European Central Bank prepares to announce another big hike to interest rates in the face of sky-high inflation.
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Climate plans would allow up to 2.6C of global warming: UN
Country climate pledges leave the world on track to heat by as much as 2.6 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations assessment Wednesday warning that emissions must fall 45 percent this decade to limit disastrous heating.
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Ex-convict Samsung heir takes top job after pardon
The once-disgraced heir to the sprawling Samsung empire was on Thursday named top executive of its most important business, two months after South Korea's president pardoned him for embezzlement and corruption convictions.
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Prince Harry to release memoir January 2023
Britain's Prince Harry will release his memoir in January next year, the book's publisher announced Thursday.
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Russia's 'disposable soldiers' fighting for Bakhmut
With Russian artillery exploding around him, a Ukrainian soldier takes shelter in a tunnel and recounts the scene at the front line in Bakhmut, just a kilometre away.
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Kohli stars again as ominous India thrash Netherlands
Virat Kohli smashed a second successive half-century as India thrashed the Netherlands by 56 runs on Thursday to put themselves in a strong position at the Twenty20 World Cup.
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