Woodman to Scarratt: Five to watch at the women's Rugby World Cup
The women's Rugby World Cup begins Saturday in New Zealand with the hosts and England, who are on a record 25-match winning streak, among the favourites.
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The censor cannot hold: the pressure of controlling China's internet
As a teenager in rural China, Zeng Jiajun used his internet know-how to watch a banned documentary on the bloody military crackdown in Tiananmen Square.
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'A time to help': Indonesians ran to aid of fleeing fans in stadium stampede
As one of the deadliest disasters in the history of football unfolded before his eyes at an Indonesian stadium, photographer Adi Bowo Sucipto put his camera down and rushed to help.
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China's Zhao out of Hong Kong Masters snooker with Covid
Hong Kong's bid to reboot its pandemic-hit international sports scene ran into a hiccup on Thursday as snooker player Zhao Xintong withdrew from a high-profile tournament after testing positive for Covid.
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Zero-Covid in China key to Xi legacy as he eyes third term
For many in China, years of gruelling lockdowns and privacy invasions aimed at extinguishing Covid have caused misery.
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'Watched the whole time': China's surveillance state grows under Xi
When Chen picked up his phone to vent his anger at getting a parking ticket, his message on WeChat was a drop in the ocean of daily posts on China's biggest social network.
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Asian markets drift as global rally peters, focus now on US jobs
Asian markets were mixed Thursday as this week's global rally ran out of juice, with concerns about a huge oil output cut's impact on inflation tempering hopes that central banks could soon ease back on their rate hike campaigns.
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Crowd-pleaser or obscure pick for literature Nobel?
The Nobel Literature Prize will be announced on Thursday, with speculation in literary circles split over whether it will go to an overdue bestselling author or a relative unknown lifted into the spotlight.
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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, blames US drills 'escalation'
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday as it claimed its recent blitz of sanctions-busting tests were necessary countermeasures against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea.
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European 'community' leaders meet in face of Russia's war
Leaders from Ukraine, Britain and Turkey join EU counterparts on Thursday for an inaugural summit of the "European Political Community" aimed at bringing the continent together in the face of Russia's aggression.
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