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Australia's Smith hits century but Finch out cheaply in farewell

Australia's Smith hits century but Finch out cheaply in farewell

Steve Smith smashed 105 but retiring Australia skipper Aaron Finch managed just five in his final one-day international Sunday as the home side compiled 267-5 in Cairns against New Zealand.

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Flawless Higa's closing 65 propels him to Asian Tour win

Flawless Higa's closing 65 propels him to Asian Tour win

Japan's Kazuki Higa finished with back-to-back birdies as he shot a flawless final round six-under 65 on Sunday to win the Asian Tour's Shinhan Donghae Open by two strokes.

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'It came from the gut': New mother Jennifer Lawrence returns with 'Causeway'

'It came from the gut': New mother Jennifer Lawrence returns with 'Causeway'

When Jennifer Lawrence was offered a script about a wounded US Army engineer who returns from Afghanistan to a strained relationship with her mother, she was on a sabbatical from acting and not yet a parent.

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Spielberg confronts his childhood as 'Fabelmans' premieres in Toronto

Spielberg confronts his childhood as 'Fabelmans' premieres in Toronto

Steven Spielberg finally turned the camera on his own childhood -- from his parents' troubled marriage to anti-Semitic bullying -- as his new movie "The Fabelmans" received its world premiere on a star-studded Saturday at the Toronto film festival.

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Ethereum blockchain set for 'monumental' overhaul

Ethereum blockchain set for 'monumental' overhaul

An army of computer programmers scattered across the globe is set to attempt one of the biggest software upgrades the crypto sector has ever seen this week to reduce its environmentally unfriendly energy consumption.

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Gas rationing risk means French yoghurt factory faces sour future

Gas rationing risk means French yoghurt factory faces sour future

Tanker trucks filled with milk collected from across northern France waited in line to unload their precious cargo at one of the country's biggest yoghurt factories on a recent morning, but this ritual is at risk as the nation considers how to cut energy use.

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Appeal to start in French court over Charlie Hebdo attack

Appeal to start in French court over Charlie Hebdo attack

An appeal trial is set to begin Monday as two men ruled to have helped Islamist gunmen prepare a deadly 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo seek to overturn their convictions.

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Italy's far-right eyes easy victory under firebrand Meloni

Italy's far-right eyes easy victory under firebrand Meloni

Italy's Giorgia Meloni looks unstoppable: with two weeks to the election, final polls show her heading for a thumping victory to lead the country's first far-right government as its first female prime minister.

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Pujols hits 696th career homer to join A-Rod at fourth all-time

Pujols hits 696th career homer to join A-Rod at fourth all-time

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols belted the 696th home run of his career on Saturday to join Alex Rodriguez at fourth on Major League Baseball's all-time list.

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'A necessity': Lebanon's forced conversion to solar

'A necessity': Lebanon's forced conversion to solar

Thanks to solar energy, residents of the northern Lebanese village of Toula are finally able to enjoy ice cream again -- a treat in a sun-baked country plagued by power cuts.

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