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Migrants fleeing Chile ahead of election stranded at Peru border: officials

Migrants fleeing Chile ahead of election stranded at Peru border: officials

Dozens of migrants trying to leave Chile for fear of being expelled by far-right presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast after December 14 elections are stranded at the border with Peru, authorities reported Friday.

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Canada PM under fire for alleged climate U-turn

Canada PM under fire for alleged climate U-turn

Critics accuse Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney of betraying the fight against climate change.

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Artist Abramovic opens Slovenia show focusing on work with late ex-partner

Artist Abramovic opens Slovenia show focusing on work with late ex-partner

Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic on Friday inaugurated a new exhibition in Slovenia about her decade-long collaboration with her late ex-partner, featuring hundreds of unseen performance-related documents.

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Piastri takes Qatar F1 sprint race pole, Norris third

Piastri takes Qatar F1 sprint race pole, Norris third

Oscar Piastri confirmed his return to form to keep alive his title bid by claiming pole position on Friday for Saturday’s sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix.

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Bedbugs force closure of prestigious Paris cinema

Bedbugs force closure of prestigious Paris cinema

The prestigious Cinematheque Francaise said Friday it would temporarily close over a bedbug infestation after sightings of the blood-sucking creatures, including during a master class with Hollywood star Sigourney Weaver.

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Advantage Ogier as Evans' title hopes punctured at Rally Saudi Arabia

Advantage Ogier as Evans' title hopes punctured at Rally Saudi Arabia

Elfyn Evans' hopes of claiming his first World Rally Championship title suffered a major blow on Friday when the Welshman lost valuable time with a puncture in Saudi Arabia.

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G. Bissau junta consolidates power as condemnation of coup spreads

G. Bissau junta consolidates power as condemnation of coup spreads

The new military leader of Guinea-Bissau appointed an ally of the ousted president as prime minister on Friday, as international criticism grew of this week's coup.

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'Tormenting': Relatives search through images of the dead after Hong Kong blaze

'Tormenting': Relatives search through images of the dead after Hong Kong blaze

It has been two days since Fung lost contact with his mother-in-law, when the Hong Kong housing estate where the elderly woman lived went up in flames -- but he has not given up on bringing her home.

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No complacency for Springboks against Wales, vows Kolisi

No complacency for Springboks against Wales, vows Kolisi

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi vowed there would be no complacency against a depleted Wales when the two teams clash in Cardiff on Saturday.

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Stocks rise in thin Thanksgiving trading

Stocks rise in thin Thanksgiving trading

Wall Street and key European equity markets rose on Friday in thin US holiday weekend trading, with a key US exchange suffering an outage.

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