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Mourinho sacked by Fenerbahce after Champions League exit

Mourinho sacked by Fenerbahce after Champions League exit

Fenerbahce on Friday sacked Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho after they failed to make the lucrative Champions League league phase, the Turkish club said in a statement.

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German unemployment tops 3 million, highest for a decade

German unemployment tops 3 million, highest for a decade

German unemployment topped three million in August for the first time in over a decade, official data showed Friday, in another blow to Europe's struggling top economy.

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Thai court sacks PM over Cambodia phone call row

Thai court sacks PM over Cambodia phone call row

Thailand's Constitutional Court sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her cabinet on Friday over her handling of the country's border row with Cambodia, throwing the kingdom into political turmoil.

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Indonesia police fire tear gas at protesters after driver's death

Indonesia police fire tear gas at protesters after driver's death

Indonesian police fired tear gas Friday at hundreds of protesters rallying in the capital over the death of a motorcycle taxi driver, hours after the country's president promised to investigate the incident.

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Turkey says Russia scales back Ukraine territorial demands

Turkey says Russia scales back Ukraine territorial demands

Russia is demanding Ukraine cede all of its eastern Donbas region, but would be willing to freeze the conflict in the south of the country along current front lines, Turkey's top diplomat has said.

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South Korea's ex-first lady indicted for bribery

South Korea's ex-first lady indicted for bribery

The wife of jailed former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted Friday on charges including bribery, stock-market rigging, and accepting luxury gifts worth more than $50,000, a special prosecution team said.

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Lay off our eggs market, French producers tell Ukraine

Lay off our eggs market, French producers tell Ukraine

The leading French eggs association has sounded alarm over the import of hundreds of thousands of eggs from Ukraine, warning they breach with European production standards and may contain banned antibiotics.

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Modi says India, Japan to 'shape the Asian century'

Modi says India, Japan to 'shape the Asian century'

India and Japan will "shape the Asian Century", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday, on a visit expected to secure billions of dollars in Japanese investment and an upgrade to security ties.

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Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany

Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany

Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.

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Outdoor athletics season should be longer, says Coe

Outdoor athletics season should be longer, says Coe

The outdoor season for athletes, welfare concerns notwithstanding, should be stretched longer than it currently is, according to World Athletics president Sebastian Coe.

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