New-look Wimbledon prepares for life without line judges
Wimbledon is guaranteed to be picture-perfect when it gets under way next week but the courts will never look the same again after the demise of line judges.
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Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered nine
Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.
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UN conference seeks foreign aid rally as Trump cuts bite
Spain will host a UN conference next week seeking fresh backing for development aid as swingeing cuts led by US President Donald Trump and global turmoil hinder progress on fighting poverty, hunger and climate change.
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Dying breed: Tunisian dog lovers push to save age-old desert hound
Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long roamed desert plains, seemingly unaware of the existential threat to their dwindling breed.
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Springboks launch 'really tough season' against Barbarians
World champions South Africa tackle the Barbarians in a non-cap exhibition match on Saturday to kick off what head coach Rassie Erasmus says will be a "really tough season".
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Syria's wheat war: drought fuels food crisis for 16 million
Rival Syrian and Kurdish producers are scrambling for shrinking wheat harvests as the worst drought in decades follows a devastating war, pushing more than 16 million people toward food insecurity.
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Ex-All Black Kaino's Toulouse not expecting 'walkover' in Top 14 final
Former New Zealand back-rower Jerome Kaino said his Toulouse side are expecting a "tough" encounter against Bordeaux-Begles in the French Top 14 on Saturday despite easing to last year's title with a record score.
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Rwanda, DRC to ink peace deal in US but questions remain
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will sign an agreement in Washington on Friday to put an end to a conflict in the eastern DRC that has killed thousands, although broad questions loom on what it will mean.
Read moreCombs defense team set to take the floor in trial's closing arguments
Sean "Diddy" Combs's lawyers will deliver their closing arguments in his defense Friday, one day after the prosecution spent nearly five hours detailing a "climate of fear" they say he created as the alleged head of a decades-long criminal ring.
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Fraser-Pryce eases through in Jamaica trials farewell
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce launched her final appearance at Jamaica's National Trials with a comfortable victory in opening heats of the women's 100m on Thursday.
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