Japan deploys nearly 1,700 firefighters to tackle forest blaze
Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 residents remain under an evacuation advisory.
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Adrien Brody wins second Oscar for 'The Brutalist'
Adrien Brody on Sunday completed his return to the top of Hollywood's A list, winning the second best actor Oscar of his career for his searing portrayal of a Hungarian architect who emigrates to America after World War II in "The Brutalist."
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Model behaviour: India's anti-cruelty robot elephants
It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India's Hindu temples.
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'I'm Still Here': Brazil faces past ghosts with Oscar triumph
"I'm Still Here" -- which on Sunday won Brazil's first Oscar, in the best international film category -- traces a family's painful history during the country's military dictatorship, forcing a reckoning with the past.
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Messi rests but Miami triumph in Texas
Lionel Messi was rested but Inter Miami had no trouble in dealing with the Houston Dynamo cruising to a 4-1 win in Major League Soccer on Sunday with Telasco Segovia scoring twice.
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Pakistan's old English manners spell youth Scrabble success
"Dram", meaning a measure of whisky. "Turm", describing a cavalry unit. "Taupie", a foolish youngster.
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SpaceX targeting Monday for next test of Starship megarocket
Elon Musk has been making headlines for mass layoffs and funding cuts at US federal agencies under his so-called Department of Government Efficiency. But on Monday, his towering Starship rocket will return to the spotlight with its next test flight.
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Zoe Saldana: from sci-fi blockbusters to Oscars glory
Zoe Saldana was nearly unrecognizable as a blue Na'vi princess in the "Avatar" franchise, and wore green makeup to play the reformed assassin Gamora in the "Guardians of the Galaxy" films.
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Trump's fentanyl tariffs hold wider political aims: analysts
In doubling down on tariffs targeting Canada, Mexico and China, US President Donald Trump cites a lack of progress on tackling fentanyl, but analysts say the drug crisis is just one of his political goals.
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'Vilified as boogeyman': Disinformation ensnares US trans pilot
Gingerly placing a gun on her kitchen counter, American trans pilot Jo Ellis said she no longer leaves her apartment without a firearm after false online claims about her involvement in a fatal air crash triggered a deluge of threats.
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