New Zealand's McKenzie and Aumua to start against Ireland
Damian McKenzie and Asafo Aumua will start for New Zealand in their showdown against Ireland on Friday in the only two, injury-enforced, changes to the run-on 15 that edged England.
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German band in global 'mystery song' hunt stunned by late success
For the last 17 years a worldwide army of online sleuths obsessively tried to figure out the title of what has been dubbed "the most mysterious song on the internet".
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Republicans hope Trump sweep will give party full power in Congress
US President-elect Donald Trump can seize untrammeled power in Washington should his Republicans gain full control of Congress, a feat his party may well achieve as it leads the race for the House of Representatives.
Read moreUS states extend abortion rights; Florida, S.Dakota measures fail
Residents in a handful of US states extended or enshrined into law the right to an abortion, results showed Wednesday, while voters in Florida and South Dakota defeated measures that would have increased access.
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Hezbollah says tens of thousands of fighters ready to battle Israel
Hezbollah said Wednesday that tens of thousands of its militants were ready to fight Israel, adding that the US election result would have no bearing on the war in Lebanon.
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Mexico girds for tariffs, migrant deportations after Trump win
Donald Trump's victory has left Mexico bracing for potential trade tensions, tariffs and mass migrant deportations that experts say could pose a major test of relations between the closely connected neighbors.
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Olympic champion Zheng moves into last four of WTA Finals
Zheng Qinwen continued to deliver in her breakthrough season as she advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Wednesday with victory over Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini.
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US Fed expected to look beyond Trump win and cut rates again
The US Federal Reserve is expected to announce a quarter-point interest rate cut this week, shrugging off the economic uncertainty raised by Donald Trump's US election victory to continue easing borrowing costs on the back of cooling inflation.
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Son of ex-global athletics chief Diack to face new trial
France's highest court on Wednesday ordered a re-trial of Papa Massata Diack, the son of the disgraced former head of global athletics Lamine Diack.
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Spain's young flood helpers smash 'snowflake' stereotype
Young volunteers have spearheaded a humanitarian campaign for victims of Spain's deadliest floods in decades, smashing stereotypes of an apathetic and feeble "snowflake generation" interested in nothing other than themselves.
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