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Beckham says Messi at Inter Miami is 'our gift to America'

Beckham says Messi at Inter Miami is 'our gift to America'

David Beckham told AFP in an interview on Wednesday that his Inter Miami franchise signed Lionel Messi as "our gift to America and the MLS".

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Virat Kohli, India's cricket icon with magic touch

Virat Kohli, India's cricket icon with magic touch

Virat Kohli on Wednesday struck his 50th one-day international century, taking him past Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record, but he will remain wary of any comparisons with his fellow cricket icon.

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German court blows 60-bn-euro hole in budget with debt ruling

German court blows 60-bn-euro hole in budget with debt ruling

Germany's top court wiped 60 billion euros from a climate fund Wednesday as it decided the government had broken crucial debt rules, leaving the ruling coalition's budget in disarray and testing its unity anew.

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India contacts Thai cave experts in bid to free trapped tunnel workers

India contacts Thai cave experts in bid to free trapped tunnel workers

India has sought advice from the Thai company that rescued children from a flooded cave in 2018 as it races to save 40 men trapped in a road tunnel, officials said Wednesday.

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Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN

Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the United Nations warned Wednesday.

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Muslim anti-LGBTQ groups protest Coldplay's first Indonesia gig

Muslim anti-LGBTQ groups protest Coldplay's first Indonesia gig

Hundreds of conservative Muslims protested outside Coldplay's first ever gig in Indonesia on Wednesday, clashing with police and booing concertgoers over the band's support for the LGBTQ community.

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Record breaker Kohli and Iyer take India to 397-4 in New Zealand semi-final

Record breaker Kohli and Iyer take India to 397-4 in New Zealand semi-final

Virat Kohli scored a record-breaking 50th one-day international hundred and Shreyas Iyer made a blistering century of his own as India piled up a commanding 397-4 against New Zealand in the World Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.

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Slain Kenyan athlete Tirop's accused husband freed on bail

Slain Kenyan athlete Tirop's accused husband freed on bail

The husband of slain Kenyan distance running star Agnes Tirop was freed on bail on Wednesday after two years in custody over her killing.

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Russia admits Ukraine has positions on Russian-held bank of Dnipro river

Russia admits Ukraine has positions on Russian-held bank of Dnipro river

Russia said Wednesday for the first time that some Ukrainian troops had established positions on the Russian-held side of the Dnipro river, the vast waterway that splits the frontline in southern Ukraine.

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UK Supreme Court rejects contentious Rwanda migrant policy

UK Supreme Court rejects contentious Rwanda migrant policy

The UK Supreme Court rejected Wednesday a controversial government plan to send migrants to Rwanda and upheld a lower court ruling that it was unlawful, in a major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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