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'We don't exist': Pakistan's Ahmadi minority living in fear

'We don't exist': Pakistan's Ahmadi minority living in fear

Sadia Amjad's father died for his faith, stabbed in the street by an Islamist who discovered he was part of the minority Ahmadiyya sect that has been persecuted for decades in Pakistan.

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Twins, Rangers advance in MLB playoffs; Phillies, D-Backs sweep

Twins, Rangers advance in MLB playoffs; Phillies, D-Backs sweep

The Minnesota Twins won a Major League Baseball playoff series for the first time in more than two decades Wednesday, beating Toronto 2-0 to sweep their best-of-three wild card set.

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Messi-less Miami's playoff hopes fade after 4-1 Chicago rout

Messi-less Miami's playoff hopes fade after 4-1 Chicago rout

Missing Lionel Messi again, Inter Miami's hopes of squeezing into the MLS playoffs suffered a body blow on Wednesday with a 4-1 defeat to Chicago Fire.

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Fluminense stun Internacional to reach Copa Libertadores final

Fluminense stun Internacional to reach Copa Libertadores final

German Cano scored a late winner as Fluminense staged a dramatic fightback to beat Internacional 2-1 and reach the final of the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday.

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AI of the tiger: Tiny camera 'protects' predator -- and people

AI of the tiger: Tiny camera 'protects' predator -- and people

Tiger populations are on the rise in the jungles of India and Nepal and the predators are roaming ever closer to villages, sparking a race among conservationists to find ways of avoiding conflict.

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China's He wins Asian Games marathon, Chuma claims women's gold

China's He wins Asian Games marathon, Chuma claims women's gold

China's He Jie clinched the Asian Games men's marathon title Thursday after a gutsy run, while Bahrain's Eunice Chebichii Chumba romped to the women's gold medal.

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'We know who we are': Dance-pop band Muna comes into its own

'We know who we are': Dance-pop band Muna comes into its own

Since the pandemic shock of being dropped by its label, the dance-pop band Muna has only seen its star rise, with a hit album, a coveted spot opening for Taylor Swift -- and a more defined sense of self.

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Homelessness explodes in Canada as rents, housing prices soar

Homelessness explodes in Canada as rents, housing prices soar

Canada is gripped by a surge in homelessness that has seen tens of thousands of people priced out of rental and real estate markets and left to live in the streets of the wealthy nation.

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IMF, World Bank to tackle climate goals among reforms at annual meetings

IMF, World Bank to tackle climate goals among reforms at annual meetings

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund will tackle the thorny issue of institutional reform at their upcoming annual meetings in Morocco next week.

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Fentanyl, migration to dominate US-Mexico security talks

Fentanyl, migration to dominate US-Mexico security talks

Joint efforts to tackle migrant flows and cross-border smuggling of the often deadly drug fentanyl are expected to top the agenda at high-level US-Mexican security talks on Thursday.

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