England captain Kane fit to face USA: Southgate
Gareth Southgate says England captain Harry Kane is fit to face the United States on Friday after his World Cup injury scare.
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Grace follows tragedy with birth of babies after Indonesia quake
Death descended on Cianjur when an earthquake struck the central Indonesian town this week, but several new mothers also provided some joy for grief-stricken residents.
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China iPhone factory workers take the money and leave after protests
Employees are leaving a vast Foxconn iPhone factory in central China over working conditions and Covid restrictions, relieved to be taking pay-offs home after angry protests at the Taiwanese tech giant's plant.
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UN rights chief urges Iran to halt violence on protesters
The UN rights chief urged Iran Thursday to immediately halt violence against protesters, as countries debated whether to launch an investigation into Tehran's deadly crackdown.
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Wildlife summit to vote on 'historic' shark protections
A summit on the international trade in endangered species will decide Thursday whether to ratify a "historic" proposal to protect sharks, a move that would drastically restrict the lucrative global shark fin trade.
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Fans at World Cup pay homage to Maradona with shirts and chants
Javier Maluf will quietly put on a shirt worn by Diego Maradona against England, but other fans at the World Cup have more noisy plans for Friday's second anniversary of the death of the flawed genius.
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Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as Malaysia's prime minister
Malaysia's perennial opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister before the king in Kuala Lumpur Thursday, ending a five-day political impasse after inconclusive polls.
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Gas price cap divides EU energy ministers' meeting
EU energy ministers met Thursday to debate measures to mitigate the energy crunch in Europe but were divided over a gas price cap proposal slammed by many as a "joke".
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Malaysia's new PM Anwar: from prison to power, a dream fulfilled
It has been a bumpy road to the pinnacle of power for Anwar Ibrahim, who on Thursday achieved his dream of the Malaysian premiership.
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UK-led police operation busts phone scammers who targeted millions
UK police on Thursday said their biggest ever counter-fraud operation had disrupted an international criminal network targeting hundreds of thousands of victims in millions of spam phone calls.
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