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New Zealand unchanged for Argentina Rugby Championship clash

New Zealand unchanged for Argentina Rugby Championship clash

New Zealand coach Ian Foster on Thursday announced an unchanged starting team to face Argentina for the Rugby Championship Test in Christchurch on Saturday.

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Jury awards $31 mn damages in Kobe Bryant crash photo trial

Jury awards $31 mn damages in Kobe Bryant crash photo trial

A jury ordered Los Angeles County to pay $31 million in damages to Kobe Bryant's widow and a co-plaintiff Wednesday over graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star.

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Mexico ex-attorney general to face trial over missing students

Mexico ex-attorney general to face trial over missing students

A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered a former attorney general to stand trial in the case of 43 students whose murky disappearance in 2014 traumatized the nation.

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Mariners pitcher Kirby sets MLB record with 24 strikes at start

Mariners pitcher Kirby sets MLB record with 24 strikes at start

Seattle Mariners pitcher George Kirby set a Major League Baseball record on Wednesday with 24 consecutive strikes to start a game against the Washington Nationals.

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Trouser snakes: US smuggler admits carrying reptiles in pants

Trouser snakes: US smuggler admits carrying reptiles in pants

A man who hid snakes and lizards in his trousers as he tried to sneak them into the United States as part of a $750,000 reptile smuggling enterprise faces decades in prison, officials said Wednesday.

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Musk lawyers seize on Twitter whistleblower revelations

Musk lawyers seize on Twitter whistleblower revelations

Elon Musk's lawyers jumped Wednesday on the revelations of a Twitter whistleblower to try to force the platform to surrender vast amounts of information for their fight to cancel the billionaire's buyout bid.

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Mexico ex-attorney general to stand trial over missing students

Mexico ex-attorney general to stand trial over missing students

A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered a former attorney general to stand trial in the case of 43 students whose murky disappearance in 2014 traumatized the nation.

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Court clash shows Musk battle plan in Twitter fight

Court clash shows Musk battle plan in Twitter fight

Attorneys for Elon Musk and Twitter squared off in court Wednesday over the key issue of fake accounts, showing potential battle lines for the trial over whether the Tesla boss can be forced to conclude his $44 billion buyout bid.

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California set to ban fossil fuel cars by 2035

California set to ban fossil fuel cars by 2035

All new cars sold in California by 2035 will have to be zero emission under plans set to be adopted by the state this week, as the biggest economy in the United States drives a nationwide fossil fuel evolution.

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History 'not enough' to save F1's landmark races

History 'not enough' to save F1's landmark races

Formula 1 chief Stefano Domenicali warned Wednesday that "history is not enough" and that mere nostalgia cannot guarantee the survival of grand prix landmarks.

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