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'Awesome' Ireland get revenge over New Zealand Maori

'Awesome' Ireland get revenge over New Zealand Maori

Ireland produced a much-improved performance, headlined by two tries to Jordan Larmour, in a 30-24 win over the Maori all Blacks in Wellington Tuesday.

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Kyiv says hits Russian arms depot in south Ukraine

Kyiv says hits Russian arms depot in south Ukraine

Kyiv said Tuesday it had launched a barrage of rockets and missiles on Russian military targets in southern Ukraine and destroyed an arms depot, in attacks that Moscow-backed authorities said had damaged homes.

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Ireland get revenge over New Zealand

Ireland get revenge over New Zealand

Ireland produced a much-improved performance, headlined by two tries to Jordan Larmour, in a 30-24 win over the Maori all Blacks in Wellington Tuesday.

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China locks down city of 300,000 over single Covid case

China locks down city of 300,000 over single Covid case

Hundreds of thousands of people were under lockdown in a small Chinese city Tuesday after just one case of Covid-19 was detected, as Beijing's strict no-tolerance virus strategy showed no sign of abating.

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Australia lose top Test championship spot after Sri Lanka defeat

Australia lose top Test championship spot after Sri Lanka defeat

Australia lost their top World Test Championship position to South Africa Tuesday after they were defeated by Sri Lanka in the second match of their series.

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Sri Lanka president seeks seaborne escape after airport standoff

Sri Lanka president seeks seaborne escape after airport standoff

Sri Lanka's president was considering using a navy patrol craft to flee the island Tuesday following a humiliating standoff with airport immigration, official sources said.

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The Dutch art detective who recovered the 'Blood of Christ' relic

The Dutch art detective who recovered the 'Blood of Christ' relic

It was 10:30 pm on a Friday when Arthur Brand got the delivery he was nervously expecting.

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Paris 2015 attacker's sentence stands after no appeal filed

Paris 2015 attacker's sentence stands after no appeal filed

The sole surviving member of an Islamic State group cell that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015 has not appealed his whole-life sentence for the killings, the Paris chief prosecutor said Tuesday.

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Stocks fall, euro nears dollar parity as recession fears build

Stocks fall, euro nears dollar parity as recession fears build

Equities fell Tuesday, along with oil, on fears that central bank moves to fight inflation will spark a recession, while the euro fell towards parity with the dollar as cost-of-living crises loom over the eurozone economy.

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Hong Kong jails terminally ill activist for attempted Olympics protest

Hong Kong jails terminally ill activist for attempted Olympics protest

A Hong Kong activist with terminal cancer was jailed Tuesday for attempted sedition over a planned protest against Beijing's Winter Olympics that was foiled by a pre-emptive arrest.

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