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Monet painting fetches $35 million at New York auction

Monet painting fetches $35 million at New York auction

A Monet sold for nearly $35 million at auction Wednesday evening, Sotheby's said, marking a solid start to New York's spring art sales.

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Putin meets Xi in Beijing seeking greater support for war effort

Putin meets Xi in Beijing seeking greater support for war effort

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Thursday with counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing as he seeks greater support from China for his war effort in Ukraine and his isolated economy.

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Asian markets track Wall St records after US inflation data

Asian markets track Wall St records after US inflation data

Asian equities rallied Thursday after US data showed inflation cooled last month, fuelling speculation that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates twice this year.

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Pro-Turkey Syria mercenaries head to Niger to earn cash

Pro-Turkey Syria mercenaries head to Niger to earn cash

Like hundreds of other pro-Turkish fighters, Omar left northern Syria for mineral-rich Niger last year, joining Syrian mercenaries sent to the West African nation by a private Turkish military company.

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FIFA meets to award 2027 Women's World Cup under Gaza cloud

FIFA meets to award 2027 Women's World Cup under Gaza cloud

Football's world governing body FIFA will decide the hosts for the 2027 Women's World Cup at its congress in Bangkok on Friday, where the war in Gaza will also rear its head.

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Iraqi car bomb survivor eyes gold in Paris Paralympics

Iraqi car bomb survivor eyes gold in Paris Paralympics

When car bomb survivor Najlah Imad first took up table tennis, her relatives warned against it. But a decade later, the Iraqi teenager who lost three limbs is gunning for gold at the 2024 Paralympic Games.

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The Greatest, the Baddest and the best: six undisputed heavyweight champions

The Greatest, the Baddest and the best: six undisputed heavyweight champions

Victory for either Oleksandr Usyk or Tyson Fury on Saturday will create the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in 24 years.

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France deploys troops, bans TikTok to quell deadly New Caledonia unrest

France deploys troops, bans TikTok to quell deadly New Caledonia unrest

France deployed troops to New Caledonia's ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency Thursday after three nights of clashes that have left four dead and hundreds wounded.

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Coppola's epic 'Megalopolis' finally arrives at Cannes

Coppola's epic 'Megalopolis' finally arrives at Cannes

Another masterpiece emerging from chaos, or just a chaotic mess? One of Hollywood's most mythologised directors, Francis Ford Coppola, returns Thursday to the Cannes Film Festival with the almost impossibly hyped "Megalopolis".

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French prison van attack takes drug battle to 'worrying' new level

French prison van attack takes drug battle to 'worrying' new level

A motorway attack that claimed the lives of two prison officers in France this week marks a new level of violence by the latest generation of drug traffickers, police officers and experts told AFP.

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