Petar Segrt: Well-travelled dreamer making Tajikistan football history
Petar Segrt reached into his jacket pocket with a grin and pulled out a smashed pair of glasses -- victims of his Tajikistan team's celebrations after a historic 2-1 Asian Cup win over Lebanon.
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Beware teeth-fixing products touted by influencers, dentists warn
By flashing a perfect smile, online beauty influencers have proven adept at convincing their young followers that they too can have blindingly white, perfectly aligned teeth for very little money, time or effort.
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Blinken to meet key West African presidents to rally support
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday meets the presidents of Nigeria and Ivory Coast in a bid to forge a united front with key African democracies as crises engulf the world.
Read moreUS, Britain hit targets in Yemen as Huthis vow to strike back
The United States and Britain launched a second round of joint military strikes on Yemen's Huthis on Tuesday over their attacks on Red Sea shipping, as the Iran-backed rebels vowed to hit back.
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Chinese fans round on national team after Asian Cup 'disaster'
Angry Chinese fans rounded on their football team on Tuesday after a "disastrous" defeat to hosts Qatar left them needing a miracle to qualify for the knockout stages of the Asian Cup.
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Ericsson sees 'further' market decline after 2023 loss
Swedish telecoms equipment giant Ericsson warned Tuesday that it expected further market decline outside China this year after booking a sizeable loss in 2023 due to a write-down and restructuring costs.
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Gauff gives herself 'C' rating after lacklustre march into Australian Open semis
US Open champion Coco Gauff gave herself only a 'C' rating for an error-strewn performance that put her into a first Australian Open semi-final Tuesday, but said she hoped it was a one-off.
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Israel suffers deadliest day of ground war as pressure mounts on government
The Israeli army said Tuesday it had suffered its biggest single-day losses since the start of its ground war in Gaza amid growing pressure on the government to find a way to end the conflict.
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Twenty dead in southwest China landslide
The death toll from a landslide that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China reached 20 on Tuesday, state media said, as rescuers raced to find those still trapped under the debris.
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Xi's corruption crackdown targets embattled finance sector
Xi Jinping's crackdown on official corruption has ripped through a secretive missile force, the Communist Party elite, the national football team, and now risks hammering a finance industry already grappling with an economic slowdown.
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