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Imhoff returns for World Cup hoping to write Pumas history

Imhoff returns for World Cup hoping to write Pumas history

Juan Imhoff, recalled by Argentina after being left out in 2019, is sure that the Rugby World Cup in his adopted home of France is "bound to be magnificent".

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Bank of England to hike again over stubborn inflation

Bank of England to hike again over stubborn inflation

The Bank of England is forecast Thursday to lift interest rates for the 13th time in a row -- and may hike sharply to fight stubborn inflation despite worsening a cost-of-living crisis.

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Asian markets track US losses with rates seen rising further

Asian markets track US losses with rates seen rising further

Markets fell in Asia on Thursday as traders contemplated the prospect of more central bank interest rate hikes as they struggle to tame persistently high inflation.

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Turkey set to pivot to orthodoxy with rate hike

Turkey set to pivot to orthodoxy with rate hike

Turkey was widely expected Thursday to pivot away from years of unconventional economics promoted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and dramatically raise interest rates to fight inflation and steady the troubled lira.

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Restaurant explosion kills 31 in northwest China

Restaurant explosion kills 31 in northwest China

At least 31 people were killed when an explosion ripped through a restaurant in the northwestern Chinese city of Yinchuan, state media said Thursday.

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Relegated Hertha Berlin face daunting future despite financial reprieve

Relegated Hertha Berlin face daunting future despite financial reprieve

Struggling Hertha Berlin face an uncertain future despite a decision to allow postponed repayment of a high-interest loan, which effectively ensured a German FA (DFB) operating licence next season.

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Paris climate summit seeks global finance reform

Paris climate summit seeks global finance reform

Dozens of global leaders will gather in Paris Thursday for a summit to tease out a new consensus on international economic reforms to help debt-burdened developing countries face a growing onslaught of challenges, particularly climate change.

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'Just the beginning': US anti-abortion camp expands fight

'Just the beginning': US anti-abortion camp expands fight

Activist Lydia Heykamp goes door-to-door in a quiet Virginia suburb with a pressing message: now that the constitutional right to abortion has been overturned, the state must ban it outright.

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How climate change fuels extreme heat

How climate change fuels extreme heat

Heatwaves across Asia and beyond have already broken records this year, while the arrival of the El Nino climate phenomenon will mean even more extreme temperatures.

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In Berlin, Ukrainian soldiers begin long road to recovery

In Berlin, Ukrainian soldiers begin long road to recovery

Miner Vitali volunteered to fight against Russia from the first days of the conflict at the front lines in his native Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, where orthopaedic surgeon Olga Pidgaiska worked in a hospital.

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