Glenda Jackson: 'fearless' actress turned politician
Oscar-winning British actress Glenda Jackson, who died on Thursday aged 87, played powerful female roles before abandoning stage and screen for a career in politics where she was unafraid to speak truth to power.
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Boris Johnson lied to MPs over Covid parties: committee
Boris Johnson deliberately lied to MPs about lockdown-breaking parties during the Covid pandemic that would have seen him face a 90-day suspension had he not quit as a lawmaker, a parliament committee ruled Thursday.
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O'Callaghan stuns Titmus with year's fastest 200m free
Mollie O'Callaghan upset Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus with the fastest 200m freestyle of the year Thursday to book a world championship slot from a stacked field at the Australian trials.
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Singapore to put more police robots on the streets
Singapore will "progressively deploy" more patrol robots across the city-state, police said Thursday, after more than five years of small-scale trials.
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Charges follow India wrestlers' protests against sporting chief
Five months after India's top women wrestlers accused their politically powerful federation chief of sexual harassment and sparked a nationwide protest movement, police filed charges.
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Greece seeks survivors in 'horrific' migrant boat sinking
Greece on Thursday pursued a grim search for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea, with the number of victims feared to reach into the hundreds.
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Kenya government to unveil budget amid tax hike anger
Kenyan President William Ruto's government is set to present its budget to parliament Thursday in the face of widespread anger over a range of proposed tax hikes to shore up depleted public finances.
Read moreBangladesh bowl out Afghanistan for 146, lead by 236
Ebadot Hossain returned bowling figures of 4-47 as Bangladesh bowled out Afghanistan for 146 to remain firmly in control on day two of the one-off Test on Thursday.
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Man City to open Premier League title defence at Kompany's Burnley
Manchester City will kick off their bid for a record fourth straight Premier League title away to Burnley, managed by their former captain Vincent Kompany.
Read moreBangladesh seamers leave Afghanistan battling to avoid follow-on
Ebadot Hossain picked up 4-47 as Bangladesh left Afghanistan struggling on 144-8 at tea on the second day of the one-off Test in Dhaka on Thursday.
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