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Last artisanal fishermen of Brazil's Copacabana seek revival

Last artisanal fishermen of Brazil's Copacabana seek revival

Each day at dawn, Manoel Reboucas launches his small motor boat into the sea off Copacabana, a reminder of the century-old fishing collective established here long before it became Rio de Janeiro's most famous beach.

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La Rochelle book Top 14 final date with Toulouse

La Rochelle book Top 14 final date with Toulouse

European champions La Rochelle beat Bordeaux-Begles 24-13 in the second semi-final of the Top 14 playoffs on Saturday and will face Toulouse in the final next week.

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'Children of the bush' lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive

'Children of the bush' lost for 40 days in Colombian Amazon found alive

Exhausted but happy, four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were reunited with their relatives Saturday, in a happy ending to a nerve-racking saga that gripped the nation.

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Kohli holds firm against Australia in WTC final thriller

Kohli holds firm against Australia in WTC final thriller

Virat Kohli defied Australia on Saturday to give India hope of an extraordinary win in the World Test Championship final at The Oval.

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Lithuania capital turns pink for love of beetroot soup

Lithuania capital turns pink for love of beetroot soup

Lithuania's capital was flooded with pink food, decor, and colourful outfits on Saturday, as residents celebrated the Baltic nation's love for a cold beetroot dish commonly known as "pink soup".

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Rockin' Rafa fan Swiatek on top of the world

Rockin' Rafa fan Swiatek on top of the world

She is a bashful Rafael Nadal fan and a lover of the driving, hard rock of Led Zeppelin and Guns N' Roses who maintains a teenage debt to Taylor Swift.

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Swiatek fights off Muchova in thriller for third French Open title

Swiatek fights off Muchova in thriller for third French Open title

Iga Swiatek battled past Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to win her third French Open title on Saturday and become the first woman to successfully defend the Roland Garros title since 2007.

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Drone-wielding 'Santa' saves Ukraine family from flood

Drone-wielding 'Santa' saves Ukraine family from flood

Kateryna Krupich and her two children climbed into the attic of a three-storey house, watching with horror as waters from a destroyed dam in southern Ukraine swallowed up the floors below them.

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Zelensky says counteroffensive 'taking place' as Trudeau visits Kyiv

Zelensky says counteroffensive 'taking place' as Trudeau visits Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that counteroffensive action was underway as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Kyiv and accused Russia over flooding from the breached Kakhovka dam.

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Mexican and Russian oil shipments ease Cuban fuel crisis

Mexican and Russian oil shipments ease Cuban fuel crisis

With oil tankers docking from Mexico and Russia in recent days, Cuba could see its severe fuel shortage ease for the near future.

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