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Goggia claims Crans-Montana downhill after World Championships woe

Goggia claims Crans-Montana downhill after World Championships woe

Italy's Sofia Goggia bounced back from her world championships disappointment in Sunday's World Cup downhill at Crans-Montana.

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Australia bat in Women’s T20 World Cup final

Australia bat in Women’s T20 World Cup final

Australia won the toss and decided to bat in the Women’s T20 World Cup final against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday.

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Ethiopian dissident Eskinder Nega arrested: political party

Ethiopian dissident Eskinder Nega arrested: political party

Ethiopian journalist and dissident Eskinder Nega has been detained in the country's Amhara region where he is a leading opposition figure, the political party he founded said on Sunday.

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Goggia claims Crans-Montana downhill

Goggia claims Crans-Montana downhill

Italy's Sofia Goggia bounced back from her world championships disappointment in Sunday's World Cup downhill at Crans-Montana.

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Indian summer for veteran German Siem

Indian summer for veteran German Siem

Veteran German Marcel Siem held his nerve at the Hero Indian Open to win his first World Tour event in more than eight years by a single shot on Sunday.

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Extinct-in-the-wild species in conservation limbo

Extinct-in-the-wild species in conservation limbo

For species classified as "extinct in the wild", the zoos and botanical gardens where their fates hang by a thread are as often anterooms to oblivion as gateways to recovery, new research has shown.

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More than 40 migrants die in boat wreck off Italy

More than 40 migrants die in boat wreck off Italy

More than 40 migrants, including a baby just a few months old, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, rescue services said.

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Hostages 'traumatised' but safe after week-long PNG abduction

Hostages 'traumatised' but safe after week-long PNG abduction

Three hostages, including a New Zealand archaeologist, were freed in Papua New Guinea on Sunday after a tense week of negotiations between police and armed kidnappers in the country's rugged highlands.

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'Everything Everywhere' finds multiple awards success with Hollywood producers win

'Everything Everywhere' finds multiple awards success with Hollywood producers win

"Everything Everywhere All At Once" was named best film by Hollywood's producers Saturday, as the multiverse-jumping sci-fi hops from win to win at award shows ahead of next month's Oscars.

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Nigeria tallies votes for new president

Nigeria tallies votes for new president

Nigeria was counting ballots on Sunday, a day after a historically tight election among three frontrunners competing for the presidency of Africa's most populous nation.

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