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Magic conjure surprise with Banchero No.1 NBA Draft pick

Magic conjure surprise with Banchero No.1 NBA Draft pick

Paolo Banchero was the surprise top pick at the NBA Draft on Thursday as the Orlando Magic confounded expectations by swooping for the towering teenager from Duke University.

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England's Rashid to miss India white-ball series for Hajj pilgrimage

England's Rashid to miss India white-ball series for Hajj pilgrimage

Adil Rashid is set to miss England's white-ball series against India after being given clearance by cricket chiefs to make a holy pilgrimage to Mecca.

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England's Rashid to miss India white-ball series to make pilgrimage to Mecca

England's Rashid to miss India white-ball series to make pilgrimage to Mecca

Adil Rashid is set to miss England's white-ball series against India after being given clearance by cricket chiefs to make a holy pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Chun equals record to surge into Women's PGA lead

Chun equals record to surge into Women's PGA lead

South Korea's Chun In-gee fired a record-equalling eight-under-par 64 to surge into a commanding early at the Women's PGA Championship on Thursday.

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Covid vaccines saved 20 million lives in first year: study

Covid vaccines saved 20 million lives in first year: study

Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, according to the first large modelling study on the topic released Friday.

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Venezuela sentences mutiny officers to up to 15 years jail

Venezuela sentences mutiny officers to up to 15 years jail

Venezuela has sentenced 24 military police officers who mutinied during anti-government protests in 2019 to as much as nearly 16 years in prison, a human rights activist said Thursday.

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World's largest bacteria discovered in Guadeloupe

World's largest bacteria discovered in Guadeloupe

You can see it with the naked eye and pick it up with a pair of tweezers -- not bad for a single bacteria.

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Clashes, tear gas, even as Ecuador protesters win government concession

Clashes, tear gas, even as Ecuador protesters win government concession

Police in Ecuador's capital fired tear gas Thursday to disperse Indigenous protesters who tried to storm congress on the 11th day of crippling demonstrations over fuel prices and living costs.

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Former Olympic pole vault champion Surh announces retirement

Former Olympic pole vault champion Surh announces retirement

Jenn Suhr, the 2012 Olympic women's pole vault gold medallist, announced her retirement on Thursday as the US outdoor championships got underway in Eugene.

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Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to families

Bodies of two men murdered in Brazilian Amazon returned to families

The bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were handed over to their families Thursday, nearly two and half weeks after they were killed in Brazil's Amazon.

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