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England Test coach McCullum eager to support 'strong leader' Stokes

England Test coach McCullum eager to support 'strong leader' Stokes

Brendon McCullum is relishing the prospect of working alongside a "really strong leader" in new captain Ben Stokes as they prepare to launch a new era for the England Test team.

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Mane promises 'special' answer over future at Liverpool

Mane promises 'special' answer over future at Liverpool

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has promised a "special" answer over his future but first wants to focus on the Champions League final as he targets a fourth trophy this season for club and country.

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UN rights chief falls under wheels of China's propaganda machine

UN rights chief falls under wheels of China's propaganda machine

Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the UN human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.

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Baby bumps and hot pink lips: Cannes fashion highlights

Baby bumps and hot pink lips: Cannes fashion highlights

It is one of the special aspects of the Cannes Film Festival that it serves as much as a parade of extremely expensive clothing as it does as a showcase for devastating films that often focus on poverty, inequality and social crises.

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Strawberry farms threaten Spanish wetlands

Strawberry farms threaten Spanish wetlands

Standing in the middle of a stretch of land surrounded by dunes and pine forest, Juan Romero examines the cracked ground then stares at the dusty horizon.

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Vomit, fighter planes and donkeys: Cannes highs and lows

Vomit, fighter planes and donkeys: Cannes highs and lows

No clear frontrunner has emerged in the race for the Palme d'Or, to be announced on Saturday, but the Cannes Film Festival has certainly delivered some memorable scenes in its 75th year.

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'Fang-tastic': Dracula fans in UK set new world record

'Fang-tastic': Dracula fans in UK set new world record

Author Bram Stoker only had one bloodthirsty creature of the undead in mind when a visit to the seaside Yorkshire town of Whitby inspired "Dracula".

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Asitha rips through Bangladesh as Sri Lanka win Test series

Asitha rips through Bangladesh as Sri Lanka win Test series

Asitha Fernando finished with a career-best 6-51 as Sri Lanka thrashed hosts Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the second Test on Friday to win the series 1-0.

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Russia pounds Ukraine's Kharkiv, presses Donbas assault

Russia pounds Ukraine's Kharkiv, presses Donbas assault

Ukraine's second city Kharkiv on Friday reeled from a deadly onslaught of Russian shelling as Moscow pressed its offensive to capture key points in the eastern Donbas region with more bombing of residential areas.

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'Finding food': Russia severs link to Ukraine's besieged east

'Finding food': Russia severs link to Ukraine's besieged east

A Ukrainian coal miner, completely starved of information, thought he might be able to reason with Russian forces blocking the last good road running out of his war-scarred city on the eastern front.

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