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Adebayo steps up as Heat battle past Celtics to take series lead

Adebayo steps up as Heat battle past Celtics to take series lead

Bam Adebayo delivered a 31-point masterpiece as the Miami Heat dug deep to defeat the Boston Celtics 109-103 on the road and take a crucial 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference finals series on Saturday.

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Rich Lebanese buy 'island passports' as crisis bites

Rich Lebanese buy 'island passports' as crisis bites

Fearing visa hassles could cost him his job in Dubai while an economic collapse had dashed any homecoming options, Lebanese executive Jad splurged around $135,000 on a new citizenship for himself and his wife.

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Manufacturers getting to grips with airless tyres

Manufacturers getting to grips with airless tyres

Airless tyres that never go flat or need to be inflated: It's a decades-long dream that manufacturers hope to turn into a reality soon, but for truck drivers first.

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Bitter harvest for Indian farmers after wheat export ban

Bitter harvest for Indian farmers after wheat export ban

When New Delhi banned wheat exports as prices soared over Russia's invasion of Ukraine it provoked consternation abroad and drove the cereal even higher.

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'Enormously risky': How NFTs lost their lustre

'Enormously risky': How NFTs lost their lustre

A slew of celebrity endorsements helped inflate a multi-billion dollar bubble around digital tokens over the past year, but cryptocurrencies are crashing and some fear NFTs could be next.

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Ukraine's Zelensky warns only diplomacy can end war

Ukraine's Zelensky warns only diplomacy can end war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned only a diplomatic breakthrough rather than an outright military victory can end Russia's war on his country, while pushing its case for EU membership.

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For Iraqis back from Syria, life on hold in 'rehabilitation' camp

For Iraqis back from Syria, life on hold in 'rehabilitation' camp

Awatef Massud is longing to reunite with her Iraqi family after years spent in Syria, but first she must do time in a vetting camp to ensure she has no links to jihadists.

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Bangkok votes for new governor for first time in decade

Bangkok votes for new governor for first time in decade

Bangkok went to the polls Sunday in its first governor election in almost a decade, with the ballot viewed as an indicator for a national vote expected within a year

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Wallaby great Pocock poised to become an Australian senator

Wallaby great Pocock poised to become an Australian senator

Wallaby great and environmental activist David Pocock was poised to win a seat in the Australian Senate Sunday and become the first independent to hold the role for the national capital Canberra.

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Pereira grabs three-shot PGA lead as top six hunt first major

Pereira grabs three-shot PGA lead as top six hunt first major

Chile's Mito Pereira sank a 27-foot birdie putt at the par-4 18th hole to seize a three-stroke lead after Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship.

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