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Wife's sleep advice helps put England's Tuilagi back on track

Wife's sleep advice helps put England's Tuilagi back on track

England centre Manu Tuilagi says sleeping better after advice from his wife has helped his return to action but is refusing to think about July's tour to Australia.

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Eight Turks among 12 kidnapped by gang on bus in Haiti

Eight Turks among 12 kidnapped by gang on bus in Haiti

Twelve people, eight of them Turkish citizens, were kidnapped while travelling by bus in Haiti, officials said Monday, as the Caribbean country struggles with a surge of attacks by increasingly powerful gangs.

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Pariah to president: Marcos Jr returns family to Philippines supremacy

Pariah to president: Marcos Jr returns family to Philippines supremacy

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whose dictator father and namesake plundered and brutalised the Philippines for decades, on Tuesday won a historic election victory, capping his clan's journey from pariahs to the presidential palace.

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Philippine dictator's son wins landslide presidential victory

Philippine dictator's son wins landslide presidential victory

The son of late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos won a landslide presidential election victory Tuesday, as Filipino voters dismissed warnings his rise could put their fragile democracy at risk.

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Red Cross chief on Iran visit talks Afghans' plight

Red Cross chief on Iran visit talks Afghans' plight

The head of the Red Cross on Monday said he discussed in Iran the plight of Afghan migrants who fled their country after the Taliban took power last year.

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In Mexico, some spend Mother's Day looking for missing children

In Mexico, some spend Mother's Day looking for missing children

While most Mexicans celebrate Mother's Day on Tuesday, thousands of women will mark the occasion by continuing their desperate mission to find out what happened to their missing children.

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NY Times Wordle solution 'fetus' causes kerfuffle

NY Times Wordle solution 'fetus' causes kerfuffle

The New York Times, owner of the hit game Wordle, hastily changed the solution Monday from "fetus," a term recently catapulted into the news as US abortion rights face possible restrictions by the Supreme Court.

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UN says 'imminent' Yemen oil spill would cost $20 bn to clean up

UN says 'imminent' Yemen oil spill would cost $20 bn to clean up

The United Nations warned Monday that it would cost $20 billion to clean up an oil spill in the event of the "imminent" break-up of an oil tanker abandoned off Yemen.

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Philip Morris in talks to buy Swedish Match

Philip Morris in talks to buy Swedish Match

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International is in talks to acquire Swedish Match, the companies said Monday, in a deal that would boost its smokeless offerings.

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Ecuador prison riot leaves at least 43 dead

Ecuador prison riot leaves at least 43 dead

At least 43 inmates died on Monday in Ecuador's latest grisly prison riot, the public prosecutor said.

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