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Argentina rugby great Leguizamon retires aged 38

Argentina rugby great Leguizamon retires aged 38

Argentina rugby great Juan Manuel Leguizamon, the last active player of the team that finished third at the 2007 World Cup, announced his retirement on Thursday aged 38.

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Pele leaves hospital after colon cancer treatment

Pele leaves hospital after colon cancer treatment

Brazilian football great Pele was discharged Thursday from the hospital where he was admitted four days earlier for colon cancer treatment, the establishment announced.

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Raducanu bounces back to punch ticket for Stuttgart quarter-finals

Raducanu bounces back to punch ticket for Stuttgart quarter-finals

US Open champion Emma Raducanu had to fight back in her second round tie on Thursday to set up a quarter-final match against world number one Iga Swiatek at the WTA Stuttgart tournament.

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Johnny Depp grilled about drug, alcohol use at defamation trial

Johnny Depp grilled about drug, alcohol use at defamation trial

"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp was grilled about his history of drug and alcohol use as he took the witness stand for the third day on Thursday in his defamation case against his ex-wife, the actress Amber Heard.

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Macron appeals to 'stigmatised' suburbs in election push

Macron appeals to 'stigmatised' suburbs in election push

French President Emmanuel Macron appealed Thursday to "stigmatised" young people in the country's multi-racial suburbs in the final days of an election campaign he said had been "unbearable" for many because of constant anti-immigrant rhetoric.

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Portuguese man detained over Beirut blast

Portuguese man detained over Beirut blast

Spanish authorities said Thursday they had arrested and then granted conditional release to a Portuguese man wanted by Interpol over the 2020 Beirut port blast that killed over 200 people.

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No consensus among finance chiefs at IMF talks due to Ukraine war

No consensus among finance chiefs at IMF talks due to Ukraine war

The International Monetary Fund ended its semi-annual gathering of global finance chiefs without a consensus for the first time in its history on Thursday, a sign of the strains created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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CNN to close streaming service after one month

CNN to close streaming service after one month

CNN will shut down its new streaming service next week, just one month after launching it with much fanfare, the US network announced Thursday.

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Russia claims Mariupol 'liberated,' US rushes new aid for Ukraine

Russia claims Mariupol 'liberated,' US rushes new aid for Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed the "liberation" of the flattened city of Mariupol after nearly two months of fighting, demanding its trapped Ukrainian defenders be sealed into their underground last stand.

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Russell says 'no hard feelings' with 'captain' Hamilton

Russell says 'no hard feelings' with 'captain' Hamilton

George Russell insisted Thursday that there are no "hard feelings" between him and Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton despite sitting ahead of the seven-time world champion in the Formula 1 title race.

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