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All Blacks' Proctor out of South Africa series, Mo'unga called up

Jones says Japan 'watching videos of geese' for Australia clash

Bangladesh quick Hasan reduces Australia to 74-4 at lunch

Bloodied but unbowed, defending champ Shelton reaches Montreal final

Seoul tech leads Asian stock gains as traders cheer US inflation

Wallabies make eight changes for return Japan Test

Farage and Count Binface go head-to-head in snap UK poll

Messi returns after father's death but Miami knocked out of Leagues Cup

Afghan students divided over smartphone ban at universities

Outflanked by AI, stars fade for South Korea's blind fortune-tellers

Japan go back to school for second Australia Test

Venezuela govt, opposition wrap up round of post-Maduro talks

Matthew McConaughey on his sweet return to the big screen

Five things to know about Zambia as it goes to the polls

Civilians try to flee east Ukraine as Russia prepares attack

Desperate evacuation attempts from eastern Ukraine were under way Thursday as authorities warned of an imminent Russian offensive, following the devastation around Kyiv that has shocked the world.

Yemen's president transfers power to new leadership council

Yemen's president announced Thursday he is handing his powers to a new leadership council, in a major shake-up in the coalition battling Huthi rebels as a fragile ceasefire takes hold.

Russian, Belarusian runners banned from Boston Marathon

Russian and Belarusian runners will not be allowed to take part in this year's Boston Marathon because of the invasion of Ukraine, organisers said on Wednesday.

South African train makes safari trip, but never moves

Baboons weave their way under the carriages of a train on a bridge. A hippo wades in the river below, while a lone leopard prowls, sniffing for an antelope to make its dinner.

The metaverse threat: 'TV will die with its audience'

TV companies will need to radically adapt themselves to the fast-evolving world of online entertainment if they hope to survive, experts have warned.

'Cyber Rodeo' bash fetes new Tesla plant in Texas

Electric car lovers are flocking to Austin for an enormous party Thursday celebrating a new Tesla "gigafactory" in Texas the size of 100 professional soccer fields.

Ecuador's deadly prison riots show no signs of slowing

After another bloody year in Ecuador's interminable cycle of prison violence, authorities appear no closer to taking control.

Fleeing Russians help Uzbekistan chase IT dreams

Hit by regular power cuts and with popular sites like Twitter and TikTok blocked, the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan hardly seems a likely candidate for a tech boom.

Arab Israelis flock to West Bank to choose babies' sex

Palestinian fertility clinics in the West Bank are a magnet for would-be Arab Israeli parents seeking boys -- even when risky procedures can endanger the lives of both mother and child.

Dangerous stray dogs pose culling dilemma in N.Africa

Packs of stray dogs, a common sight in North African cities, are in the crosshairs after the deaths of two schoolchildren, but animal rights groups urge more humane solutions than mass culling.

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