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Liverpool beat Inter 2-0 in first leg of Champions League last-16 tie

Liverpool beat Inter 2-0 in first leg of Champions League last-16 tie

Liverpool put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday with a 2-0 win at Inter Milan.

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Boozy Rams celebrate Super Bowl triumph

Boozy Rams celebrate Super Bowl triumph

The Los Angeles Rams celebrated their Super Bowl triumph in a blizzard of blue and gold confetti on Wednesday as the team took a boozy victory parade before thousands of cheering fans.

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Woods 'a long way' from return to top-flight golf

Woods 'a long way' from return to top-flight golf

Golf superstar Tiger Woods remains confident he'll return to top flight competition, but the timetable remains a mystery one year after a car crash left him with devastating leg injuries.

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Torrential rain kills 78 in Brazil tourist town

Torrential rain kills 78 in Brazil tourist town

At least 78 people were killed in devastating flash floods and landslides that hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, turning streets into torrential rivers and sweeping away houses, officials said Wednesday.

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US accuses Moscow of creating Ukraine invasion pretext with 'genocide' claims

US accuses Moscow of creating Ukraine invasion pretext with 'genocide' claims

The US State Department said Wednesday that Russia was attempting to create a "pretext" for invading Ukraine with unsupported claims of "genocide" and mass graves in Ukraine's eastern Donbass region.

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Thousands affected as quake hits Guatemala

Thousands affected as quake hits Guatemala

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck western Guatemala early Wednesday caused damage affecting nearly 25,000 people, and caused one person to suffer a fatal heart attack, authorities said.

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New Zealand Rugby seals deal with US private equity firm

New Zealand Rugby seals deal with US private equity firm

New Zealand Rugby said Thursday it had secured a lucrative investment from US private equity firm Silver Lake after overcoming opposition to the deal from the players' union.

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Fed officials see accelerated US rate hikes

Fed officials see accelerated US rate hikes

Faced with stubbornly high inflation, US central bankers are considering an accelerated schedule for raising the benchmark borrowing rate, according to minutes of their latest meeting released Wednesday.

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Spanish agricultural drama 'Alcarras' wins Berlin film fest

Spanish agricultural drama 'Alcarras' wins Berlin film fest

The 72nd Berlin film festival awarded its Golden Bear top prize on Wednesday to Spanish director Carla Simon's semi-autobiographical drama "Alcarras", about a family of peach farmers fighting for their future.

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US governors, Canadian premiers call for end to vaccine mandate

US governors, Canadian premiers call for end to vaccine mandate

A group of 16 US state governors and the premiers of two Canadian provinces on Wednesday called on the leaders of both countries to end the cross-border vaccine requirement that sparked protests and briefly closed trade routes.

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