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Enhanced Games chief says '50 to 100' Paris Olympians ready to sign up

Floods in southern Brazil kill 57, force 70,000 from homes

Edwards hits 43 to spark T-Wolves over Denver in NBA playoffs

Five assists for Messi, hat-trick for Suarez as Miami hit six

Lyles, Jacobs help USA, Italy qualify for Paris Olympic relays

Panama to vote in presidential election with eight contenders

McLaughlin-Levrone continues Olympic build-up

Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby thriller

Floods in southern Brazil force 70,000 from homes

Giddy Rio braces for huge Madonna show on Copacabana beach

Eagles send Pendrith soaring into CJ Cup Byron Nelson lead

Rare Mideast snow brings Jerusalem joy, misery for Syria refugees

Snow carpeted Jerusalem and the eastern Mediterranean Thursday as a rare storm turned the holy city into a winter wonderland but brought misery to the region's Syrian refugees.

Liverpool stars Mane and Salah on track for Africa final showdown

Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah have helped Liverpool conquer England and Europe, now both crave Africa Cup of Nations winners' medals.

Nteka: 'It still sounds strange when I say it - I am a professional footballer'

Randy Nteka was about to hit the big time when the phone rang.

Return to 'Plan A': England lifts Omicron curbs

Commuters trooped back to the office in England on Thursday, with public transport visibly busier, after the government scrapped restrictions imposed to combat the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Hong Kong shortens on-arrival quarantine from three weeks to two

Hong Kong on Thursday shortened the mandatory quarantine for international travellers from three weeks to two, even as the city struggles to contain virus outbreaks involving Omicron and Delta variants.

70 dead from Tropical Storm Ana in southern Africa

The death toll from a storm that struck three southern African countries rose to 70 on Thursday as emergency teams battled to repair damaged infrastructure and help tens of thousands of victims.

Minimum wage in focus as Portugal heads to polls

Like nearly one in four workers in Portugal, Fernanda Moreira, a food services worker at a hospital in a Lisbon suburb, earns the minimum wage.

Pressure on UK PM mounts over Afghan pet evacuations

The UK government denied Thursday that embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson had prioritised pets over people in the chaotic evacuation out of Afghanistan as Kabul fell to the Taliban.

Russia says US failing on Ukraine but more talks possible

Russia said Thursday that the United States was failing to address its main security concerns over Ukraine but left the door open to further talks to ease tensions.

Top seed Barty crushes Keys to make Australian Open final

A ruthless Ashleigh Barty swept into her first Australian Open final on Thursday with the top seed outgunning a resurgent Madison Keys in a clinical, straight-sets demolition.

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