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Madonna wows Rio with 'Celebration Tour' finale

Koepka warms up for PGA defence with LIV Singapore victory

Undisputed champion 'Canelo' Alvarez hands Munguia first defeat

Inoue, Nery make weight for Tokyo Dome world title fight

Rescuers brave Indonesia volcano eruptions to save pets

Alvarez retains undisputed super-middleweight title with decision over...

Investigators say bodies in Mexico likely those of missing surfers

Latest round of Gaza truce talks expected in Egypt

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

Madonna kicks off huge show before giddy fans in Rio

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

New Mexico governor becomes substitute teacher amid Covid shortage

The governor of New Mexico started work Wednesday as a substitute teacher, replacing one of the thousands of educators across the United States who have been forced off work by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Performing medical miracles in impoverished Venezuela

Venezuelan indigenous teenager Lidiana Requena lies on an old, dirty hammock under an awning, her sunken eyes gazing at her newborn baby in the arms of the village nurse.

Six sue Fukushima nuclear plant operator over thyroid cancer

Six young people will sue the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday over claims they developed thyroid cancer due to exposure to radiation after the facility's meltdown.

Torture trail raises questions on Kazakh terror claims

As Kazakhstan witnessed its worst unrest in 30 years of independence this month, Aset Abishev was grabbed off a bus and locked away by police who he said tortured him for a week.

Honduras leader offers rebel deputy post to end congress crisis

Honduras' president-elect Xiomara Castro made a last ditch attempt late Wednesday to solve a congressional crisis with hours left before her inauguration.

Despite Covid hurdles, US orchestras find the joy in music

At the start of 2020, the National Symphony Orchestra was planning its first international tour with conductor Gianandrea Noseda, and an epic Beethoven cycle to mark the 250th anniversary of the legendary composer's birth.

Fighting Taliban and mistrust, Pakistan marks one year polio-free

Bathed in crisp morning light, Sidra Hussain grips a cooler stacked with glistening vials of polio vaccine in northwest Pakistan.

Olympic giants China face tough medal fight at home Games

China topped the medals table at its 2008 Summer Olympics but expectations are much lower for next month's Beijing Games as the country attempts to build a winter sports industry nearly from scratch.

Object found in the Milky Way 'unlike anything astronomers have seen'

Australian researchers have discovered a strange spinning object in the Milky Way they say is unlike anything astronomers have ever seen.

Rowing: New Zealand triple Olympic champion Bond retires

New Zealand's three-time Olympic rowing champion Hamish Bond announced his retirement Thursday, saying he wanted to leave the sport on a high after winning gold in Tokyo last year.

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