With Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior injured for the Champions League clash at Liverpool on Wednesday, superstar summer signing Kylian Mbappe will become their key attacking weapon.The France captain has endured a tough start to life in the Spanish capital, on and off the pitch, but found the net for the first time in five matches …
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US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he intends to impose sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, prompting a swift warning from Beijing that “no one will win a trade war.”In a series of posts to his Truth Social account, Trump vowed to hit some of the United States’ largest trading partners with …
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Hong Kong’s top court ruled Tuesday to affirm housing and inheritance entitlements for same-sex couples, siding against the government in favour of LGBTQ rights protection.The ruling comes after a landmark 2023 decision — also by the Court of Final Appeal — shut the door on legalising same-sex marriage, but gave the government two years to …
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Violent confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea are being manipulated online by disinformation networks for profit, posing risks to regional security, an AFP investigation has found.Since Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos took office in 2022 and began standing up to China over its territorial claims, social media has been awash with …
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More than 34,000 people have registered as candidates for 881 posts in elections next year that will make Mexico the first country to choose all its judges, at every level, by popular vote, data released on Monday showed.The move has sparked street protests and diplomatic tensions, and prompted eight of the country’s 11 Supreme Court justices …
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Thirteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest ever cricketer to be sold in an IPL auction on Monday, stealing the limelight from veteran fast bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar.Suryavanshi, a left-handed batter and spinner from the eastern Indian state of Bihar, was snapped up by Rajasthan Royals for $130,500 on the second and final day …
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Egyptian authorities said more than a dozen people, mostly foreigners, were still missing after a tourist yacht capsized in the Red Sea on Monday, with 28 others rescued.The vessel carrying 31 tourists of various nationalities and a 13-member crew sent out a distress call at 5:30 am (0330 GMT), a statement from Egypt’s Red Sea …
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American car manufacturer Cadillac will become the eleventh team on the Formula One grid in 2026 after the sport’s owners announced Monday they had given their backing to the plan. Formula 1 said it had reached “an agreement in principle” with General Motors (GM), which owns Cadillac, to support bringing a team into the paddock. “Formula 1 …
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A sonar image suspected of showing the remains of the plane of Amelia Earhart, the famed American aviatrix who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, has turned out to be a rock formation.Deep Sea Vision (DSV), a South Carolina-based firm, released the blurry image in January captured by an unmanned submersible of what it said …
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The number of new HIV infections and deaths has fallen across the world, marking significant progress in the fight against the disease.But HIV is far from being stamped out, health experts warn ahead of World AIDS Day on Sunday.- Uneven progress -During the 2010s, the number of HIV infections across the world declined by a …
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