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Veteran Giroud 'hungry' for Champions League success with Milan

Veteran Giroud 'hungry' for Champions League success with Milan

Olivier Giroud said Tuesday that he has a young man's hunger for European success ahead of AC Milan's all-Italian Champions League semi-final with Inter Milan.

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'Very tired': Vietnamese athlete scoops two golds in half an hour

'Very tired': Vietnamese athlete scoops two golds in half an hour

A star Vietnamese athlete won the women's 1,500m and the 3,000m steeplechase within half an hour of each other at the Southeast Asian Games on Tuesday, in an imperious display of regional track dominance.

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Calls grow for halt to 'indecent' Nazi-linked auction

Calls grow for halt to 'indecent' Nazi-linked auction

Calls grew Tuesday for a halt of an auction of jewels that belonged to Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis.

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UN chief says Ukraine peace talks 'not possible' right now

UN chief says Ukraine peace talks 'not possible' right now

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said peace negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine were "not possible at this moment," in an interview published by Spanish daily El Pais on Tuesday.

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Rain-sodden Cambodian badly loses race, but wins hearts

Rain-sodden Cambodian badly loses race, but wins hearts

A Cambodian athlete won a special place in her compatriots' affections after persevering to complete the women's 5,000m in torrential rain at the Southeast Asian Games, despite the winner having finished nearly six minutes earlier.

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Arrest hinders Imran Khan's path to second Pakistan innings

Arrest hinders Imran Khan's path to second Pakistan innings

Since being ousted from office by a vote of no confidence last year, former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has vowed he will captain the country a second time.

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Carrefour opens first foreign supermarkets in Israel

Carrefour opens first foreign supermarkets in Israel

French retailer Carrefour inaugurated on Tuesday 50 stores in Israel, becoming the first foreign supermarket chain with branches in the country whose residents struggle with a high cost of living.

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UK's Truss heads to Taiwan to show 'solidarity' against China

UK's Truss heads to Taiwan to show 'solidarity' against China

British former prime minister Liz Truss said Tuesday she would head to Taiwan next week to support the island democracy against what she said was China's "increasingly aggressive behaviour".

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Daft Punk to unveil never-heard song where it all began

Daft Punk to unveil never-heard song where it all began

The music of pioneering French electronic duo Daft Punk will resound on Thursday through Paris' Centre Pompidou, as a never-released track is unveiled at the spot where their love affair with the genre began.

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Police clash with protesters after former Pakistan PM Khan arrested

Police clash with protesters after former Pakistan PM Khan arrested

Protests erupted across Pakistan on Tuesday after former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested during a court appearance in the capital for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted last year.

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