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Townsend urges Scotland to use Nations Championship as World Cup springboard

Brazil markets battered, tech in focus elsewhere

Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to 60,000 staff

French court adjourns trial over 2020 death of delivery driver

S.Africa ambassador calls for talks with US over 'tense' ties

Serbian student movement eyes power after election triumph

'Smells of freedom': Serbians hopeful after landmark election

Machado ready to meet Venezuela leader after shock return

South Africa select 'enforcer' Coetzee for Australia decider

Lula celebrates election win as Brazil markets tumble

Botanists comb Gabon's rich rainforests with nature on the line

Mecca pact countries in Iran in bid to stop war restarting

France's Macron accuses social media of sowing discord ahead of election

New levy on non-EU parcels kicks in Sunday

Yankees, White Sox, Padres advance, Phillies survive in MLB playoffs

The New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres powered into the second round of the Major League Baseball playoffs on Wednesday as the Philadelphia Phillies produced a late home-run bombardment to stay alive against the Atlanta Braves.

Indonesia haze chokes neighbours, but little legal recourse

Haze from Indonesian wildfires has blanketed neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore for more than a month, closing schools and sending respiratory complaints skyrocketing.

Tennessee woman in hospital after execution 'failed': lawyers

Tennessee woman Christa Pike was in a hospital Thursday after authorities "failed" to carry out her execution, her lawyers said, with witnesses reporting the convicted murderer was breathing despite the injections intended to kill her.

Samad launches Pakistan into first Asian Games men's cricket final

Abdul Samad smashed 22 off five balls in an unbeaten 30 on Thursday as Pakistan's men cruised into their maiden Asian Games cricket final, where arch-rivals India are the potential opponents.

Cable car offers small hope for Mongolia's gridlocked capital

Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar has long been plagued by notorious traffic jams and suffocating winter smog -- the result of breakneck urban growth and infrastructure that has struggled to keep up.

Yankees and White Sox advance, Phillies survive in MLB playoffs

The New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox powered into the second round of the Major League Baseball playoffs on Wednesday as the Philadelphia Phillies produced a late home-run bombardment to stay alive against the Atlanta Braves.

Man City scandal risks damage to Premier League's booming brand

The Premier League has won a lengthy legal battle with Manchester City over financial impropriety, but the consequences could leave lasting damage for a league that has long since become the envy of world football.

Asian stocks mixed as positive US data offset by elevated oil, bond yields

Asian stocks were mixed Thursday following a largely down day on Wall Street with positive US data offset by elevated government bond yields and oil prices.

First-time Sepang F1 racers will master track 'from opening lap'

Malaysia's only Formula One driver expects current racers to be up to speed from the first lap when they compete at Sepang this weekend, despite the circuit not hosting the sport for nine years.

Rice work: Dutch test new crop to save sinking peatlands

In a soggy field between Amsterdam and The Hague, farmer Sander Roeleveld ploughs a small white combine harvester into his crops, gathering a grain never before harvested in the Netherlands: rice.

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