Seoul tech leads Asian stock gains as traders cheer US inflation
Seoul led gainers in Asian stocks Thursday as investors continued to push back into tech firms after a summer rout, with confidence boosted by easing US interest rate hike fears after data showed inflation slowing last month.
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Wallabies make eight changes for return Japan Test
Australia coach Les Kiss made eight changes to his starting side on Thursday for their return clash against Japan, naming almost a completely new forward pack.
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Farage and Count Binface go head-to-head in snap UK poll
Voters in eastern England head to the polls Thursday for a by-election triggered by hard-right Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, but amid a boycott by mainstream parties his main rival is a joke candidate called Count Binface
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Messi returns after father's death but Miami knocked out of Leagues Cup
Lionel Messi made an emotional return Wednesday following his father's death and hints at retirement, but it wasn't enough for his Inter Miami side who were knocked out of the Leagues Cup in a 3-2 loss to Mexico's Leon.
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Afghan students divided over smartphone ban at universities
Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration.
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Outflanked by AI, stars fade for South Korea's blind fortune-tellers
Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practised there.
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Japan go back to school for second Australia Test
Japan coach Eddie Jones on Thursday named two university students in his starting line-up to face Australia as they look to avenge a narrow defeat in last week's first Test.
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Venezuela govt, opposition wrap up round of post-Maduro talks
Venezuela's interim government and opposition representatives on Wednesday wrapped up a first round of talks aimed at reconciling the nation following the US ouster of longtime leader Nicolas Maduro.
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Matthew McConaughey on his sweet return to the big screen
Matthew McConaughey had plenty of reasons to select "The Rivals of Amziah King," a honey-themed thriller set in the American Southwest, for his return to the big screen after more than five years away.
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Five things to know about Zambia as it goes to the polls
Copper-rich Zambia, once known for defaulting on its debt, heads to the polls Thursday in an election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema has convinced voters his economic reforms are paying off.
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