Commonwealth Games in limbo as Australia pulls out as 2026 host
The Australian state of Victoria pulled out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday citing major cost blow-outs, leaving organisers fuming as they scrambled to keep the multi-sport event afloat.
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Pretty in pink: 'Barbie' marketing blitz hits fever pitch
Hollywood A-listers have been walking red carpets in hot pink, glitter is back, and companies from The Gap to Burger King are doing rose-colored collaborations: "Barbie" mania is everywhere as the hotly anticipated film hits theaters worldwide.
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Unlikely hit 'Sound of Freedom' opens new front in US culture wars
With superhero movies, video-game adaptations and sequels bombing and getting panned by critics, Hollywood was braced for another disappointing year -- until an unheralded thriller about child trafficking upended industry expectations.
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'Forgotten' Buenaventura on edge as Colombian peace efforts drag on
Young members of the Shottas gang, responsible for dozens of deaths in Colombia's impoverished port city of Buenaventura, are at work rebuilding a football pitch during a lull in fighting with their archrivals.
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British Open brings golf's elite together ahead of uncertain future
Golf's biggest stars will be brought together at the British Open this week as the foundations of an uneasy truce between the traditional tours and breakaway LIV series are still being built.
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Top Hungary fencer Siklosi eyes success on road to Olympics
At Hungary's national fencing centre in Budapest the latest Hungarian fencing star, world epee champion and Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Gergely Siklosi, strides among the rows of pistes with ease.
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England put their faith in ageing attack for must-win Ashes clash
James Anderson returns on his Old Trafford home ground to lead an ageing England attack in a must-win fourth Ashes Test.
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Building collapse in Egypt capital kills eight
Eight people including seven members of one family were killed in Cairo on Monday when a residential building in Egypt's capital collapsed, the public prosecution and state media said.
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Rare Somali wild ass born in Chile zoo
A rare Somali wild ass has been born in a zoo in Chile, the fourth specimen of the critically endangered species to be born in the South American country, the zoo owner said.
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Rare Somali wild ass born Chile zoo
A rare Somali wild ass has been born in a zoo in Chile, the fourth specimen of the critically endangered species to be born in the South American country, the zoo owner said.
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