Alcaraz chases Indian Wells title and return to No. 1
Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz can replace Novak Djokovic with a victory at the Indian Wells ATP Masters, and the 19-year-old Spaniard says he'll give it all he's got.
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Afghanistan coffers swell as Taliban taxman collects
A dusty logjam of trucks inches across a rut in the mountains splitting Pakistan and Afghanistan, teeming with a cargo of fruit and coal -- and paying the Taliban authorities for the privilege of passage.
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Asian markets fluctuate with nervous eye on US jobs data
Asian traders shifted cautiously Thursday ahead of key US jobs data at the end of the week, after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell warned it could ramp up its pace of interest rate hikes if the economy shows no sign of slowing.
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Durant misses Phoenix home debut after warm-up injury
Kevin Durant's long-awaited home debut for the Phoenix Suns was put on hold Wednesday after the NBA superstar suffered an ankle injury during warm-ups.
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Tiger Woods' ex-girlfriend suing over acrimonious split: court filing
Tiger Woods's ex-girlfriend has filed a lawsuit seeking to be released from a nondisclosure agreement she says the golf superstar made her sign at the start of their relationship in 2017, court filings showed Wednesday.
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Medical tourism in spotlight after Mexico kidnapping
As reports swirl around the recent kidnapping in Mexico of four Americans, two of whom were killed, one detail has drawn particular attention -- they had crossed the border for a medical procedure.
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Saudi exiles fear extradition as kingdom extends crackdown
As he languishes in a cell in Bulgaria, Saudi dissident Abd al-Rahman al-Khalidi dreads one thing more than any other: being flown back to his home country.
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Shirley Kurata: designer for the 'Everything Everywhere' multiverse
As a teenager, Shirley Kurata worked in the Aratani Theatre in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. On Sunday, the venue will host an Oscars watch party for her film "Everything Everywhere All at Once" -- and she could be one of the winners.
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Brazil's new Indigenous affairs chief sets sights on illegal gold
Joenia Wapichana is used to charting new territory: the first Indigenous woman to earn a law degree in Brazil, she was also the first elected to Congress.
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Italian cabinet to meet near deadly shipwreck site
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will hold a cabinet meeting Thursday near the site of a deadly shipwreck, as a debate rages over whether the right-wing government's migration policies cost lives.
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