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Pacquiao eyes boxing return with Saudi exhibition fight

Pacquiao eyes boxing return with Saudi exhibition fight

Manny Pacquiao, who retired from boxing last year for a tilt at the Philippines presidency, told AFP on Tuesday that he is considering an exhibition fight in Saudi Arabia in January.

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Rescuers search for survivors after dozens killed in China quake

Rescuers search for survivors after dozens killed in China quake

Rescuers scoured through the rubble of remote villages in mountainous southwestern China Tuesday in a race to find survivors of an earthquake that claimed dozens of lives, with hundreds of people believed stranded or missing.

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Solomons says Australian offer to fund election 'inappropriate'

Solomons says Australian offer to fund election 'inappropriate'

Solomon Islands on Tuesday said an Australian offer to fund its next election was "inappropriate", dismissing Canberra's latest effort to strengthen ties with the Pacific nation as it increasingly courts Beijing.

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Spectacular Maxwell takes four to restrict New Zealand in first ODI

Spectacular Maxwell takes four to restrict New Zealand in first ODI

Glenn Maxwell starred with four wickets and a spectacular catch as Australia restricted New Zealand to 232-9 in the series-opening one-day international on Tuesday in Cairns.

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Asian markets mostly rise as bargain-buying offsets fears over outlook

Asian markets mostly rise as bargain-buying offsets fears over outlook

Asian investors squeezed out gains Tuesday as they tried to recover from the previous day's losses, but they remain gripped by fears over Europe's worsening energy crisis, China's economic slowdown and central bank efforts to contain surging inflation.

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Outgoing UK PM Johnson promises full backing for Truss

Outgoing UK PM Johnson promises full backing for Truss

Boris Johnson on Tuesday promised unswerving support for his successor Liz Truss, as he left Downing Street for the final time as British prime minister to tender his resignation.

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Century on, political fights rage over Turkey's dogs

Century on, political fights rage over Turkey's dogs

Ubiquitous and iconic, Istanbul's street dogs have been swept up in a political storm involving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and an app that helped get them killed.

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Nadal stunned by Tiafoe at US Open as Alcaraz survives epic

Nadal stunned by Tiafoe at US Open as Alcaraz survives epic

Rafael Nadal fell to his earliest US Open loss in six years on Monday when he was knocked out by Frances Tiafoe while Carlos Alcaraz survived a five-set epic to reach a second successive quarter-final in a tie which finished at 02:23 a.m. Tuesday.

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Belarus exiles find home from home in 'travelling' bar

Belarus exiles find home from home in 'travelling' bar

Tucked under a bridge in downtown Warsaw is a bar like no other. Over the years, Karma has relocated from Belarus to Ukraine and Poland, in the face of repression and war.

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Alcaraz into US Open last-eight after early morning epic

Alcaraz into US Open last-eight after early morning epic

Carlos Alcaraz reached the US Open quarter-finals for a second successive year when he defeated 2014 champion Marin Cilic in an epic last-16 tie which finished at 02:23 a.m. on Tuesday in New York.

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