Rio's urban gardens produce healthy food for the poor
Gun-toting youths watch over a street in a Rio de Janeiro slum hit hard by drug trafficking, but walk a bit further and this rough area also boasts the largest urban vegetable garden in Latin America.
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Canada celebrates political icon 'Hurricane Hazel', aged 101
Hazel McCallion, 101, was recently reappointed to the board of Canada's largest airport as she forges ahead with a career that has included being a city mayor for 36 years and playing professional hockey.
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Boeing's Starliner spaceship docks with ISS in high-stakes test mission
Boeing's Starliner capsule docked with the International Space Station Friday, a major milestone in a high-stakes uncrewed test flight as the US aerospace giant seeks to restore its reputation following past failures.
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Tiger battles into the weekend for major reward at PGA
Tiger Woods battled his way through sore legs and double-bogey disaster to make the cut at the PGA Championship, hungry to make the most of his few chances to play.
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US jails sons of Panama ex-president for three years
A New York court on Friday sentenced two sons of former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli to three years in prison on charges of corruption linked to the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
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Guardiola adamant winning Premier League harder than Champions League
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has insisted winning the Premier League is tougher than lifting the Champions League trophy.
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Polls open in bitterly fought Australian election
Polls opened in Australia's federal election Saturday, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison fighting for another three-year term that would extend a decade of conservative rule.
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New York sneaker expo presents some of Virgil Abloh's last works
Some of Virgil Abloh's final creations will be on public display in New York in an expo that also confers further mystique to the lucrative world of specialty sneakers.
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Wise 'sore but fine' after being hit by errant PGA tee shot
South African-born American Aaron Wise said he was sore but all right on Friday at the PGA Championship after being struck in the head by an errant tee shot.
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Klopp refuses to dream of stunning Premier League title triumph
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he has banished all thoughts of a dramatic finish to the Premier League season that sees the Reds take the title with a little help from former captain Steven Gerrard.
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