Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms
Japan on Saturday heralded the coming-of-age of Prince Hisahito with an elaborate ceremony at the Imperial Palace, where a succession crisis is brewing.
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21 films vie for Venice festival's top prize
A heart-wrenching docudrama about the Gaza war, a wrestling-themed love story starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and a darkly satirical South Korean thriller are among 21 films vying for the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
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Australia offers reward for arrest of gunman after police killings
Australian police offered Aus$1 million Saturday for the arrest of a gunman who allegedly killed two police officers, as a vast manhunt entered its 12 day without any sightings.
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A Venezuelan-US love story crushed by Trump's migrant crackdown
Andry Hernandez jumped through hoops to claim asylum in the United States, hopeful of beginning a new life with an American man he met on Instagram -- only to be doomed by an innocent pair of wrist tattoos that landed him in a brutal El Salvador prison.
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US Open offers home court advantage to top brands
The US Open, the last Grand Slam of the tennis calendar, has become a coveted money-making opportunity for the world's top brands, in everything from banking to ice cream, generating hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Thousands expected to pay respects to Italian designer Giorgio Armani
Thousands of mourners from the fashion world and beyond are expected to pay homage on Saturday to Italian fashion giant Giorgio Armani, following his death aged 91.
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Venezuela's Maduro urges dialogue after Trump threat
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Friday called for dialogue with Washington, hours after President Donald Trump threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military jets if they pose a danger to US forces.
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Australia posts reward for arrest of gunman after police killings
Australia posted a US$659,000 reward Saturday for the arrest of a gunman on the run for a 12th day after allegedly killing two police officers.
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Dabrowski takes 'wild ride' from cancer diagnosis to US Open doubles crown
Gabriela Dabrowski won her second US Open women's doubles title alongside Erin Routliffe on Friday, the culmination of a "wild ride" that began with a breast cancer diagnosis last year.
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Sydney Sweeney details preparation to play female boxer
At Friday's premiere of "Christy," a gritty biopic of US female boxing pioneer Christy Martin, the film's star Sydney Sweeney declined to address her recent jeans ad controversy that caused a firestorm online.
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