'Door open' for axed fly-half Russell says Scotland coach Townsend
Head coach Gregor Townsend said on Thursday the "door was open" for playmaker Finn Russell after naming Blair Kinghorn at fly-half for Scotland's autumn international opener at home to Australia this weekend.
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IMF chief says 2023 aid pledges for Ukraine 'sufficient'
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday said financial pledges for Ukraine by the United States and Europe should be sufficient to get Kyiv through 2023, assuming the war does not intensify.
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TB firmly on the rise after years of decline: WHO
Tuberculosis has rebounded after years of decline, killing an estimated 1.6 million people in 2021, up 14 percent in two years, new World Health Organization figures showed Thursday.
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Biden touts high-tech manufacturing resurgence ahead of midterms
President Joe Biden was traveling to New York on Thursday to tout giant investments in semiconductor manufacturing, part of a final hour bid ahead of midterm elections to persuade Americans that the economic future is bright.
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N.Irish elections loom after failure to resolve post-Brexit impasse
Northern Ireland's feuding political parties failed on Thursday to agree to restart power-sharing, paving the way for a second election this year amid an entrenched political stalemate over contentious post-Brexit trade rules.
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Garcia says Ryder Cup exile 'hurts'
Sergio Garcia says it "hurts" to be out of the picture for the Ryder Cup after joining the LIV Golf series but said he does not want to be a "burden" for the European team.
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Seeking 'healthy' debate of ideas, Musk nears Twitter deal finish line
Closing in on his Twitter megadeal, Elon Musk said Thursday his goal is to enable "healthy" debate of ideas and counter the tendency of social media to splinter into partisan "echo chambers."
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Zimbabwe stun Pakistan by one run at T20 World Cup
Zimbabwe pulled off a stunning one-run upset over Pakistan on Thursday to put the Asian giants in danger of an early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup.
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Israel, Lebanon strike 'historic' maritime border deal
Israel and Lebanon struck a US-brokered maritime border agreement Thursday that opens up lucrative offshore gas fields for the neighbours that remain technically at war.
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Kinghorn starts at fly-half for Scotland against Australia
Blair Kinghorn will start at fly-half for Scotland, with Ollie Smith coming in at full-back, for the Autumn international opener against Australia at Murrayfield on Saturday.
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