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Authorities to identify Montauk Mary and five other Long Island cold-case victims

Davante Adams injury deepens Los Angeles Rams receiver shortage

Barbie sequel negotiations stall over reported $25 million pay packages

João Franco’s earlier post draws attention after arrest over fatal Turkey brawl

Bath & Body Works launches buy-one-get-one-free candle offer

Itlu Arjuna receives U/A certificate ahead of theatrical release

Dhananjaya de Silva guides Sri Lanka to 221-4 against Pakistan

Niraj Kumar earns Los Angeles Olympic quota with 50m rifle bronze

Herberger Theater Center Presents 17th Annual Festival of the Arts in Downtown Phoenix

Delhi gold loses Rs 800 while silver falls Rs 5,000

India extends micro-credit guarantee plan for five years

Pradeep Antony, Smeha Manimegalai portray secret spouses in Mr & Mrs Office

Zelenskyy arrives in Dublin for meetings on Ukraine and peace efforts

Woman barred from every Greggs outlet after series of offences

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Norway, Swiss central banks hike rates to tame inflation

The Swiss and Norwegian central banks announced hefty interest rate hikes on Thursday as global monetary policymakers ramp up the battle against runaway inflation.

China's former justice minister faces life in prison for bribery

China's former justice minister faces life in prison after a court handed him a suspended death sentence on Thursday for taking bribes and "bending the law".

Japan's Tsunoda to stay with AlphaTauri in F1 next season

Yuki Tsunoda will stay with AlphaTauri next season, the Italian Formula One team announced on Thursday, with its boss saying the Japanese driver "deserves a seat" in the sport.

Indonesia hikes rates for second straight month to stem inflation

Indonesia's central bank hiked its key interest rate for the second month in a row Thursday to combat rising inflation stoked by fuel prices and the war in Ukraine.

Japan government intervenes to bolster cratering yen

Japan's finance ministry said Thursday it intervened in the currency market to bolster the yen, which has plummeted against the dollar in recent months on the widening policy gap between the US and Japanese central banks.

Mayweather expects 'easy payday, easy opponent' in Japan fight

Floyd Mayweather says that Sunday's exhibition boxing match against Japanese mixed martial artist Mikuru Asakura will be an "easy payday, easy cheque, easy opponent".

Strong quake shakes Mexico, leaving two dead

A strong earthquake jolted Mexico on Thursday, leaving two people dead as residents rushed out into the streets of the capital in the middle of the night days after another powerful tremor.

Almost 200 pilot whales perish on Australian beach

Almost 200 whales have perished at an exposed, surf-swept beach on the rugged west coast of Tasmania, where Australian rescuers were only able to save a few dozen survivors Thursday.

Raducanu surges into quarter-finals at Korea Open

Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu reached the quarter-finals of the Korea Open on Thursday, beating 396th-ranked Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium in straight sets.

Yen hits new 24-year low as Bank of Japan keeps loose policy

The yen sank to a fresh 24-year low against the dollar on Thursday, with the greenback surging to nearly 146 after Japan's central bank left its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged, a day after the Federal Reserve ramped up interest rates and warned of more to come.

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Strong quake shakes Mexico, leaving one dead

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