US comic Pete Davidson not going to space after all
Plot twist: American comedian and actor Pete Davidson isn't going to space next week after all.
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Shenzhen eases lockdown as pandemic gnaws at China economy
China's southern tech powerhouse Shenzhen has partially eased lockdown measures, after President Xi Jinping stressed the need to "minimise the impact" of the coronavirus pandemic on the nation's economy.
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Argentina parliament approves IMF deal for $45 billion debt
Argentina's Senate on Thursday gave final approval to an agreement with the International Monetary Fund that restructures a $45 billion debt, clearing the country's short-term financial horizon but leaving a serious inflationary challenge.
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Asian traders take breather, Hong Kong slips after huge surge
Asian equities were mixed Friday as investors took a breather from a strong rally, with Hong Kong giving up some of the colossal gains fuelled by China's support pledge, while unease over the Ukraine war helped oil extend a recovery.
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'Living legend' Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes to the silver screen
Even though he's still an active player, a new film premiering Friday is attempting to tell the story of Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic by focusing on the star's childhood growing up in a poor part of the city of Malmo.
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Unwed and unwanted, Chinese single mothers fight for rights
Li Meng is a devoted mother trying to support her two-year-old daughter, but in the eyes of Chinese society and the state, she is almost a second-class citizen.
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Oscar spotlight shines on India's rural women journalists
An all-women team of smartphone-toting, low-caste reporters who chronicle India's hardscrabble heartland may give the cinema-mad country its first Oscar-winning film, after their own story became a critically lauded documentary.
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Pogacar tests cycling superpowers at Milan-San Remo
Tadej Pogacar is again the man to beat as the peloton rolls towards Milan-San Remo wondering whether anyone can topple the crown prince of cycling.
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Frying pan to fire: Ethiopians trapped in war-torn Yemen
Mother-of-two Zoubiba Mohamed fled Ethiopia seeking a better life only to be ensnared by Yemen's bitter civil war, and now ekes out an existence in a squalid refugee camp.
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Australia sues Facebook owner Meta over scam ads
Australia announced Friday it is suing Facebook owner Meta over scam adverts for cryptocurrency schemes that falsely claimed to be endorsed by prominent figures.
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