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USA's Alysa Liu wins Olympic women's figure skating gold

USA's Alysa Liu wins Olympic women's figure skating gold

The USA's Alysa Liu surged from third at the start of the day to win the Olympic women's singles figure skating gold at the Milan-Cortina Games on Thursday.

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Man Utd cruise into Women's Champions League quarters

Man Utd cruise into Women's Champions League quarters

Manchester United made short work of Atletico Madrid to reach the Women's Champions League quarter-finals on Thursday with a 2-0 win.

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Former Olympic freeski halfpipe champion Sharpe stable after heavy crash

Former Olympic freeski halfpipe champion Sharpe stable after heavy crash

Former Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe is in a stable condition after being stretchered off during the women's halfpipe qualifiers at the Milan-Cortina Games on Thursday following a heavy fall.

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Gu reaches Olympic halfpipe final after horror crash mars qualifiers

Gu reaches Olympic halfpipe final after horror crash mars qualifiers

Eileen Gu held her nerve to reach the final of the women's freeski halfpipe on Thursday in an event marred by former Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe's horrific crash.

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Keller overtime strike gives USA Olympic women's ice hockey gold

Keller overtime strike gives USA Olympic women's ice hockey gold

Megan Keller was the hero as her spectacular overtime strike earned the USA the Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal with a 2-1 win over defending champions Canada on Thursday.

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NASA delivers harsh assessment of botched Boeing Starliner test flight

NASA delivers harsh assessment of botched Boeing Starliner test flight

NASA on Thursday blamed what it called engineering vulnerabilities in Boeing's Starliner spacecraft along with internal agency mistakes in a sharply critical report assessing a botched mission that left two astronauts stranded in space.

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US Fed Governor Miran scales back call for rate cuts this year

US Fed Governor Miran scales back call for rate cuts this year

US Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran has scaled back his expectations of how much the central bank should lower interest rates this year, he said in an interview published Thursday.

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Gu qualifies for Olympic halfpipe final marred by horror crash

Gu qualifies for Olympic halfpipe final marred by horror crash

Eileen Gu held her nerve to reach the final of the women's freeski halfpipe on Thursday in an event marred by former Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe's horrific crash.

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Trump issues Iran with ultimatum as US ramps up military presence

Trump issues Iran with ultimatum as US ramps up military presence

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran must make a "meaningful deal" in negotiations with Washington in the next 10 days or else "bad things happen", as he deployed warships, fighter jets and other military hardware to the region.

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Peru's brand-new president under fire for child sex comments

Peru's brand-new president under fire for child sex comments

Barely hours into the top job, Peru's eighth president in a decade found himself under fire Thursday over past utterances on child marriage, and graft allegations.

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