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US PGA bans LIV Golf 'rebels' as Saudi-backed breakaway event starts

US PGA bans LIV Golf 'rebels' as Saudi-backed breakaway event starts

No sooner had players competing in the breakaway LIV Golf Invitational London , the most lucrative event in the sport's history, teed off Thursday than they were suspended by the US PGA Tour.

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Berlin car-ramming driver mentally ill: prosecutors

Berlin car-ramming driver mentally ill: prosecutors

Prosecutors will seek to have a German-Armenian man accused of ploughing a car through a crowd in central Berlin kept in psychiatric care after he showed signs of mental illness, a spokesman for the prosecution said Thursday.

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ECB gears up for 'series' of rate hikes to fight inflation

ECB gears up for 'series' of rate hikes to fight inflation

The European Central Bank on Thursday ended its bond-buying stimulus and unveiled plans for a series of interest rate hikes from July, the first in more than a decade, to combat soaring inflation.

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Ex-Algeria, Porto star Madjer gets jail term for fraud

Ex-Algeria, Porto star Madjer gets jail term for fraud

An Algerian court sentenced Algerian football star and ex-Porto striker Rabah Madjer to six months in jail on Thursday for making "false declarations", local media reported.

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Australian players back UN appeal for crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Australian players back UN appeal for crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The visiting Australian cricket team on Thursday threw their support behind a United Nations appeal to buy urgently needed food and life-saving medicines for Sri Lanka, which is currently undergoing a spiralling economic crisis.

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US PGA Tour bans LIV Golf rebels from its tournaments

US PGA Tour bans LIV Golf rebels from its tournaments

US PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan banished 17 players who have joined the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series on Thursday as the controversial new venture teed off in Britain.

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France flanker Ollivon to skipper Barbarians against England

France flanker Ollivon to skipper Barbarians against England

France flanker Charles Ollivon will make his return to international rugby union when he skippers the Barbarians against England at Twickenham on June 19, the invitational side anounced Thursday.

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US ready to deliver millions of Covid vaccines to youngest children

US ready to deliver millions of Covid vaccines to youngest children

The White House on Thursday said it had an operational plan to deliver 10 million doses of Covid vaccine for the nation's youngest children by June 20, pending clearance by regulators.

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Stocks extend losses as ECB eyes multiple rate hikes

Stocks extend losses as ECB eyes multiple rate hikes

Stock markets moved deeper into the red on Thursday after the European Central Bank said it was planning a series of rate hikes from next month to tame runaway inflation in the single currency area.

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Mickelson, Johnson tee off in Saudi-backed breakaway series

Mickelson, Johnson tee off in Saudi-backed breakaway series

Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are among the stars who teed off on Thursday at the LIV Golf Invitational London, the launch event of a lucrative and divisive series that is rocking the sport.

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