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Barca and Atletico Madrid turn attention to La Liga race for top four

Barca and Atletico Madrid turn attention to La Liga race for top four

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will have to put recent struggles behind them this weekend as they continue their scrap to finish in La Liga’s top four.

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Soaring Covid self-test kit sales fuel India underreporting fears

Soaring Covid self-test kit sales fuel India underreporting fears

Booming sales of home self-test kits for Covid are prompting Indian authorities to tighten the rules around their sale and fuelling long-held fears of underreporting as cases surge.

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Syria Kurds hunt down IS jihadists after prison attack

Syria Kurds hunt down IS jihadists after prison attack

Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria on Friday hunted down Islamic State group fighters after an IS attack on a Kurdish-run prison housing fellow jihadists, a war monitor and Kurdish forces said.

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'Immersive' Princess Diana documentary opens Sundance

'Immersive' Princess Diana documentary opens Sundance

An "immersive" Princess Diana documentary offering an "origin story" for the British royal family's latest woes was among the opening night movies at the online Sundance film festival Thursday.

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UN says Philippine typhoon destruction 'badly underestimated'

UN says Philippine typhoon destruction 'badly underestimated'

The United Nations said destruction caused by Typhoon Rai in the Philippines had been "badly underestimated" in initial assessments, tripling the number of people "seriously affected" to nine million.

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Missing son of hard-luck Chinese labourer long dead, say police

Missing son of hard-luck Chinese labourer long dead, say police

The story of a Chinese migrant worker whose plight sparked a wave of online sympathy after he tested positive for the coronavirus took another sad twist Friday, as police said his missing son was long dead.

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Kecmanovic grabs 'second chance' after Djokovic deportation

Kecmanovic grabs 'second chance' after Djokovic deportation

Serbia's 77th-ranked Miomir Kecmanovic emerged as a big winner from the Novak Djokovic saga -- and capitalised on his good fortune by reaching the fourth round at the Australian Open on Friday.

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Short-handed Pacers topple Warriors, Suns rally to beat Mavs

Short-handed Pacers topple Warriors, Suns rally to beat Mavs

Dominican rookie Chris Duarte led the injury-hit Indiana Pacers to a 121-117 NBA overtime triumph over Stephen Curry and the Golden Warriors on Thursday.

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Swimming Australia vows change, apologises over abuse

Swimming Australia vows change, apologises over abuse

Swimming Australia looks set to ban skin-fold tests and the term "physique" while unreservedly apologising Friday for the way women have been treated in the sport.

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Ground-breaking film school gets down to work in Senegal

Ground-breaking film school gets down to work in Senegal

It's the tale of a boy who cheats on his fiancee -- one misdeed too many in a selfish life -- and in desperation turns to a genie for help.

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