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Yana, a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth, goes under the scalpel

Curry scores 37 as Warriors outgun LeBron's Lakers

Crops under threat as surprise March heatwave hits Central Asia: study

Japan PM says Trump tariffs a 'national crisis'

Security 'breakdown' allows armed men into Melbourne's MCG

Norris fastest in Japan GP first practice, Tsunoda sixth on Red Bull debut

Albon says Thailand taking bid for F1 race 'very seriously'

'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest

EU leaders push for influence at Central Asia summit

Asian stocks extend global rout after Trump's shock tariff blitz

Lewandowski, Mbappe duel fuelling tight La Liga title race

Jamieson retains Abu Dhabi lead as McIlroy sweats over cut

Scott Jamieson clung on to his one-shot lead in gusty conditions at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday as Rory McIlroy needed a birdie on the final hole to avoid missing the projected cut.

Nadal feared he would never play again after foot injury

Rafael Nadal said on Friday that his foot injury last year was so bad he thought he might never play tennis again.

Intel to spend $20 bn on US chip plants amid shortage

US semiconductor giant Intel on Friday announced a $20 billion investment to build two new semiconductor plants in Ohio, as a global chip shortage fans the inflation wave weighing on Joe Biden's presidency.

World cycling eases Covid-19 protocols for 2022 season

World cycling's governing body UCI announced on Friday an easing of Covid-19 health protocols for the 2022 season because of the good vaccination coverage of the peloton and team monitoring.

Vandersay stars as Sri Lanka crush Zimbabwe to clinch ODIs 2-1

Sri Lankan spinner Jeffrey Vandersay returned figures of 4-10 to lead Zimbabwe's 184-run rout in the third one-day international as the hosts clinched the series 2-1 on Friday.

Reserve Bank chief will be Chile's new finance minister

Chile's leftist president-elect Gabriel Boric, whose victory at the polls last month unsettled the markets, on Friday named the country's Central Bank governor as his finance minister in a young, diverse and woman-majority cabinet.

Lindelof given time off by Man Utd after break-in at home

Manchester United's Victor Lindelof will miss Saturday's match against West Ham after his wife and children were forced to hide during a "traumatic" break-in at their home while he was playing in midweek.

'Show some respect': Olympic champ lashes Melbourne crowd

Rowdy behaviour at the Australian Open came under scrutiny for a second day running Friday and again it involved Nick Kyrgios, with an Olympic champion saying the crowd lacked "respect".

Air strike on Yemen prison leaves more than 200 dead or wounded

More than 200 people were killed or wounded in an air strike on a prison and at least three children died in a separate bombardment as Yemen's long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation of violence on Friday.

Paris outdoor booksellers eager to turn page on Covid

The open-air booksellers of Paris, a fixture along the banks of the Seine for centuries, are seeing their numbers dwindle after two years of Covid, with stalls going empty thanks to a dearth of local and foreign customers.

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