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'Let out your inner granny': Knits at the flicks craze grips Vienna

'Let out your inner granny': Knits at the flicks craze grips Vienna

Armed with yarn, needles and hooks, dexterous moviegoers flock to a cinema in Vienna every month to combine their favourite hobbies: knits and flicks.

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Tesla begins hiring in India after Musk and Modi meet

Tesla begins hiring in India after Musk and Modi meet

Electric vehicle maker Tesla has begun hiring in India, with the company of tycoon Elon Musk issuing advertisements days after US President Donald Trump's right-hand man met with India's premier.

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Duterte supporters take case against impeachment to Supreme Court

Duterte supporters take case against impeachment to Supreme Court

Lawyers supporting Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte filed the first legal challenge against her impeachment at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying it had been unconstitutionally rushed through without proper oversight.

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German 'bureaucracy monster' on everyone's election hit list

German 'bureaucracy monster' on everyone's election hit list

German politicians make a lot of laws and regulations but on the campaign trail many rage against the country's notorious bureaucracy, labelling it a monster that needs to be slayed.

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Why Brazil's Lula is bleeding support

Why Brazil's Lula is bleeding support

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 79, has been on a whirlwind campaign of interviews and public appearances in recent weeks to shore up dwindling support, but the numbers keep getting worse.

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More than cricket as Pakistan hosts first major tournament in 29 years

More than cricket as Pakistan hosts first major tournament in 29 years

Pakistan will host a first major cricket tournament in almost three decades from Wednesday in a move hailed as a landmark just a few years after the country was off-limits because of security fears.

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Japan sets new 2035 emissions cut goal

Japan sets new 2035 emissions cut goal

Japan Tuesday pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade from 2013 levels but climate campaigners said the revised target fell short of what was needed under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.

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Japan to allow Taiwan as place of origin in family registry

Japan to allow Taiwan as place of origin in family registry

Japan will allow people from Taiwan to list the island as their place of origin in the country's family registry instead of China, a justice ministry official said Tuesday.

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Survivors recount horrific RSF attack on famine-hit Sudan camp

Survivors recount horrific RSF attack on famine-hit Sudan camp

Sarah had survived famine, multiple wars and years of displacement in Sudan's Zamzam camp and never considered fleeing, until a paramilitary attack turned the site into a "killing field".

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Musk launches 'scary smart' AI chatbot

Musk launches 'scary smart' AI chatbot

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company unveiled Monday the latest version of its chatbot, Grok 3, which the billionaire hopes will find traction in a highly competitive sector contested by the likes of ChatGPT and China's DeepSeek.

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