Little bags hat-trick but Williamson propels New Zealand to 185-6
Ireland bowler Joshua Little took a hat-trick but New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson's 61 guided his side to 185-6 in their bid to seal a semi-finals spot at the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday.
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New Millennium book brings Nordic noir even further north
The latest instalment in the Nordic crime saga Millennium hits Swedish bookstores Friday, with a new author seeking to shift the story's focus to the far north of the country.
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NFL's Eagles beat Texans to maintain perfect start to season
The Philadelphia Eagles are off to the best NFL season start in franchise history, after a 29-17 victory over the Houston Texans moved them to 8-0.
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'Potential heartbreaker': South Korea sweats on Son's World Cup fate
South Korean football fans were nervously following the saga of Son Heung-min's facial injury on Friday and fear their World Cup will be ruined if the influential skipper is ruled out.
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Solar power, farming revive Tunisia school as social enterprise
Most Tunisian schools are cash-strapped and run down, but an innovative project has allowed one to become self-sustaining by generating its own solar power and growing its own food.
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Most Asian markets rise as China hopes boost Hong Kong
Most Asian markets rose Friday after the previous day's Federal Reserve-induced sell-off, with Hong Kong leading the way with another big rally fuelled by hopes China will roll back some of its painful zero-Covid policies.
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Hales lauds England 'firepower' ahead of crunch World Cup clash
A confident England have the "skills and firepower" to beat Sri Lanka and seal a place in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup, batsman Alex Hales said on Friday.
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N Korea fired artillery barrage overnight, Seoul says
North Korea fired an artillery barrage into a maritime "buffer zone" overnight, Seoul's military said Friday, after a record-breaking blitz of launches that included a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test.
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Escape from Foxconn: Workers recount Covid chaos at iPhone factory
Zhang Yao recalls the moment he realised something had gone deeply wrong at the Chinese mega-factory where he and hundreds of thousands of other workers assembled iPhones and other high-end electronics.
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Israel vote cements rise of extreme right
Israel's election this week cemented the rise of the country's extreme right, with firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir set to gain a powerful position in government.
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