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Siniakova wins 10th Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open

Siniakova wins 10th Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open

The Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova won her 10th Grand Slam women's doubles title Sunday when she and American partner Taylor Townsend clinched the Australian Open crown.

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Brazil slams US after dozens of deportees arrive handcuffed

Brazil slams US after dozens of deportees arrive handcuffed

Brazil's government expressed outrage on Saturday after dozens of immigrants deported from the United States arrived by plane in handcuffs, calling it a "flagrant disregard" for their rights.

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Trump floats plan to 'clean out' Gaza as fragile truce enters second week

Trump floats plan to 'clean out' Gaza as fragile truce enters second week

US President Donald Trump floated a plan to "just clean out" Gaza, and said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take Palestinians from the territory, as a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas aimed at permanently ending the war enters its second week on Sunday.

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Welsford wins third stage as Narvaez takes out Tour Down Under

Welsford wins third stage as Narvaez takes out Tour Down Under

Australia's Sam Welsford powered to his third stage win as Ecuador's Jhonatan Narvaez safely negotiated the final stage Sunday to win the UCI World Tour season-opening Tour Down Under in Adelaide.

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US-bound refugees in Hong Kong despair as Trump halts arrivals

US-bound refugees in Hong Kong despair as Trump halts arrivals

After 13 years in Hong Kong as a refugee, John received plane tickets that would grant his family new lives in the United States -- only for them to be snatched away with a stroke of the pen by President Donald Trump.

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Polls open in Belarus with Lukashenko set to extend 30-year rule

Polls open in Belarus with Lukashenko set to extend 30-year rule

Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.

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Trump floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza

Trump floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza

US President Donald Trump floated a plan Saturday to "just clean out" Gaza, and said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take Palestinians from the territory in a bid to create Middle East peace.

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Celtics top Mavs in NBA Finals rematch, Rockets down Cavaliers

Celtics top Mavs in NBA Finals rematch, Rockets down Cavaliers

The NBA champion Boston Celtics dominated the Dallas Mavericks in a Finals rematch on Saturday as the Houston Rockets took the Cleveland Cavaliers down a peg and Victor Wembanyama ended a "priceless" week in Paris with a defeat.

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Belarusians near Ukraine border long for end to war

Belarusians near Ukraine border long for end to war

Living 30 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, Belarusian retiree Sergei Budyukhin says the war on the other side of the frontier never feels far away.

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Lukashenko: Belarus's unpredictable autocrat and Putin sidekick

Lukashenko: Belarus's unpredictable autocrat and Putin sidekick

Unpredictable, authoritarian and staunchly pro-Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary people".

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