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Liu's grand final lift snatches Games gold

Liu's grand final lift snatches Games gold

China's Liu Huanhua produced an incredible final lift of 233kg to snatch Asian Games weightlifting gold from Olympic and world champion Akbar Djuraev on Friday.

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S. Korea's filmmaking diaspora: telling their 'own stories'

S. Korea's filmmaking diaspora: telling their 'own stories'

The rise of South Korean diasporic cinema -- characterised by films like Lee Isaac Chung's "Minari" and Justin Chon's "Jamojaya" -- has allowed the artists involved to feel less alone, one filmmaker told Busan International Film Festival attendees on Friday.

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Rampant India to meet Afghanistan for Asian Games cricket gold

Rampant India to meet Afghanistan for Asian Games cricket gold

India crushed Bangladesh by nine wickets on Friday to set up a gold medal match against Afghanistan as they bid to become Asian Games champions on their first attempt.

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Swiatek to play Gauff in China Open semi-finals

Swiatek to play Gauff in China Open semi-finals

Iga Swiatek will play Coco Gauff in the China Open women's semi-finals, after the world's second and third-ranked players both won in Beijing on Friday.

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Deadly new strike as Ukraine mourns dozens killed at wake

Deadly new strike as Ukraine mourns dozens killed at wake

Russian missiles smashed into residential buildings in east Ukraine's Kharkiv on Friday, killing a 10-year-old boy, just hours after a strike killed more than 50 people attending a wake in a nearby village.

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Africa to get 'stronger voice' at IMF: Georgieva

Africa to get 'stronger voice' at IMF: Georgieva

Sub-Saharan Africa will have a "stronger voice" at the International Monetary Fund as it will get a third seat on the global lender's executive board, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva told AFP.

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England boss Southgate hits out at VAR

England boss Southgate hits out at VAR

England coach Gareth Southgate says VAR has done nothing to resolve the issue of controversial refereeing decisions, admitting he has never liked the technology.

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Nazi past shakes Dutch royals as popularity wanes

Nazi past shakes Dutch royals as popularity wanes

Revelations that the Dutch king's grandfather was a card-carrying member of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party have stunned the Netherlands and its royal family, whose popularity was already in free-fall.

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India flood toll hits 40 as army plots airlift rescues

India flood toll hits 40 as army plots airlift rescues

At least 40 people have died in flash floods inundating India's northeast, officials said Friday, as army teams plotted helicopter rescues for more of the thousands stranded in the deluge.

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Nagelsmann recalls veteran Hummels in his first Germany squad

Nagelsmann recalls veteran Hummels in his first Germany squad

New Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann named Mats Hummels and Thomas Mueller, World Cup winners in 2014, in his first squad for a tour of the United States in October.

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