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S. Korean migrant's tale to open Asia's biggest film festival

S. Korean migrant's tale to open Asia's biggest film festival

A South Korean film about a disillusioned young woman who relocates to New Zealand will open Asia's largest film festival Wednesday as it looks to rally from a year marked by scandal and budget cutbacks.

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Inuit hunters blame cruise ships as narwhal disappear

Inuit hunters blame cruise ships as narwhal disappear

To hunt the narwhal, whose long tusk was the unicorn horn of medieval myth, you need absolute silence.

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Pope opens Church meeting amid tensions with conservatives

Pope opens Church meeting amid tensions with conservatives

Pope Francis opens a major congress on the future of the Catholic Church Wednesday marked by tensions with conservatives on issues such as the treatment of divorcees and LGBTQ believers.

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Maiden over: Afghan cricket escapes sanctions despite women's team woes

Maiden over: Afghan cricket escapes sanctions despite women's team woes

While cricket fans in Afghanistan excitedly prepare for the World Cup in India, most of the country's women players are in limbo abroad.

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Jos Buttler, England's quiet leader

Jos Buttler, England's quiet leader

Jos Buttler already has a special place in English cricket given his fame and reputation owe far more to his exploits in white-ball cricket than the traditional Test-match game.

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'Foolish' for England to think of World Cup quarters before Samoa

'Foolish' for England to think of World Cup quarters before Samoa

England may have already clinched a Rugby World Cup quarter-final spot but defence coach Kevin Sinfield is refusing to look further than Saturday's final group game with Samoa.

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Warming beaches threaten Yemen sea turtles' future

Warming beaches threaten Yemen sea turtles' future

On a Yemeni beach, a sea turtle clambers ashore to lay eggs, which will likely be born female due to rising temperatures, creating a gender imbalance that brings the threat of local extinction.

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Guatemalan president-elect denounces 'slow motion' coup

Guatemalan president-elect denounces 'slow motion' coup

Visiting Washington on Tuesday, President-elect Bernardo Arevalo of Guatemala said he is confronting a concerted effort to keep him from taking power after his upset election win.

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Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change

Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change

The thunder of icebergs crashing into the turquoise sea of eastern Greenland is the sound of one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse.

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Irish rock O'Mahony -- green to his fingertips

Irish rock O'Mahony -- green to his fingertips

Peter O'Mahony is the Ireland rugby team's "emotional leader" according to head coach Andy Farrell, although unlikely as it sounds he gets all dewy-eyed when his hydrangeas are blooming in his garden.

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