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Monday, December 31, 2018
'Big Four' still Grand Slam stars to beat, insists Djokovic
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Venice to charge tourist entry fee for short stays
Day-trippers will pay up to €10 each as the city struggles to cope with mass tourism.
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PBL 4: Sameer ensures a dramatic victory for Mumbai Rockets
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Yemen war: WFP accuses Houthi rebels of diverting food aid
The WFP demands that Yemen's rebel Houthi movement stops diverting food aid meant for civilians.
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Bengaluru Bulls seal final spot in Pro Kabaddi
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Australian team selection process at its lowest: Sourav Ganguly
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Australian team selection at its lowest: Sourav Ganguly
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DR Congo election: Internet shut down after presidential vote
The opposition says the government ordered the move to avoid broadcasting their win.
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Parkland school shooting survivors' anger at Louis CK routine
Survivors of the Florida school shooting hit out after the comic poked fun at them in a stand-up set.
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Floyd Mayweather beats Tenshin Nasukawa by technical knockout
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Prajnesh Gunneswaran knocked out of Tata Open Maharashtra
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Elizabeth Warren Announces She Is Running for President in 2020
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Syria conflict: Trump slows down troop withdrawal
The US president confirms reports that the withdrawal of US forces will be slower than he promised.
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Trump Orders 'Slowdown' in Syria Troop Pullout, but Christians Still Alarmed by Deadly Dangers
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US senator Elizabeth Warren takes step toward presidential run
The US Democratic senator announces she has set up an exploratory committee to consider a 2020 bid.
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Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet’s Precursor, Dies at 81
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Accounting For Kerf: How Much Material Is Really Removed By Your Cutter?
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Ranji Trophy: Advantage Vidarbha as Mumbai trail by 342 runs
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Pete Tong NYE 'balloon drop' cancelled after protests
Organisers had planned to release 130,000 balloons at a Manila nightclub to ring in the new year.
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US zoo intern fatally attacked by lion in North Carolina
Alexandra Black, 22, had recently graduated and started working at the centre only 10 days before.
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Cristiano Ronaldo 'not obsessed' by individual trophies
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Kevin Anderson all for on-court coaching
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Iran TV chief sacked over uncensored Jackie Chan sex scene
A regional TV channel broadcast Jackie Chan's Shinjuku Incident without censoring an "immoral" part.
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Best of 2018: Five most searched Indian sportspersons
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Sri Lanka cricket rated most corrupt by ICC: Minister
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Feel like a soap opera director: Langer on Smith, Warner controversy
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Bhattacharya proud of son-in-law Chhetri for following his footsteps
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Amal Fathy: Egypt court imposes jail term over harassment video
Amal Fathy faces two years in jail for criticising the state for failing to tackle sexual harassment.
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Hopman Cup: Serena Williams & Roger Federer to play for first time
Roger Federer and Serena Williams will meet on court for the first time at the Hopman Cup on Tuesday.
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2019: The new year begins with a bang in New Zealand
Auckland has said goodbye to 2018 and got the world's new year celebrations officially underway.
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Australian cane toads hitch a lift on python's back after storm
Paul Mock filmed the cane toads riding the python, known as Monty, after a bad storm in Kununurra.
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Armed Man in Tactical Clothing Headed to a Texas Church to ‘Fulfill a Prophecy,’ Police Say
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Smriti wins 'Women's Cricketer', 'ODI Player of the year' awards
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Kohli, Rabada maintain top spot in ICC Test Player rankings
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The Best of 2018: Top Indian female athletes of the year
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Russian security agency arrests 'US spy' in Moscow
The FSB security agency says a US man named Paul Whelan has been charged with spying.
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Mother of the Hubble: Tributes paid to Nasa scientist
Dr Nancy Grace Roman, the first woman to hold a senior leadership position at NASA, has died at 93.
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Duterte: Outrage as Philippines president says he touched a maid
Rights groups call Rodrigo Duterte's comments "repulsive" and "unworthy of his position".
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Deadly blast ruins Russia housing block in Magnitogorsk
At least three people died in a suspected gas explosion in the city of Magnitogorsk.
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Harmanpreet Kaur named ICC T20I team of the year captain
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Philippines deadly storm and landslides kill more than 60
An official says people did not take precautions as the storm was not classed as a typhoon.
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Syria conflict: Trump 'slowing troop withdrawal', says Lindsey Graham
A top Republican says the president remains determined to defeat the Islamic State group in Syria.
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Bangladesh election: PM Sheikh Hasina wins landslide in disputed vote
Sheikh Hasina wins a third consecutive term in a vote marred by violence and claims of vote rigging.
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Angela Merkel: Germany to take on greater global responsibility
Germany will assume greater international responsibility, Angela Merkel says in her New Year address.
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'Dangerous orange pill' prompts Australia festival warning
Festival-goers are told that a "dangerous" drug is circulating in Australia, following a man's death.
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What it’s like to be Black and Argentine
Afro-Argentines often feel like they’ve been written out of history and are mistaken for foreigners in their own country.
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Spoken word poet Dylema: On a stroll through Africa in 2018
Dylema leads us through key events on the continent this year in a specially commissioned poem.
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Lederhosen love among Austria's millennials
Lederhosen and dirndl dresses are making a comeback in Austria.
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Female fightback... 2018 in hashtags
A look at the year's most influential hashtags used by women on social media.
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In search of Leonard, my martyred ancestor
Eli Melki looks for traces of a relative who was killed at 33 during a wave of attacks against eastern Turkey's Christians.
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2018 in news: The alternative end-of-the-year awards
From the ridiculous to the more ridiculous, here are the weird stories that caught our eye this year.
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Why legalising gay sex in India is not a Western idea
India's decision to decriminalise gay sex has taken the country back to its roots, some historians say.
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Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2018
Remembering some of the figures from music, film, TV, radio and literature who died in 2018.
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Bangladesh clothing factories: Are they safe now?
Are garment factories in Bangladesh safe five years after the Rana Plaza disaster?
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Africa's year in pictures 2018
A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this year.
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Assured India sniff maiden series win in Sydney
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Virat Kohli to celebrate New Year's eve with wife Anushka Sharma in Sydney
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Pujara and Kohli difference between two sides, says Langer
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The Best of 2018: World records in sports
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The Best of 2018: Talking points in sports
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The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn
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Rohit Sharma blessed with a baby girl, to miss SCG Test
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A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident?
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Bre Payton, Conservative Writer and Fox News Commentator, Dies at 26
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At Lord & Taylor, Everything Must Go. A Daughter’s Guilt Will Remain.
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Tell Me One More Time What to Do About Grief
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Kamala Harris: Everyone Gets Sick. And We Deserve Better.
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In Rehab, ‘Two Warring Factions’: Abstinence vs. Medication
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Year in Fitness: How Exercise Keeps Us Young
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The Best of 2018: Guns and Glory
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Mashrafe Mortaza registers landslide win in Bangladesh elections
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Trump Digs In, Darkening Hopes for a Deal to End the Shutdown
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Paul Pogba stars again in Manchester United win
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Tottenham facing prospect of all-too familiar collapse
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Virat Kohli picks bowlers for special praise
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Roger Federer relishing 'once in a lifetime' Serena Williams clash
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Jasprit Bumrah best in the world, says Virat Kohli
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