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Five-try Bayonne stun champions Toulouse to go top in France
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Fisk reels in Higgo to win maiden PGA Tour title in Mississippi
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Aces overpower Mercury for 2-0 lead in WNBA Finals
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Bayonne stun champions Toulouse to go top in France
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Greta Thunberg among Gaza flotilla detainees to leave Israel
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Atletico draw at Celta Vigo after Lenglet red card
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Trump administration brands US cities war zones
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Ethan Mbappe returns to haunt PSG as Lille force draw with Ligue 1 leaders
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Hojlund fires Napoli into Serie A lead as AC Milan held at Juve
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Vampires, blood and dance: Bollywood horror goes mainstream
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Broncos rally snaps Eagles unbeaten record, Ravens slump deepens
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Former NFL QB Sanchez charged after allegedly attacking truck driver
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France unveils new government amid political deadlock
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Hojlund fires Napoli into Serie A lead ahead of AC Milan's showdown with Juve
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Child's play for Haaland as Man City star strikes again
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India crush Pakistan by 88 runs amid handshake snub, umpiring drama
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Hojlund fires Napoli past Genoa and into Serie A lead
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Sevilla rout 'horrendous' Barca in Liga thrashing
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Haaland fires Man City to win at Brentford, Everton end Palace's unbeaten run
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Haaland extends hot streak as Man City sink Brentford
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Italy working hard to prevent extra US tariffs on pasta
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Sinner out of Shanghai Masters as Djokovic battles into last 16
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Swift rules N. America box office with 'Showgirl' event
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Ryder Cup hero MacIntyre wins Alfred Dunhill Links on home soil
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Republicans warn of pain ahead as US shutdown faces second week
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Sevilla rout champions Barca in shock Liga thrashing
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Norris-Piastri clash overshadows McLaren constructors' title win
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Trump administration declares US cities war zones
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Bad Bunny takes aim at Super Bowl backlash in 'SNL' host gig
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El Khannouss fires Stuttgart into Bundesliga top four
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Insatiable Pogacar romps to European title
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Newcastle inflict more pain on Postecoglou, Everton end Palace's unbeaten run
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Daryz wins emotional and thrilling Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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US Open finalist Anisimova wins Beijing title in 'great year'
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Daryz wins Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe thriller
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Russell wins Singapore GP as McLaren seal constructors' title
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Landslides and floods kill 64 in Nepal, India
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Russell wins Singapore GP, McLaren seal constructors' title
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Djokovic 'hangs by rope' before battling into Shanghai last 16
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Erasmus proud of Boks' title triumph as Rugby Championship faces uncertain future
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US Open finalist Anisimova caps breakthrough year with Beijing title
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French PM under pressure to put together cabinet
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US Open finalist Anisimova beats Noskova to win Beijing title
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Hamas calls for swift hostage-prisoner swap as talks set to begin
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Opec+ plus to raise oil production by 137,000 barrels a day in November
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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 45
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Iranian security forces targeted a hospital and a student dormitory overnight, a rights group said Saturday, as a protest movement that flared over Mahsa Amini's death entered a seventh week.

Iran tensions rise in protests ahead of Mahsa Amini ceremony
Iranian students protested Tuesday at multiple universities, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death.
11 pupils die in blaze at Ugandan school for blind
Eleven pupils at a school for the blind in Uganda have burnt to death after a fire tore through a dormitory as they were sleeping in the early hours of Tuesday.

Children among 11 killed in fire at Uganda blind school
Eleven people, mostly children, have been killed in a blaze that tore through a school for the blind in Uganda in the early hours of Tuesday, police and a government minister said.

Thousand join Hungary teacher rebellion over 'humiliating' pay
Hungary's failing schools are becoming the focus of swelling protests, with pupils and parents backing teachers sacked for rebelling over "humiliating" low pay and years of government neglect.

In conservative Florida, LGBT community fights to make its voice heard
A Beyonce hit thumped in the background as Pride parade participants marched on Saturday through the streets of Orlando, transforming the Florida city into a rainbow island in a US state more and more associated with the conservative politics of its governor.

Afghan girls take university exams two weeks after classroom attack
Thousands of Afghan girls and women sat university entrance exams on Thursday under the guard of Taliban snipers, two weeks after a bomber killed dozens of students preparing for the tests.

Ukraine schools battered by Russian onslaught in south
Just a handful of kilometres from the frontline, a shattered village school in the southern Mykolaiv region is a stark sign of the war damage inflicted by Russia on Ukrainian education.

UN condemns 'shameful' year-long ban on Afghan girls' education
The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as "tragic and shameful".

Romania's plagiarism hunter becomes the hunted
Romanian journalist Emilia Sercan has made it her mission to expose plagiarism at the country’s highest levels.

School gardens a lifeline for hungry Cambodian children
Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce -- but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families.

Pandas and Trump teach Hong Kong kids about national security crimes
Rows of fidgeting Hong Kong schoolchildren looked on as a short film explained what constitutes a national security crime, using former US President Donald Trump as an example -- and a warning.

'Submit or quit': Teacher, student brain drain hits Hong Kong schools
As Hong Kong students return for the new academic year, veteran teacher Wong is counting down the days until the political maelstrom sweeping the city leaves him no choice but to quit.

Ukraine students brace for underground school year
Five metres beneath a Kyiv classroom, headmaster Mykhaylo Aliokhin puts the finishing touches on the bunker where his students will spend much of their time once Ukraine's school term starts later this week.

Haiti pushes back school year start as economic crisis bites
Haitian authorities are postponing the start of the school year by one month, as the Caribbean nation grapples with an economic crisis that has caused a fuel shortage and soaring prices.

Biden announces relief for university debts
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that most Americans trying to pay off university loans will get $10,000 forgiven in a bid to address the decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country.

Biden announces relief for indebted US university grads
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that most US university graduates still trying to pay off student loans will each get $10,000 in relief, addressing a decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country.

Philippine classrooms reopen after more than two years
Millions of children in the Philippines returned to school as the academic year started on Monday, with many taking their seats in classrooms for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

Ex-boxer Frampton fights for integrated schools in Northern Ireland
Carl Frampton enjoyed many memorable moments during his boxing career but the retired two-weight world champion has now switched his focus to campaigning for integrated schools in divided Northern Ireland.

Taliban torn over reforms one year after seizing power
One year on from the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, some cracks are opening within their ranks over the crucial question of just how much reform their leaders can tolerate.

Canada Indigenous schools abuse: a timeline
For a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous, Inuit and Metis children in Canada were forcibly enrolled in state boarding schools, isolated from their families, language and culture as part of a failed policy of assimilation.

Report finds 'lackadaisical' police response to Texas school shooting
Texas state lawmakers on Sunday slammed law enforcement's slow response to the shooting in Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, saying more decisive action could have saved lives.

Beijing delays school reopenings after new Covid outbreak
Most children in Beijing will not return to school next week as originally planned, Chinese officials said on Saturday, after an emerging Covid-19 outbreak prompted authorities to partly reverse a decision to resume in-person teaching.

English-language students swerve UK post Brexit
At the top of Calton Hill overlooking Edinburgh and the North Sea, a visiting English language student from France is in no doubt about the view: "Amazing!" he exclaims.

University tragedy brings to light 'dinosaur' student issue
After four people died in a Bolivian university stampede, an investigation into the role of a 52-year-old student has relaunched the debate over "dinosaur" students who never graduate.

Myanmar classrooms become latest battleground as junta opens schools
Myanmar students began a new school year on Thursday, with classrooms becoming the latest battleground in the polarised country -- the junta is desperate to project normalcy and opponents want teachers and students to stay away.

Brazil bagpipe band channels sound of Scotland
It's a gorgeous day at the beach in Brazil: the bright blue ocean sparkles in the sun, the palm trees sway in the breeze and the peaceful sound of... er, bagpipes?

Biden prays, lays wreath in Texas school massacre town
US President Joe Biden laid flowers and prayed Sunday at the makeshift shrine erected in Uvalde to the 19 children and two teachers murdered by a teen gunman after he stormed their elementary school.
Biden departs to console Texas town reeling from school massacre
US President Joe Biden departed for Uvalde on Sunday to console residents mourning 19 children and two teachers who were gunned down at an elementary school in the small Texas town.
Pro-gun NRA to hold convention in US state where school shooting killed 21
US gun lobby group the National Rifle Association (NRA) will hold its annual convention in Texas on Friday, days after a horrific school shooting in the state killed 19 children and two teachers.

Maker of rifle used in Texas massacre to skip NRA convention
Daniel Defense, the manufacturer of the assault rifle used in the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, said Thursday it will not attend a convention this week in the state of the powerful National Rifle Association gun lobby.

Texas police face scrutiny over 'late' massacre response
Desperate parents scuffled with police and pleaded with them to storm the Texas school where a gunman ultimately killed 19 children and two teachers, new video showed Thursday, as questions mounted over the authorities' response to the massacre.