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Ostapenko eases past Alexandrova into Stuttgart final
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Zimbabwe on top in first Test after Bangladesh out for 191
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Frail Pope Francis takes to popemobile to greet Easter crowd
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Lewandowski injury confirmed in blow to Barca quadruple bid
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Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of breaching Easter truce
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Zimbabwe bowl Bangladesh out for 191 in first Test in Sylhet
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Ukrainians voice scepticism on Easter truce
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Pope wishes 'Happy Easter' to faithful in appearance at St Peter's Square
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Sri Lanka police probe photo of Buddha tooth relic
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Home hero Wu wows Shanghai crowds by charging to China Open win
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Less Soviet, more inspiring: Kyrgyzstan seeks new anthem
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Defending champion Kyren Wilson crashes out in first round of World Snooker Championship
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NASA's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
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Exec linked to Bangkok building collapse arrested
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Zelensky says Russian attacks ongoing despite Putin's Easter truce
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi: the 14-year-old whose IPL dream came true
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Six drowning deaths as huge waves hit Australian coast
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Ukrainian soldiers' lovers kept waiting as war drags on
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T'Wolves dominate Lakers, Nuggets edge Clippers as NBA playoffs start
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Taxes on super rich and tech giants stall under Trump
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Star Wars series 'Andor' back for final season
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Neighbours improvise first aid for wounded in besieged Sudan city
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Tariffs could lift Boeing and Airbus plane prices even higher
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Analysts warn US could be handing chip market to China
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Unbeaten Miami edge Columbus in front of big MLS crowd in Cleveland
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Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
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'Pandora's box': alarm bells in Indonesia over rising military role
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Alaalatoa hails 'hustling hard' Brumbies for rare Super Rugby clean sheet
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Trio share lead at tight LA Championship
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Sampdoria fighting relegation disaster as old heroes ride into town
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Recovering pope expected to delight crowds at Easter Sunday mass
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Nuggets edge Clippers in NBA playoff overtime thriller, Knicks and Pacers win
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Force skipper clueless about extra-time rules in pulsating Super Rugby draw
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Nuggets edge Clippers in NBA playoff overtime thriller, Pacers thump Bucks
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Unbeaten Miami edge Columbus in front of big crowd in Cleveland
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Kim takes one-shot lead over Thomas, Novak at RBC Heritage
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Another round of anti-Trump protests hits US cities
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PSG maintain unbeaten Ligue 1 record, Marseille back up to second
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US, Iran report progress in nuclear talks, will meet again
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US Supreme Court intervenes to block Trump deportations
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Hamas armed wing says fate of US-Israeli captive unknown
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Pacers thump Bucks to open NBA playoffs
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Zelensky says Ukraine will observe Putin's Easter truce but claims violations
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'Fuming' Watkins fires Villa in bid to prove Emery wrong
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DR Congo boat fire toll revised down to 33
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Vienna museum tilts paintings to illustrate climate change threat
Gustav Klimt's well-known Attersee lake painting tilted by two degrees, Egon Schiele's painting of a tree in late autumn rotated by five degrees.

UN 'survival guide' report an urgent warning on climate
The world will cross the key 1.5-degree Celsius global warming limit in about a decade, the UN said Monday, warning that devastating impacts of climate change are hitting faster than expected.

UN to deliver diagnosis, prescription for climate crisis
The United Nations was poised to release a capstone report Monday distilling nearly a decade of published science on the impacts and trajectory of global warming, and the tools available to prevent climate catastrophe.

Paper plates and short showers: life with no water in Arizona
With its cactus-filled garden and breathtaking views of the rocky peaks of the Arizona desert, Wendy and Vance Walker's home in the Rio Verde Foothills seemed to be a little slice of paradise.

'Floating toilets' help Cambodia's lake-dwelling poor
Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhoea after playing in the polluted lake.

Malawians search mud for bodies as Cyclone Freddy eases
Lacking sniffer dogs and armed just with shovels, rescuers in storm-ravaged Malawi on Thursday made a grim hunt for buried bodies after Cyclone Freddy struck the southern African country, killing more than 300 people.

Malawians dig through mud in search of bodies after Cyclone Freddy
Lacking sniffer dogs and armed just with shovels, rescuers in storm-ravaged Malawi on Thursday went on a grim hunt for buried bodies after Cyclone Freddy struck the southern African country, killing more than 200 people.

Green tech boom looms but poor nations risk being eclipsed: UN
The green technology industry could be worth several trillion dollars by 2030 but developing countries will miss out on the boom unless they jump in now, the UN said Thursday.

Malawi urges global help after cyclone Freddy kills 225
Malawi's president appealed Wednesday for global support to tackle "a national tragedy" after Cyclone Freddy pummelled the southeast African nation, causing flooding and mudslides that have killed hundreds.

Malawi calls for international aid after cyclone 'tragedy' kills 225
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera appealed on Wednesday for world support to tackle "a national tragedy" unleashed by Cyclone Freddy as he visited areas ravaged by the exceptional storm.

Malawi cyclone toll up to 225, rescuers scramble to find survivors
Rescuers scrambled on Wednesday to reach survivors in Malawi's battered city of Blantyre, after Cyclone Freddy struck southern Africa for a second time, triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 240 people across two countries.

Rescuers scramble to find survivors in cyclone-hit Malawi
Rescuers scrambled on Wednesday to reach survivors in Malawi's battered city of Blantyre, after Cyclone Freddy struck southern Africa for a second time triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 200 people.

Cyclone toll passes 200 in Malawi, Mozambique as hopes for survivors fade
The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique passed 200 on Tuesday after the record-breaking storm triggered floods and landslips in its second strike on Africa in less than three weeks.

No beds, little food await Malawi Cyclone survivors
Wet clothes hang from the windows of a school in Kapeni, a district of Malawi's commercial city of Blantyre, where hundreds of people have sought shelter from deadly Cyclone Freddy.

Malawi cyclone toll hits 190 as hopes for survivors fade
The death toll in Malawi from Cyclone Freddy nearly doubled to 190 on Tuesday after the record-breaking storm triggered floods and landslips in its second strike on Africa in less than three weeks.

'Double whammy' of extreme weather grips both US coasts
Heavy rain and snow wreaked havoc across the northeastern United States Tuesday, sparking flood warnings and power outages, as extreme weather gripped both American coasts.

Malawi cyclone toll jumps to 190 as hopes for survivors dwindle
The death toll in Malawi from Cyclone Freddy nearly doubled to 190 on Tuesday after the record-breaking storm unleashed floods and landslips in its second strike on Africa in less than three weeks.

Malawi cyclone survivors battle despair as hopes for survivors dwindle
Survivors of Cyclone Freddy clung to dwindling hopes of finding missing relatives on Tuesday after the storm slammed into Malawi for its second strike on Africa in a record-setting rampage.

Record early start again for Tokyo's cherry blossoms
Japan announced the official start of Tokyo's cherry blossom season on Tuesday, 10 days earlier than usual and tied with a record early start seen only twice before.
Cyclone Freddy returns killing over 100 in Malawi, Mozambique
Cyclone Freddy, packing powerful winds and torrential rain, killed more than 100 people in Malawi and Mozambique on its return to southern Africa's mainland, authorities said Monday.

IPCC: the climate handbook for a 'liveable' future
Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years, but deadly heatwaves, storms and floods amplified by global warming could be but a foretaste as planet-heating fossil fuels put a "liveable" future at risk.

With bare hands, Malawians dig through mud for survivors
Armed with shovels or just their bare hands, residents of the southern Malawi township of Chilobwe dig through the mud, hoping to find survivors as the torrential rain unleashed by Cyclone Freddy pours on their backs.

Satellites link rain, drought intensity to global warming
The intensity of extreme water cycle events -- especially drought and precipitation or flooding -- correlates strongly with a continuing rise in global temperatures, according to a study published Monday.

Cyclone Freddy returns killing 70 in Malawi, Mozambique
Cyclone Freddy, packing powerful winds and torrential rain, killed at least 70 people in Malawi and Mozambique on its return to southern Africa's mainland, authorities said Monday.

'Pineapple express' storm wallops California
Dozens of evacuation orders were in place Friday as a powerful atmospheric river, known as a "Pineapple express," surged into an already-sodden California, sparking warnings of widespread flash flooding.

Nearly 130,000 facing starvation in Horn of Africa: WHO
Nearly 130,000 people in the Greater Horn of Africa are "staring death in the eyes" from catastrophic hunger, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday.

Freddy may break tropical cyclone record: UN
Freddy is on track to break the record as the longest-lasting tropical cyclone, the United Nations said Friday as the killer storm was set to hit Mozambique once again.

US firm bids to stop contested DR Congo oil auction
A US investment firm has proposed to stop a controversial oil auction in DR Congo's rainforests, bidding to exploit carbon credits instead of drilling in the environmentally sensitive areas.

Scientists use TikTok to explain, fight climate change
With his moustache caked in icicles and frozen droplets, glaciologist Peter Neff shows his 220,000 TikTok followers a sample of old ice excavated from Antarctica's Allan Hills.

Rise in ocean plastic pollution 'unprecedented' since 2005
Plastic pollution in the world's oceans has reached "unprecedented levels" over the past 15 years, a new study has found, calling for a legally binding international treaty to stop the harmful waste.

Germany angers EU after putting brakes on fossil fuel car ban
Berlin has upset EU partners by blocking a milestone agreement to ban new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035, as German domestic politics takes the bloc hostage.

'Total embarrassment': Denmark slams climate fund failure
Denmark, an active foreign aid donor, on Tuesday slammed as a "total embarrassment" the fact rich nations have failed to raise a promised $100 billion a year to help poor countries battle climate change.