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Romania sanctuary seeks to save bears as hunting resumes

Romania sanctuary seeks to save bears as hunting resumes

At a bear sanctuary in the heart of Romania's Carpathians, several cubs believed to have been orphaned have just arrived.

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Sri Lanka's president makes U-turn on IMF bailout

Sri Lanka's president makes U-turn on IMF bailout

Sri Lanka's new leader on Thursday backed a controversial IMF bailout, marking a U-turn from his election pledge to renegotiate the deal secured by his predecessor.

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India opposition leader demands tycoon Adani's arrest after US charges

India opposition leader demands tycoon Adani's arrest after US charges

Billionaire Indian tycoon Gautam Adani should be arrested after US prosecutors charged him with paying more than $250 million in bribes to secure lucrative government contracts, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said Thursday.

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Why is Indian tycoon Gautam Adani facing US bribery charges?

Why is Indian tycoon Gautam Adani facing US bribery charges?

The business empire of Gautam Adani is again in turmoil after the billionaire Indian tycoon was charged in the United States with paying exorbitant bribes to secure lucrative government contracts.

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Elvis on song at Australian PGA as Smith and Day lurk

Elvis on song at Australian PGA as Smith and Day lurk

Elvis Smylie holed a bunker shot on the last to put his name above star attractions Jason Day and Cameron Smith with a 65 for a first-round lead at the rain-soaked Australian PGA Championship Thursday.

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Gautam Adani: Billionaire Indian tycoon facing US bribery charges

Gautam Adani: Billionaire Indian tycoon facing US bribery charges

Billionaire Indian industrialist Gautam Adani, whose business empire has been rocked by US bribery charges against him, is one of the corporate world's great survivors.

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Philippine woman saved from death row 'elated'

Philippine woman saved from death row 'elated'

A Philippine woman sentenced to death in Indonesia on drug charges said Thursday that she was "elated" to be returning home, after a deal brokered between the two nations.

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World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29

World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29

A fresh draft deal published Thursday at the deadlocked COP29 climate talks shows rich and poor countries still divided as time runs out to strike a finance agreement for developing nations.

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Cavaliers bounce back, Warriors roll on in NBA

Cavaliers bounce back, Warriors roll on in NBA

Ty Jerome scored 29 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from their first defeat of the season with a 128-100 rout of the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday.

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Swiss region to vote on cost of 'blasphemous' Eurovision 2025

Swiss region to vote on cost of 'blasphemous' Eurovision 2025

Basel voters will decide Sunday on whether to spend tens of millions of dollars to host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, with opponents decrying a "waste" of public funds for a "blasphemous" music performance.

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