Sumo chiefs are planning measures to beat Japan's increasingly punishing summer heat, including avoiding venues that don't have air conditioning and lightening the load on weary wrestlers.
Australian airline Qantas said Thursday it expects fuel costs to stay high, after the Middle East war pushed up prices and led to a slump in annual net profits.
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Hundreds of foreign nationals are missing in Nepal after devastating flash floods on Wednesday killed at least 160 people.
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NFL owners on Wednesday unanimously approved the record sale of the reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks to an ownership group led by India-born billionaire Vinod Khosla, the team announced.
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Savio scored on his Tottenham debut as Spurs advanced to a third-round League Cup tie with Liverpool following a comfortable 5-1 win over Charlton on Wednesday.
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Criminal groups in Nigeria raised nearly $6 million in ransom payments in the last year, a report said Wednesday, with two mass kidnappings by Boko Haram responsible for nearly 90 percent of the total.
The Brazilian government on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to force the Discord messaging platform to adopt stronger measures to protect children, and is seeking almost $100 million in "collective moral damages."
Savio scored on his Tottenham Hotspur debut as the Premier League side reached the third round of the English League Cup with a comfortable 5-1 win over Charlton on Wednesday.
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Kylian Mbappe scored a brilliant hat-trick to help Real Madrid thrash Real Sociedad 4-1 in La Liga in Jose Mourinho's first home match back at the Santiago Bernabeu as the club's coach.
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Rescue teams rushed Thursday to find hundreds of people missing on the Nepal-Tibet border in flash floods and landslides that killed at least 160.
Global investors seek to diversify away from the United States due to political polarization and rising public debt, yet no significant exodus has occurred. This persistence stems not from loyalty but from a lack of viable alternatives; other financial systems lack the depth and infrastructure to absorb massive capital flows without destabilizing themselves.
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