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World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions if they have gone through male puberty, the sport's governing body said on Thursday.The council also voted to tighten restrictions on athletes with…
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A lower court in India sentenced opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday to two years in jail on charges of defamation for a 2019 speech in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi.Gandhi will appeal against the order in a…
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Canada's population increased by more than a million people for the first time in history in 2022, almost entirely due to a surge in immigrants and temporary residents, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday.Total population grew by a record…
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Members of Uganda's LGBTQ community are in shock and fear being arrested after parliament passed a new law that makes it a crime to identify as gay, and imposes tough sentences that include the death penalty in certain cases, an activist…
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Badgers have dug out a home underneath a major rail line in the Netherlands, leaving tens of thousands of passengers facing delays.Train traffic has been halted, possibly for weeks, between two major southern cities, Den Bosch and…
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Russia blasted an apartment block in Ukraine with missiles on Wednesday and swarmed cities with drone attacks overnight, in a display of force as Russian President Vladimir Putin bid farewell to his visiting "dear friend" and Chinese…
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Kaori Sakamoto produced a near-flawless display to lead the field after the women's short program at the figure skating world championships in Saitama, Japan on Wednesday with a season-best score of 79.24.Skating to "Rock With U" by Janet…
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