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Phone bans sweep US schools despite skepticism
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Did Ukraine have to become a partisan US issue?
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Djokovic crashes out of Indian Wells opener
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Britain's King Charles calls for unity in 'uncertain times'
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Morikawa seizes lead at Arnold Palmer after birdie rally
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Alcaraz, Keys breeze into Indian Wells third round
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Record-setting Skotheim claims European indoor heptathlon title
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Inter survive Monza scare to extend Serie A lead
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Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead
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Townsend relishing 'toughest fixture' in France after Scotland's Six Nations win over Wales
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Colombian guerillas release hostage security forces: AFP
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Some 200 detained after Istanbul Women's Day march: organisers
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Draper sends Brazilian sensation Fonseca packing at Indian Wells
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Man with Palestinian flag scales London's Big Ben clock tower
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Protesters rally on International Women's Day, fearing far right
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Australian Open champion Keys cruises into Indian Wells 3rd round
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Barca Liga match postponed after club doctor dies
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Alldritt revels in 'historic' French performance to thrash Irish
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Watkins haunts Brentford to revive Aston Villa's top-four hopes
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Pulisic double rescues AC Milan at lowly Lecce
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Mirrors, marble and mud: Desert X returns to California
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'Grieving': US federal workers thrown into uncertain job market
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Slot blast fuelled Liverpool's comeback against Southampton
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Russell back in the groove as Scotland see off Wales in Six Nations
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Remains of murdered Indigenous woman found at Canada landfill
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French throng streets for International Women's Day rallies
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Security forces taken hostage by Colombian guerillas released: AFP
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Pope responding well to pneumonia treatment, Vatican says
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France coach Galthie 'angry' at Dupont knee injury
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The French were clinical, we were not, says Irish coach Easterby
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Sleeping man is struck by train in Peru but survives
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Dembele hits double as PSG win ahead of Liverpool return
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Bosnia top envoy backs court ruling against separatist laws
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Bayern get away with shock loss as Leverkusen fall to defeat
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'We have to rebuild a city,' Argentine official says after storm kills 10
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Guardiola urges troubled Man City to fight for Champions League place
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Salah fires Liverpool 16 points clear, Forest beat Man City
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Liverpool fight back to go 16 points clear as title moves closer
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Hermes celebrates felt at Paris Fashion Week
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Bayern unpunished for shock loss as Leverkusen fall to defeat
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Majestic France destroy Irish Six Nations Grand Slam dreams
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Santner wants New Zealand to keep 'open mind' for Champions Trophy final
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Pogacar remounts after fall and charges to Strade Bianche win
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Negri wants Italy to 'make things right' against England in Six Nations
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Attack on Iran nuclear plant would leave Gulf without water, Qatar PM warns
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Mitchell backs Dingwall to be England rugby's answer to Rodri
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Unfinished business for India in Champions Trophy final, says Gill
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Women will overthrow Iran's Islamic republic: Nobel laureate
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Forest beat Man City in a top four showdown
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Former England star Pearce in hospital after plane health scare
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Nestled amid superstores at a retail park, the Colchester Foodbank in eastern England last year gave out a total of 165 tonnes of food -- enough to feed 17,000 people.

Olympic 'curse' strikes again as Beijing costs mount
The "curse" of Olympic overspending looks set to strike again at the Beijing Games, with stringent Covid measures and loss of ticket sale revenues pushing up costs for China.

Israeli firm develops body cams with facial recognition
Twenty years after he planned the controversial barrier between Israel and Palestinians, Dany Tirza is developing a security tool that requires no cement: body cameras with facial recognition technology.

Stuck at the US-Mexican border, two migrants find solace in love
As they linger, trapped at the US-Mexico border, the young Nicaraguan man and Guatemalan woman say it is love that has helped them hang on to their American dream despite the pain of a long, anxious wait.

Forget working from home -- why not live in an old office?
Blocks from the White House, an unassuming edifice in downtown Washington that once held offices used by the US Department of Justice is set to be converted into homes for hundreds of people.

Fed sharpens inflation-fighting tools as rate hikes near
The Federal Reserve has its inflation-fighting weapons ready to fire, and when the US central bank's policy committee convenes this coming week, the focus will not be on whether they will pull the trigger but rather how many times.

Peru declares 'environmental emergency' on coastal area hit by oil spill
Peru on Saturday declared an "environmental emergency" along a stretch of coast hit by an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific.

French lone Atlantic rower drops off map
A 75-year-old Frenchman attempting to row across the Atlantic, has not given any sign of life since early Friday when he was near the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira, his friends said Saturday.

Taliban warn against dissent, women's rights activism
Afghanistan's new Taliban authorities warned Saturday they have the right to crack down on dissent and jail protesters, as concerns grew over the disappearance of two women activists.

US suspends 44 passenger flights to China operated by Chinese carriers
The United States announced Friday that it was suspending 44 Chinese passenger flights from America to the Asian giant in response to restrictive moves by Beijing on US carriers under its Covid-19 protocols.

Netflix sinks as Wall Street flees 'stay-at-home' stocks
One day after shares of at-home fitness company Peloton tumbled, Netflix found itself in Wall Street's hot seat Friday as markets reassess the diminishing growth prospects of so-called "pandemic stocks."

EU nations quarrel over whether nuclear, gas are 'green'
Hours before the window for lodging objections closes, EU environment and energy ministers meeting in France Friday differed sharply on a European Commission provision that would classify nuclear and natural gas energy as "sustainable".

Biden hails Intel's $20 bn chip plant investment amid shortage
President Joe Biden on Friday praised Intel's plans to spend $20 billion on a new US semiconductor facility, hailing the "historic" investment even as a global chip shortage fans the inflation wave weighing on his leadership.

Gas giants' Myanmar exit unlikely to badly damage junta: analysts
The exit of energy titans TotalEnergies and Chevron from Myanmar's billion dollar gas industry has been hailed by rights groups, but analysts say it will not significantly weaken the generals and may even enrich the military in the short term.

Intel to spend $20 bn on US chip plants amid shortage
US semiconductor giant Intel on Friday announced a $20 billion investment to build two new semiconductor plants in Ohio, as a global chip shortage fans the inflation wave weighing on Joe Biden's presidency.

Reserve Bank chief will be Chile's new finance minister
Chile's leftist president-elect Gabriel Boric, whose victory at the polls last month unsettled the markets, on Friday named the country's Central Bank governor as his finance minister in a young, diverse and woman-majority cabinet.

Dior designer Kim Jones: 'We live in a bubble'
Kim Jones may be borrowing from Dior's most iconic female looks for his latest menswear collection but that doesn't mean he believes gender boundaries are ready to disappear yet.

UK retail sales suffer record drop on Omicron fears
British retail sales suffered a record drop in December as consumers shunned the high street due to Omicron concerns, having snapped up Christmas purchases the previous month, data showed Friday.

From nightmares to PTSD: Covid stokes UK health care staff crisis
Long shifts working in intensive care and the risk of catching Covid and passing it on to his wife and children left Joan Pons Laplana exhausted.

Airbus cancels Qatar Airways plane order in feud
Airbus has taken the extraordinary step of cancelling a multi-billion-dollar order of 50 planes from Qatar Airways, a major customer, in an escalating feud over the airline's grounding of A350 aircraft.

Samsung pulls Singapore drag queen ad after backlash
South Korean tech giant Samsung has pulled an online advert in Singapore that featured a hijab-wearing Muslim woman hugging her drag queen son after it sparked a backlash from socially conservative corners.

Five do battle for top UN labour job
Five candidates are battling to take over the United Nations' International Labour Organization, winding up two days of hearings on Friday that set out contrasting visions for the ILO's future.

In Texas, driverless trucks are set to take over roads
A giant 18-wheel transport truck is barreling down a multi-lane Texas highway, and there is no one behind the wheel.

Jury selected in US trial of officers involved in Floyd arrest
Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin is serving 22 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American.

Partner of Chile's president-elect draws feminist ire over first lady role
Irina Karamanos, an avowed feminist and partner of Chile's leftist president-elect Gabriel Boric, has drawn fire from women's groups for her decision to accept the "anachronistic" role of first lady.

Quiet car: England to ban loudspeaker 'spam' on trains
UK transport chiefs on Friday said that bothersome on-board train announcements would be cut in a bid to offer more peaceful journeys, a move it dubbed a "bonfire of the banalities".

Adding peanuts to young children's diet can help avoid allergy: study
Including peanuts in children's diets early in life could help stave off allergies against the legume, which can be fatal and affect swathes of youngsters globally, according to a new study Friday.

US airlines hopeful for post-Omicron 2022 after Q4 losses
Major US carriers stumbled through another money-losing quarter at the end of the 2021 but remain confident of a travel recovery later in 2022, based in part on hopes that Covid-19 will soon evolve into an ordinary and seasonal virus.

Amazon to open Los Angeles clothing store, in first
Amazon's online commerce empire is taking another step into the real world with plans announced Thursday to open a shop in Los Angeles that would be its first bricks-and-mortar clothing store.

US lawmakers advance Big Tech competition bill
A US Senate panel endorsed legislation Thursday that would block tech giants from prioritizing their products over those of smaller rivals, a potentially major reform that will face a tough fight in Congress.

Fed says central bank digital dollar could offer benefits
An official US digital currency could offer potential benefits to American consumers and businesses, but it is not clear they would outweigh the potential risks, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.

Tears for Virgil Abloh at posthumous Paris show
There were tears on the catwalk on Thursday as the final Louis Vuitton show by US designer Virgil Abloh, whose death shocked the industry last year, drew rapturous applause at Paris Fashion Week.