Cambodia's leader Hun Manet said Saturday there was "nothing to hide" as he inaugurated a naval base renovated in recent years by China, after Washington had voiced concern over Beijing's role in the upgrades.
Four-time world champion Max Verstappen smashed the track record to snatch pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris, as Yuki Tsunoda qualified a lowly 15th in his Red Bull debut.
Thousands protested in the South Korean capital Saturday in support of disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, who was removed from office a day earlier over his bungled martial law declaration.
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Economy
Sri Lanka's leader rolled out the red carpet on Saturday for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as Colombo balances ties with neighbouring giant India and its biggest lender, China.
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RECENT NEWS
Alex Ovechkin scored twice to tie Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 NHL career goals on Friday, matching a mark that once seemed unassailable.
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Under-pressure Alpine rookie Jack Doohan vowed to learn from his mistake after a heavy crash in practice at the Japanese Grand Prix that left him lucky to walk away unharmed.
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Former British Open champion Brian Harman had eight birdies in a six-under-par 66 to surge to a four-shot lead on Friday midway through the PGA Tour Texas Open in San Antonio.
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Two-time Olympic 400m hurdles champion and world record-holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone cruised to victory as the opening leg of the new Grand Slam Track athletics circuit got under way in Jamaica on Friday.
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Politics
A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's home city of Kryvyi Rig killed 18 people on Friday, among them nine children, authorities said.
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The first cardinal to be defrocked by the Pope over allegations of sexual abuse has died in the United States, a senior US churchman said Friday.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admitted Friday that his government "still has a lot to do" for Indigenous communities battling for survival in the Amazon rainforest.
England and Germany cruised and World Cup champions Spain downed Portugal on matchday three in the women's Nations League on Friday.
Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala will miss next week's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Inter Milan with a hamstring injury, sporting director Max Eberl said on Friday.
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Boulevard
A federal judge on Friday ordered the return to the United States of a Salvadoran migrant who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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England No 8 Henry Pollock said Tommy Freeman was "class" after the in-form winger scored three times as Northampton Saints hammered Clermont 46-24 on Friday to reach the Champions Cup quarter-finals.
Guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the star Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70 following an illness, his family told AFP on Friday, paying tribute to the Grammy-nominated blind musician.
In-form England winger Tommy Freeman scored three times as Northampton Saints hammered Clermont 46-24 on Friday to reach the Champions Cup quarter-finals.
President Donald Trump goaded China on Friday after the US's chief economic rival retaliated against his tariffs, and he dismissed falling stock markets over the growing global trade war, touting it as a chance to "get rich."
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