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Football
Soccer-Own goal helps Juventus come from two goals down to draw at lowly Cagliari
Cagliari, Italy (Reuters) - A late own goal by defender Alberto Dossena salvaged a 2-2 draw for Juventus at lowly Cagliari in Serie A on Friday after the hosts went two goals up in the first half thanks to penalties.
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World
Haiti's death toll rises as international support lags, UN report says
(Reuters) - More than 2,500 people were killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti from January through March, up 53% from the last three months of 2023, the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said on Friday.
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Football
Soccer-Frankfurt boost European football hopes after 3-1 win against Augsburg
(Reuters) - Eintracht Frankfurt took a big stride towards European football next season as they came from a goal down to secure a 3-1 Bundesliga victory over FC Augsburg on Friday.
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World
UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in 'extreme, immediate danger'
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in "extreme and immediate danger" as worsening violence advances and threatens to "unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur," top U.N. officials warned the Security Council on Friday.
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World
Spain's Ebro-EV Motors, China's Chery join hands to develop new cars
BARCELONA, Spain, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Spain's auto company Ebro-EV Motors and China's Chery Automobile signed a pact on Friday to develop new electric vehicles through a joint venture in the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona.
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World
More Ghanaians fall in love with Chinese language
ACCRA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- As the relationship between China and Ghana grows stronger, more and more Ghanaians are falling in love with the Chinese language.
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World
U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Friday.
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World
Man sets himself on fire in New York outside Trump criminal trial court
NEW YORK, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A man set himself on fire Friday afternoon outside Manhattan Criminal Court as jury selection was under way in the criminal trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump, according to media reports and videos posted on social media.
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Football
Soccer-Man United hire Wilcox as technical director from Southampton
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Jason Wilcox has been appointed as Manchester United technical director and is the latest addition to new co-owner Jim Ratcliffe's the back-room staff, the Premier League club announced on Friday.
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Other Sports
Surfing-Toledo enjoying mental health break, ready to win Olympic gold medal
MADRID (Reuters) - Two months after double world champion Filipe Toledo shocked the surfing world by withdrawing from the professional tour to take a one-year mental health break, the Brazilian is in a happy place as he looks forward to the Paris Olympics.
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World
China Focus: Major finds at Wuwangdun illuminate China's Warring States period
HEFEI, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The Wuwangdun tomb, under archaeological excavation in east China's Anhui Province, has been confirmed by the National Cultural Heritage Administration as the largest and highest-level tomb from the ancient Chu state dating back over 2,200 years.
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World
Chinese Language Day celebrated in Ethiopia to promote cultural exchanges
ADDIS ABABA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Chinese Language Day was celebrated in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, on Friday with a call to promote cultural exchanges and mutual understanding through learning different languages.
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World
Exhibition of Chinese cultural relics opens in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A major new exhibition of Chinese cultural relics from China's Bronze Age opened in San Francisco on Friday.
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Tennis
Tennis-Sabalenka knocked out of Stuttgart Open by Vondrousova, Swiatek into semis
(Reuters) -World number two Aryna Sabalenka's hopes of reaching a fourth consecutive Stuttgart Open final ended after a 3-6 6-3 7-5 quarter-final defeat by Marketa Vondrousova on Friday, while champion Iga Swiatek maintained her perfect record at the event.
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World
UN rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people of African descent at a U.N. meeting on Friday, adding his voice to calls for justice for slavery atrocities.
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World
China introduces measures to support overseas investment in domestic sci-tech firms
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities released a document Friday introducing new measures to encourage overseas institutions to invest in China's domestic sci-tech enterprises.
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World
UN Chinese Language Day celebrated in Zambia
LUSAKA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Zambia on Friday celebrated this year's United Nations Chinese Language Day, which falls on April 20, with a display of various Chinese cultural activities.
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World
HKSAR gov't expresses gratitude for national support for further expanding mutual access between mainland, Hong Kong capital markets
HONG KONG, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Friday expressed gratitude for measures rolled out by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to further expand mutual access between the capital markets of the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, as well as to encourage leading mainland enterprises to list in Hong Kong.