Racing towards great white sharks in Australia
Sensible people might prefer to flee at torpedo speed from a great white shark, but there's one job in Australia that pays you to race towards the predators.
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Fighting rages at Cambodia-Thailand border ahead of expected Trump call
Renewed fighting raged at the border of Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday, with combat heard near centuries-old temples, ahead of US President Donald Trump's planned phone call to the two nations' leaders.
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Venezuelan opposition leader emerges from hiding after winning Nobel
Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado emerged from hiding to make her first public appearance in almost a year, waving to supporters from the balcony of her Oslo hotel early Thursday.
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Eddie Jones given Japan vote of confidence for 2027 World Cup
Eddie Jones will coach Japan at the 2027 Rugby World Cup after surviving a performance review at the end of a mixed second year back in charge.
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Kennedy's health movement turns on Trump administration over pesticides
Yes to rethinking childhood vaccines, but no to more chemicals in agriculture: supporters of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are in open revolt over the Trump administration's approval of new, highly persistent pesticides.
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On Venezuela, how far will Trump go?
President Donald Trump has deployed thousands of US troops to the Caribbean and warned of strikes on Venezuelan soil.
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AI's $400 bn problem: Are chips getting old too fast?
In pursuit of the AI dream, the tech industry this year has plunked down about $400 billion on specialized chips and data centers, but questions are mounting about the wisdom of such unprecedented levels of investment.
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Conway fifty takes New Zealand to 112-2 in West Indies Test
Devon Conway scored an unbeaten fifty to guide New Zealand to 112-2 at lunch on day two of the second Test in Wellington on Wednesday, in reply to the West Indies' 205.
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US drops bid to preserve FIFA bribery convictions
The US government has moved to drop its case against a former Fox broadcasting executive involved in the FIFA corruption scandal that plunged the world's footballing body into crisis.
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Oracle shares dive as revenue misses forecasts
Shares in business computing giant Oracle fell more than 10 percent on Wednesday on word its revenue missed heady expectations, dampening artificial intelligence euphoria in the market.
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