Chilean hard right victory stirs memories of dictatorship
When Chilean soldiers broke into her home and dragged her partner from bed on a spring night in 1986, Alicia Lira was 37 years old.
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Volunteers patrol Thai villages as artillery rains at Cambodia border
Ten kilometres from Thailand's disputed border with Cambodia, farmer-turned-village security guard Narongchai Putthet stands at a roadside checkpoint, his rifle slung across his navy blue uniform.
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Far-right candidate Kast wins Chile presidential election
Chilean voters elected the most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy on Sunday, with official results showing arch-conservative Jose Antonio Kast with a thumping victory and his rival quickly conceding defeat.
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Father and son gunmen kill 15 at Jewish festival on Australia's Bondi Beach
A father-and-son team toting long-barelled guns shot and killed 15 people including a 10-year-old girl at Sydney's Bondi Beach, authorities said Monday, labelling it an antisemitic terrorist attack on a Jewish festival.
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Rodrygo scrapes Real Madrid win at Alaves
Kylian Mbappe and Rodrygo Goes's goals earned Real Madrid a tense 2-1 win at Alaves in La Liga on Sunday to potentially keep coach Xabi Alonso in his job.
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Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs
A rags-to-riches tycoon, Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai is a self-styled "troublemaker" who has long been a thorn in Beijing's side with his caustic tabloids and unapologetic support for democracy.
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Hong Kong court to deliver verdicts on media mogul Jimmy Lai
Long-awaited verdicts in Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's national security trial will be delivered on Monday, one of the city's most closely watched rulings since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.
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Bills rein in Patriots as Chiefs eliminated
Josh Allen fired the Buffalo Bills to a stunning comeback win against the Patriots Sunday as the long-dominant Kansas City Chiefs saw their playoff hopes extinguished early.
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Chiefs eliminated from NFL playoff hunt after dominant decade
In what could mark the end of an NFL dynasty, the Kansas City Chiefs will miss the playoffs after 10 consecutive post-season appearances following a 16-13 loss Sunday to the Los Angeles Chargers.
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Far right eyes comeback as Chile presidential polls close
Polls began closing across Chile on Sunday, with voters poised to elect as president the most right-wing candidate in 35 years of democracy or a Communist Party member who leads a broad leftist coalition.
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