India Dominate Day 1 Of 4th Test Against England At The Rose Bowl

England were in dire straits at 86 for six after winning the toss before Sam Curran's Test-best 78 revived the innings.

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4th Test Highlights: India 19/0, Trail England By 227 Runs At Stumps

Highlights India vs England: Sam Curran scored a gritty 78 runs helping England reach a modest total of 246 on Day 1 of the fourth Test.

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Janmashtami 2018: Date, Timings, Fasting, Significance And Celebrations

This year, there has been a confusion over the Krishna Janmastami 2018 date. Krishna Janmashtami will be celebrated on September 2 and 3 both this year.

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UP Man Lynched Over Buffalo Theft Suspicion; Police First Said "Overdose"

A 22-year-old man who was home from Dubai was beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly by villagers who suspected that he had stolen a buffalo. The incident was reported from Bholapur Hindoliya...

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Portugal seduces parched investors with water: plenty of it

As wildfires scorched California yet again this summer, Jose Dariush Leal da Costa, a Bay Area native with Portuguese roots, was harvesting his first almonds in a sun-drenched, watery oasis in southern Portugal.

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Taiwan's last African ally holds out despite overtures by China

While China meets African leaders at a major summit in Beijing next week, the king of eSwatini, self-ruled Taiwan's last remaining ally on the continent, will be hosting thousands of people at a traditional Reed Dance ceremony.

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Kremlin says Putin, Trump could hold talks three times this year: Izvestiya

Kremlin said on Friday it did not rule out the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at three summits due to take place in 2018, including those in Singapore, France and Argentina.

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Cambodian court jails Australian filmmaker for six years for espionage

A Cambodian court jailed an Australian filmmaker for six years on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over an opposition party rally.

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Japan's military seeks record spending to reinforce North Korea missile defenses

Japan's military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that Tokyo sees as a continued threat despite Pyongyang's promise to abandon nuclear weapons.

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New Zealand PM Ardern has two ministers step aside

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had to strip one minister of her portfolio and had another step aside in less than a week, capping off a month of challenges for the popular premier since her return from maternity leave.

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Catholic church in Australia rejects mandatory reporting of child abuse discussed in confessional

The Catholic church in Australia on Friday rejected laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they learn about it in the confessional, setting the stage for a showdown between the country's biggest religion and the government.

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Duterte says Philippines better off run by dictator if he were not around

President Rodrigo Duterte has said graft and illicit drugs were so entrenched in the Philippines that if he were not around, it would be better off run by a dictator such as late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.

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Thrill-seeking runners take sport - and spending - to rural China

At dawn, high on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, a Buddhist monk in saffron robes chants blessings over limber athletes preparing to run 100 kilometers across sand dunes, rivers and ravines.

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Trump tweets are 'messages from some alternative universe': China Daily

Twitter comments by U.S. President Donald Trump accusing China of hacking former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email server are an attempt to cast China as a "scapegoat", the official China Daily said in an editorial Friday.

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Australian police charge Sri Lankan with terror plotting

Australia has arrested and charged a Sri Lankan man with planning a terror attack after finding "symbolic locations within Sydney" listed as possible targets in his notebook, police said on Friday.

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Brazil centrist Alckmin attacks far-right election rival in anti-gun ad

Brazil's business-friendly presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin unveiled a campaign ad against gun violence on Thursday that targeted his far-right pro-gun adversary Jair Bolsonaro.

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Dam nation: Big state projects spared in China's hydro crackdown

In a mountain village in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities have demolished seven small dam projects this year along a river to clear illegal developments in a new nature reserve.

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