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Brazil bites into a baseball match with a mango theme

A childhood pastime of kids tossing mangoes to each other in the Amazon has transformed into a proper sport in Brazil, even finding a place among the vaunted beach games played in Rio de Janeiro. On the hot, golden sands of Copacabana, players simultaneously toss two mango-shaped balls across a net in a fast, fun and tiring test of their reflexes. Dubbed "manbol" -- a mashup of the words for mango and ball -- the new game is slowly spreading across Rio's beaches, where sports-loving Brazilians...

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The foundation for cryptocurrency assets will be finalized in the upcoming year

The Government has assigned the Ministry of Finance to research and develop a legal framework to ban or regulate crypto assets in May 2025 with an aim to combat money laundering. The direction is under the Government Decision 194/QĐ-TTg dated February 23, 2024, which promulgates the national action plan to implement the Vietnamese Government's commitments on preventing and combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing for the proliferation of mass destruction weapons. The...

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In response to striking doctors, South Korea starts the process of suspending licenses

South Korea said Tuesday it would start notifying striking trainee doctors that their medical licences would be suspended, as it moves to punish medics who have quit hospitals in protest at training reforms. Thousands of junior doctors handed in their notice and stopped working two weeks ago to protest against an increase in medical school admissions from next year which the government says is meant to help combat shortages and meet the demands of an ageing society. The striking trainees hav...

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Volcano spewing lava on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos

A volcano on an uninhabited island of Ecuador's famous Galapagos archipelago is spewing lava, authorities said Sunday, potentially threatening an array of unique animal species. The La Cumbre volcano on the island of Fernandina blew its top late Saturday, the South American country's Geophysical Institute said. La Cumbre, which stands 1,463 meters (4,799 feet) high, has erupted three times previously since 2017. The Galapagos archipelago, some 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) off the mainland of...

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'Immediate ceasefire' in Gaza is demanded by the US vice president

US Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for a proposed six-week ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war to be accepted, while criticizing Israel over insufficient aid deliveries into Gaza. "Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table," Harris said during a speech in Selma, Alabama. Her comments were the strongest to date by a US administration official on Israel, as President...

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The Supreme Court is expected to consider the Trump ballot lawsuit in its Monday rulings

The Supreme Court says it will release one or more opinions on Monday -- a day before the Super Tuesday primaries -- in an announcement widely expected to resolve a dispute over states' ability to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The court had not previously been scheduled for a public sitting, when traditionally decisions in cases argued during the term would be read aloud and handed down. The justices will not take the bench, accordin...

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Meta's decision to cease paying its news publishers for content has angered Australia

Meta Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for their content that appears on Facebook, setting up a fresh battle with Canberra which had led the world with a law that forces internet giants to strike licencing deals. News publishers and governments such as Australia have argued that big tech firms like Facebook and Google unfairly benefit when links to news articles appear on their platforms. Meta contends that links to news are just a fraction of users' feeds and publis...

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The wealthiest man in Asia throws an extravagant bachelorette party in India

India's richest man has kicked off lavish pre-wedding parties for his son by feeding more than 50,000 people in his hometown, with celebrations in the coming days expected to include some of the world's most influential figures. Global tech CEOs, industry titans, Bollywood stars, pop icons and politicians are expected to jet in Friday for the main three-day celebrations hosted by billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani, who is building a sprawling Hindu temple complex for the event. Ambani, 66, chair...

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Bangladeshi building fire claims at least 43 lives and leaves others injured

A massive fire that raced through a six-storey building overnight in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has killed at least 43 people and injured dozens, the country's health minister said. The fire originated in a popular biryani restaurant in Dhaka's Bailey Road late on Thursday and quickly spread to other floors, fire service officials said. At least 43 people have died and 22 others are being treated at hospitals with burn wounds, Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen told reporters on early on Friday a...

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Trump immunity claims will be decided by the US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide Donald Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution on charges brought by a special counsel involving his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, further delaying Trump's criminal case as he seeks to regain the presidency. The justices put on hold the criminal case being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith and will review a lower court's rejection of Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution because he was president when he took actions...