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Football
Soccer-Feyenoord, Liverpool reach agreement over Slot - reports
(Reuters) - Feyenoord and Liverpool have reached a verbal agreement regarding the appointment of Arne Slot as coach of the Premier League club, Dutch media reported on Friday.
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World
Feature: Chinese firms eager to showcase new products at Spain seafood fair
BARCELONA, Spain, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese exhibitors at the Seafood Expo Global in Spain this week are eager to showcase their newest delights to European seafood enthusiasts.
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World
Slovenia's jobless rate falls to historic low
LJUBLJANA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia's jobless rate fell to a historic low of 3.1 percent in March, down by 0.6 percentage point from the same period last year, latest figures show.
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World
U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Friday.
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World
Turkish court sentences Syrian woman to life in prison over Istanbul bombing
ISTANBUL, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish court here on Friday sentenced Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, to life in prison for placing a bomb in Istanbul's bustling street in 2022, killing six people, local media reported.
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Cricket
Cricket-Punjab pull off IPL's highest run chase in eight-wicket win over Kolkata
(Reuters) - Punjab Kings achieved the highest successful run chase in IPL history on Friday, chasing down the target of 262 set by Kolkata Knight Riders, as they clinched an eight-wicket win to break the previous record of 226-6 set by Rajasthan Royals in 2020.
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World
Students at Stanford University hold pro-Palestine demonstration
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A group of Stanford students took over the university's White Memorial Plaza in San Francisco Bay Area, U.S. state of California, Thursday evening to erect a "People's University For Palestine" encampment to protest Israel's ongoing attacks on Gaza.
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World
At least 10 killed in hotel fire in southern Brazil
SAO PAULO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were killed and several others injured or missing after a fire broke out early Friday morning at a small hotel in southern Brazil, local authorities said.
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World
Interview: Hopes of rate cuts driving FTSE 100 rally, says LSE expert
LONDON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- One of the major factors behind a week-long surge of the benchmark FTSE 100 is the expectation of possible interest rate cuts this year, a top economics professor said on Friday.
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World
Israeli shekel falls to over 5-month low against USD
JERUSALEM, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing depreciation of the Israeli shekel against the U.S. dollar stood at 3.818 shekels per dollar on Friday, according to the country's central bank.
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Cycling
Cycling-Dutch great Van Vleuten happy with life in slow lane
ALCUDIA, Spain (Reuters) - Retired Dutch cycling great Annemiek van Vleuten will be back in the saddle on Saturday in one of Europe's biggest Gran Fondos - a recreational long distance ride - but do not expect any trademark solo attacks.
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World
UM Consumer Sentiment Index falls in April
CHICAGO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Consumer Sentiment Index released Friday by the University of Michigan (UM) Surveys of Consumers fell to 77.2 in the April 2024 survey, down from 79.4 in March and above last April's 63.7.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay
ATHENS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead of a 68-day torch relay that will end with the opening ceremony on July 26.
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World
Timeline: King Charles set to resume duties after cancer treatment
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles will return to public duties on April 30 following nearly three months of treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
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World
Over 1.9 mln people at risk of flooding across Ethiopia: UN
ADDIS ABABA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) warned on Friday that over 1.9 million people across Ethiopia are at risk of flooding as the rainy season begins.
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World
Roundup: Kenya allocates 30 mln USD for flood response as death toll reaches 70
NAIROBI, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenya has allocated 4 billion shillings (about 30 million U.S. dollars) for immediate response to the devastating flooding caused by heavy rains in several parts of the country, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said Friday.
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World
Over 122,000 people enter Ethiopia from conflict-hit Sudan: UN
ADDIS ABABA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The number of people arriving in Ethiopia due to the conflict in Sudan has surpassed 122,000, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has disclosed.
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World
King Charles to resume public duties after cancer diagnosis
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's King Charles will return to public duties next week for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer as he makes good progress following treatment and a period of recuperation, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
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World
Urgent: Paris 2024 Olympic flame handed over to French organizers
ATHENS, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Paris Olympic flame was handed to the French organizers on Friday as a traditional ceremony was held at the well-known Panathenaic Stadium which hosted the opening and closing ceremony of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.