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Football
Soccer-Al Ahly to face Esperance in African Champions League final
CAIRO (Reuters) - Defending champions Al Ahly of Egypt will take on perennial rivals Esperance of Tunisia in this year’s African Champions League final after winning their semi-finals on Friday.
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World
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s.
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Football
Leicester promoted back to Premier League as Leeds humbled at QPR
LONDON (Reuters) - Leicester City earned promotion back to the Premier League on Friday after nearest rivals Leeds United were beaten 4-0 by Queens Park Rangers, ensuring the Championship leaders will finish in the top two in the standings.
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Football
Soccer-Real edge closer to title with win at Sociedad
(Reuters) - Arda Gueler scored in the first half to earn a second-string Real Madrid side a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad on Friday, moving the LaLiga leaders a step closer to a record-extending 36th Spanish title.
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World
Nearly 23 pct of Canadian population reported food insecurity in 2022
OTTAWA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Approximately 8.7 million people, or 22.9 percent of Canada's population, lived in households that reported some form of food insecurity in 2022, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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World
Canada announces investment to grow semiconductor supply chain
OTTAWA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday a new federal investment to create more semiconductors and grow the supply chain.
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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.