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Football
Soccer-Kane double sends Bayern nine points clear after late Frankfurt scare
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Harry Kane struck his eighth brace of the season as Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 on Saturday to stretch their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to nine points over Borussia Dortmund.
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World
Urgent: Trump raises new global tariff from 10 pct to 15 pct
NEW YORK, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will raise the new global tariff to 15 percent, one day after he announced a 10 percent worldwide duty following a heavy blow from the Supreme Court.
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World
Su Yiming to carry China's flag at closing ceremony of Milan-Cortina Games
MILAN, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Snowboarder Su Yiming has been named as the flagbearer of China at the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games, according to the Olympic Information Service (OIS).
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Tennis
Tennis-Pegula beats Svitolina in straight sets in Dubai final
DUBAI, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Jessica Pegula put on a clinical performance as she handed Elina Svitolina her first loss in a WTA 1000 final in a dominant 6-2 6-4 victory to win the Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday.
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World
Trump says he will raise US global tariff rate from 10% to 15%, following court ruling
WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will raise a temporary tariff from 10% to 15% on U.S. imports from all countries, the maximum level allowed under the law, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous tariff program.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Speed skating-Dutchwoman Groenewoud wins women's mass start at Milano Cortina
MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Dutchwoman Marijke Groenewoud won the women's mass start at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, claiming the first Olympic gold medal of her career.
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Rugby
Rugby-Ireland demolish sloppy England in record 42-21 victory
LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ireland blew England away in a record-breaking 42-21 victory at Twickenham on Saturday to keep alive their slim Six Nations title hopes and end those of their below-par hosts.
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Motorsport
Motor racing-Hamilton says he forgot who he was but has re-set for new season
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton has admitted he "forgot who I was" but is now excited for the new Formula One season and ready to go racing again.
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World
Flash: Trump raises new global tariff from 10 pct to 15 pct
Flash: Trump raises new global tariff from 10 pct to 15 pct
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Other Sports
Olympics-SkiMo-Spain's Alonso Rodriguez heads home with two bronzes four months after being hit by car
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Spain's Ana Alonso Rodriguez is going home with two bronze Olympic medals just four months after being hit by a car and tearing her ACL.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Curling-Homan finally gets her medal as Canada beat US to win women's bronze
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Canada beat the United States 10-7 to claim the women's curling bronze medal at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, as skip Rachel Homan ended her long wait for a Games medal.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Biathlon-Oceane rides wave of energy to stunning Olympic gold for France
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Oceane Michelon found an unexpected reserve of energy to power to the Olympic gold medal in the women's mass start on Saturday, bringing the biathlon competitions at Milano Cortina to a stunning climax in a race that was decided on the last lap.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Speed skating-Dutchman Bergsma wins men's mass start at Milano Cortina
MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Dutchman Jorrit Bergsma captured the men's mass start title at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, securing the second Olympic gold medal of his career.
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Sabah & Sarawak
Flood situation worsens in northern Sabah as evacuees rise to 4,761
KOTA KINABALU: Floodwaters continued to inundate villages across northern Sabah on Saturday (Feb 21), forcing nearly 5,000 people from their homes as evacuation centres filled up by evening.
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World
Ukraine strikes ballistic missile producer deep inside Russia, Kyiv says
KYIV, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ukraine hit a Russian plant manufacturing ballistic missiles in a missile strike in the remote Udmurtia region, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Saturday.
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Nation
TB outbreak: Johor Ramadan bazaar SOPs unchanged, says exco rep
BATU PAHAT: The standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Ramadan bazaars throughout Johor remain unchanged as in previous years, with no additional conditions imposed despite the spread of Tuberculosis (TB) cases.
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World
Indonesia president says ready to face all possibilities after US Supreme Court rejects Trump's global tariffs
JAKARTA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday that his government is ready to face all possibilities after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's global tariffs.
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Nation
Bersatu crisis: Raub, Lipis divisions dissolved today
KUANTAN: The Raub and Lipis divisions of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) announced the dissolution of their respective division committees effective Saturday (Feb 21).
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Other Sports
Olympics-Owners recount panic after Nazgul gatecrashes race on doggy day out
TESERO, Italy, Feb 20 (Reuters) - When the Varesco family headed off to watch the biathlon at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday they left their two-year-old Czechoslovakian wolfdog Nazgul locked in his kennel at home in Tesero.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Berlin still a 2036 candidate despite concern over Nazi Games anniversary
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Germany will remain in the running for the 2036 Summer Olympics despite its president expressing concern about the 100th anniversary of the Nazi-era Berlin Games, the nation's Olympic sports head Thomas Weikert said on Saturday.
