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Delayed manual vote count to finalize Honduras electoral results begins
TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 18 - The Honduran electoral council on Thursday started a delayed, manual count of tally sheets containing hundreds of thousands of votes of the Central American nation's November 30 presidential election.
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Golf
Golf-McIlroy crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year after Masters victory
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Thursday after completing the career Grand Slam with a long-awaited Masters triumph.
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Football
Soccer-Norwegian coach Hareide dies at 72
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Former Norwegian coach and defender Age Hareide has died at the age of 72, his family told Norwegian media on Thursday.
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Football
Soccer-Hojlund helps Napoli sink Milan to reach Italian Super Cup final in Riyadh
RIYADH, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Napoli's Rasmus Hojlund proved decisive as the Dane helped his side beat Italian Super Cup holders AC Milan 2-0 in the semi-finals on Thursday, helping to set up a goal in the first half and scoring after the break to send their opponents home.
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World
Caribbean nations fear outsize impact of Trump travel restrictions
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Washington's move expanding travel restrictions to include two small Caribbean nations is raising fears of economic disruption in a region where mobility to the United States underpins tourism, education, healthcare and family life.
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World
Thousands rally in Bulgaria against corruption, call for judicial reform
SOFIA, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Thousands of Bulgarians protested on Thursday evening against the outgoing government, calling for fair elections and judicial reform to tackle what they describe as endemic corruption in the European Union's poorest member state.
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Rugby
Rugby-Hansen appointed head coach of New Zealand’s Black Ferns until 2027
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Whitney Hansen has been appointed head coach of New Zealand's Black Ferns, the national women's rugby team, New Zealand Rugby announced on Monday.
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Football
Soccer-Belgian federation unimpressed with coach's criticism of Brugge boss's firing
Dec 18 (Reuters) - The Belgian football federation has distanced itself from Rudi Garcia's comments after the national team coach criticised the firing of Club Brugge boss Nicky Hayen days before their Champions League clash against Arsenal last week.
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Football
Soccer-Morocco beat Jordan 3-2 after extra time to clinch Arab Cup
LUSAIL, Qatar, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Morocco defeated Jordan 3-2 after extra time to claim the Arab Cup on Thursday thanks to two goals from Abderrazzaq Hamed Allah following a stunning long-range strike from Oussama Tannane.
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World
UN elects former Iraqi President to lead UN refugee agency
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday elected Barham Salih, a former Iraqi president who fled persecution under Saddam Hussein, as the next U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
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Other Sports
Horse racing-Blowers stuns British racing with 300-1 win at Exeter
Dec 18 (Reuters) - A little-known five-year-old named Blowers produced one of the biggest shocks in British racing history on Thursday, winning the opening race at Exeter at odds of 300-1.
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World
Joint Iraq-Iran operation seizes 64 kg of drugs
BAGHDAD, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Thursday that its anti-drug forces seized 64 kg of narcotics and nabbed a suspect in the Iranian city of Abadan, close to Iraqi borders, in coordination with Iranian authorities.
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World
U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Thursday.
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World
'More dignity': Argentine unions march against Milei's labor reform
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Argentina's main union federation led a massive demonstration on Thursday against a government labor reform bill that seeks, among other measures, to put limits on the right to strike and modify employee working hours and severance pay.
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World
Seven dead in fatal plane crash including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Seven people were killed Thursday in the crash of a Cessna 550 business jet in Statesville, North Carolina, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, NASCAR said.
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World
Russian shelling near Odesa kills one, hits power supply
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Russian strikes near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa on Thursday killed a woman in her car and hit infrastructure and the regional governor asked residents suffering long power cuts to stop blocking roads in protest.
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World
Democrats release dozens more new images from Epstein estate
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats released dozens of new images from the estate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, a day before the U.S. Justice Department is required by law to release unclassified files from its investigation of the disgraced financier.
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World
Feature: Breaking barriers -- more Lebanese women push into male-dominated trades
BEIRUT, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- In this village near the southern city of Nabatieh, Perla Shalhoub's hands are blackened with grease and machine oil. At 25, she spends her days bent over the open maw of a sedan, the metallic cadence of a wrench echoing through her workshop.
