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Czech Republic records over 10,000 whooping cough cases this year
PRAGUE, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Republic has recorded more than 10,000 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, since the beginning of this year, authorities said on Thursday.
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World
Roundup: U.S. witnesses bird flu outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows
LOS ANGELES, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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World
US and allies aim to help Ukraine bolster defenses after aid gap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes its new deliveries of weaponry will help Ukraine rebuild defenses and refit its forces as it recovers from a gap in U.S. assistance, but it does not expect Kyiv to launch large-scale offensive operations against Russian forces in the near term, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday.
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Motorsport
Motor racing-Formula E car faster than F1 from 0-60mph
(Reuters) - The all-electric Formula E championship presented a new Gen3 Evo car for 2025 on Thursday with a boast that it would out accelerate Formula One from 0-60 mph.
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World
5 Tunisian fishermen dead after boat sank off eastern coast
TUNIS, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian National Guard reported on Thursday the recovery of five bodies and the rescue of five other fishermen following the sinking of their vessel off the coast of Monastir province.
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Football
Soccer-Green Day's Armstrong returns Everton love
(Reuters) - Everton manager Sean Dyche has made no secret of his love for American rock band Green Day, but he did not expect lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong to respond by offering his support for the Premier League club.
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World
Cargo ship fire in Dardanelles Strait halts maritime traffic
ISTANBUL, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A dry cargo vessel caught fire in the Dardanelles Strait in Türkiye's northwestern province of Canakkale on Thursday, prompting authorities to suspend maritime traffic in the vital waterway.
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World
Feature: Students in UK wowed by time-honored cultural treasures of China
LONDON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Gazing down on spectators, with impressive noses and daunting staring eyes, bronze masks and figures displayed during a digital tour of Chinese artifacts have wowed British school students.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Surfer Moore braced for Teahupo'o swansong
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Olympic champion Carissa Moore hopes Teahupo'o, the infamous Tahitian break where this year's Paris Games will hold its surfing competition, does not live up to its reputation in what is expected to be her final competition.
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Motorsport
Motor racing-F1 commission defers decision on points change
LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One on Thursday deferred to July a decision on whether to change the scoring system and hand out points to the first 12 finishers instead of the top 10.
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World
2 foreign tourists killed in road accident in Namibia
WINDHOEK, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Two tourists lost their lives in a devastating road crash that occurred Wednesday on the Kuiseb River road between Walvis Bay and the Kuiseb Pass in the central-western plains of Namibia.
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World
U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Thursday.
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Motorsport
Motor racing-Red Bull respond to reports Newey wants out
LONDON (Reuters) - Red Bull said Formula One's most sought after designer Adrian Newey was signed up until at least the end of next year amid reports on Thursday he was seeking to leave the reigning champions.
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Other Sports
Olympics-NZ great Adams hopes other sports follow athletics' prize money plan
BENGALURU (Reuters) - World Athletics' decision to reward Olympic champions with cash prizes is a sign of progress and can spur other global sports federations to do the same for their athletes, New Zealand shot put great Valerie Adams said on Thursday.
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World
Germany's Merck invests 300 mln euros in life science facility
BERLIN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- German pharmaceutical group Merck is set to invest more than 300 million euros (321 million U.S. dollars) in a new life science research center, it announced on Thursday.
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World
5 Tanzanian crew members, Zanzibar registered cargo ship missing in Indian Ocean
DAR ES SALAAM, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The Tanzania Shipping Agencies Corporation (TASAC) said on Thursday a Zanzibar-registered cargo ship and its five Tanzanian crew members that went missing in the Indian Ocean on April 19 was yet to be found.
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