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For women e-sports players in China, mastering the game is just the first hurdle to carving out a space for themselves in the male-dominated field.To compete, casually but especially professionally, they must also overcome vicious trolls, gender norms, familial expectations and limited opportunities.China has become one of the world’s largest markets for e-sports. Its teams …

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Firefighters were racing against time Saturday to get on top of massive wildfires around Los Angeles as winds ramped up, pushing the blazes towards previously untouched neighborhoods.At least 16 people were now confirmed dead from fires that have ripped through the city, leaving communities in ruins and testing the mettle of thousands of firefighters — …

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On a barge hundreds of metres off the Kerkennah Islands in southern Tunisia, a group of students watches intently as Besma, a recovering sea turtle, shuffles towards the water and dives in.The barge, used to treat injured loggerhead turtles, is the first floating rehabilitation centre for the species in the Mediterranean, its organisers say.Harbouring netted …

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France’s main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his native Brittany amid tight security.His funeral followed a mass in his hometown of La Trinite-sur-Mer in the western region.The funeral was attended by his daughter Marine Le Pen, who took over her father’s political mantle, and …

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Syria’s new ruler and Lebanon’s prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese head of government to Damascus since the civil war started in 2011.Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s trip came after Islamist-led rebels seized Damascus last month, bringing an end to the rule of Bashar al-Assad.Previous Lebanese …

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Sudanese paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo said Saturday his Rapid Support Forces had “lost” key Al-Jazira state capital Wad Madani, as the military and allied armed groups entered the city after more than a year of paramilitary control.Government officials loyal to the army have hailed the recapture of the city, which RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo …

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The largest of the Los Angeles fires spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods Saturday, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control.At least 11 people have died as multiple fires ripped through residential areas, razing whole communities in destruction US President Joe Biden has likened to a “war scene.”Despite huge firefighting …

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Ukraine said Saturday that it was questioning two wounded soldiers it claimed are North Koreans captured while fighting for Moscow in Russia’s Kursk region.Kyiv, the United States and South Korea have accused nuclear-armed North Korea of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help its ally Russia fight Ukraine.”Our soldiers captured North Korean soldiers in the …

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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party set out a radical programme on Saturday at a party congress ahead of next month’s snap general election as thousands of protesters took to the streets to voice their opposition to the party.Demonstrators shouting “No to Nazis” outside the venue in the eastern town of Riesa succeeded in …

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France’s main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his native Brittany amid tight security.His funeral followed a mass in his hometown of La Trinite-sur-Mer in the western region.The funeral was attended by his daughter Marine Le Pen, who took over her father’s political mantle, and …

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