Sir Garfield Sobers, who has died aged 89, was rightly chosen as one of the leading five cricketers of the 20th century - and will be remembered as arguably the best all-rounder in the history of the game.
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RSS →Legendary former West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers, regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, dies aged 89.
More than 180 fires continued to devastate swaths of the province, prompting evacuations in at least 15 communities.
Bonnie Tyler's coffin will be brought to her Mumbles home, with fans invited to "pay their respects".
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The president also called for ABC and NBC to lose their broadcast licenses, after complaining that the networks were not airing his remarks.
China Daily posted a video of a monkey being forced to sing its claims to the South China Sea.
Marwan Jumaa, who is serving a sentence for attacking two women, escaped on Tuesday evening.
Shaoping Wu was working as a contract delivery driver for Amazon when he was pulled over in Pennsylvania. He had championed personal and religious freedom for Chinese citizens.
Fifa is "assessing the match reports" before deciding whether to punish Argentina after players held a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands.
Courtney Gartshore, 28, denied culpable homicide of her three-month-old daughter Dahlia-Rose.
Female tennis players received 12,000 abusive posts in 2025, according to a new report.
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JSON →Protests erupted in Ukraine on Thursday after Mykhailo Fedorov's removal - and now soldiers are also criticising the move.
Intelligence agencies provided the White House with a trove of declassified documents that President Trump cited on Thursday as evidence of election vulnerabilities.
At a time of political upheaval and economic stagnation, Andy Burnham will on Monday become the seventh prime minister in a decade.
Under the proposals, the EU plans to relax its emissions trading system to give companies more time to reduce their carbon output.
The US military says its attacks were intended to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities".
The company recently opened a new production line to keep up with strong demand for its 737 Max, though orders for its new planes lag rival Airbus.
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Xi Jinping said the development of artificial intelligence systems should be a “symphony of global collaboration.”
The Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage estimate they’ve removed 6,000 pounds of refuse from ponds on Cape Cod. “There’s no better feeling,” one said.
A deal would underline how scarce computing power is for artificial intelligence development, and could create a new business for Meta.
The new Labour leader says his government will deliver the biggest change in British politics for 40 years.
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