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Sooryavanshi sweeps IPL awards — but is too young to drive prize

AHMEDABAD: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi swept the end-of-season IPL awards and in doing so won an SUV – but the 15-year-old cricket prodigy will have to wait three years to drive it. The Indian batting sensation plundered 776 runs at an average of 48.50 a…

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France says nearly 900 arrested in Champions League final riots

PARIS: France said on Monday that nearly 900 people had been arrested in riots that broke out after Paris Saint-Germain club won the coveted Champions League for a second consecutive year over the weekend. “We’ve had more than 890 arrests. In tota…

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Patidar credits coach Flower after Bengaluru clinch back-to-back IPL wins

Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar said head coach Andy Flower’s efforts to change the team culture had helped them ​retain their Indian Premier League (IPL) crown. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten ‌75 off 42 balls as Bengaluru chased…

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Arsenal paint London red with victory parade after Premier League title win

LONDON: Hundreds of thousands of Arsenal fans from far and wide lined the streets of north London on Sunday chanting and lighting red flares as they celebrated their club’s first Premier League ​title in 22 years. The players celebrated in an open…

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Kuwaiti air defences intercept missile, drone attacks

Kuwait’s air defences were intercepting missile and drone attacks on Monday as sirens sounded across the country, the state news agency KUNA reported, without providing further details. Iran to introduce plan for controlled shipping system

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US pushes Lebanon and Israel on new ceasefire plan, official says

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, a US official said on Sunday. The US has proposed that a…

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Asia’s factory output expands as firms stockpile buffers over Iran war risks

TOKYO: Asia’s factory activity expanded steadily in May on stockpiling by some companies to get ahead of supply shocks from the Middle East conflict, private surveys showed on Monday, a sign that the war’s economic fallout is broadening across the…

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Yuan eases from 3-year peak as factory activity stalls

HONG KONG: China’s yuan paused its rally on Monday after climbing to a three-year peak against the dollar, as the latest official survey on factories showed activity stalled in May. The yuan was 0.03% lower at 6.7682 to the greenback, having gaine…

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US says it struck Iranian military sites, Tehran responds with air base attack

DUBAI: The US said it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday it had targeted a US base in response, the latest in a series of exchanges amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war. The stri…

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South Korean shares hit record high on export surge, Nvidia optimism

SEOUL: Round-up of South Korean financial markets: South Korean shares rose sharply on Monday to record highs, driven by chip-led surge in exports and optimism over potential AI cooperation with Nvidia. The benchmark KOSPI climbed 389.34 points, o…

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