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Why Zhao Xintong’s world snooker win is so controversial

Why Zhao Xintong’s world snooker win is so controversial

Zhao beat Mark Williams on Monday to seal a historic victory for Chinese snooker, but he has only just returned from a ban over match-fixing

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US moves another warship within striking distance of Iran amid Middle East tensions

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Huge fireball erupts after fuel depot at major port hit by drone strike

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Chaos in Spain as 60,000 cruise ship tourists descend on island loved by Brits

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Anyone with a garden urged to make 1 change if they want robins to keep coming back

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Flight operations at 4 Moscow airports temporarily suspended due to Ukrainian drone attack

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What Zelensky hopes to achieve by targeting Moscow ahead of Putin’s victory parade

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Ukrainian men paid $15,000 to border guards to ‘dodge military draft’

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Trump calls his AI pope image a ‘joke’. Experts say it’s anything but

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Pietro Parolin: The soft-spoken, longtime Vatican diplomat could be the next pope

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Church school bus driver ‘caught intoxicated’ with 38 kids on board

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Meghan tells of turning to ancient Indian medicine doctor during pregnancy

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At least 12 dead in Indonesia bus crash after brakes apparently failed, police say

At least 12 dead in Indonesia bus crash after brakes apparently failed, police say

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Donald Trump denies posting image of himself as pope

Donald Trump denies posting image of himself as pope

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“I don’t want romantasy, I want Heathcliff!”

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Why are men so much more right-wing than women now?

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Trump is attacking sanctuary cities. Will Democrats defend them?

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Kashmir terror attack pushes India–Pakistan tensions to brink of war

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Cruise ship passenger describes 'chaos' on MSC Virtuosa before murder arrest

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Spain holiday disaster as weather warning issued over plummeting -1C temperatures and snow

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Missiles to fly over Hebrides as NATO conducts live fire testing

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Deliveroo set to be sold to US rival DoorDash in £2.9bn takeover

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Everything you need to know about Trump’s bizarre plan to reopen Alcatraz

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Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident

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New Zealand’s prime minister proposes social media ban for children under 16

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Toy giant issues warning over price increase thanks to Trump’s tariffs

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Putin’s endgame in Ukraine – and why it won’t finish there

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Trump live: Mike Pence slams tariff plan in major intervention against former ally

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Trump’s disturbing vision for Gaza has inspired Netanyahu’s plan to seize the Strip

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Putin offers rare glimpse inside his gilded Kremlin apartment — complete with baby grand piano

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Putin builds life-sized Reichstag replica for Russia’s Victory Day re-enactment

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Grandmother fears becoming a ‘criminal’ and closing her shops under new law

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Friedrich Merz loses parliament vote to be named next German chancellor — by six votes

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French village where British woman Karen Carter was fatally stabbed is scene of cult murder film

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Shock in German parliament as Friedrich Merz falls short of majority needed to be chancellor

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Shock in German parliament as Friedrich Merz falls short of majority needed to be chancellor

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Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor fails first ballot

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Who is Diana Fox Carney? What to know about the wife of Canada's PM

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Liberals were just 611 votes from a majority government. Here’s how

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Grade school students swing to Poilievre, even as he falls short in federal election

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Doug Ford, Tim Houston defend decision to not help federal Tories during election

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Danielle Smith lowers bar for Alberta referendum with separatism sentiment emerging

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Dangerous offender with 'deviant sexual preferences' should be charged, parole board recommends

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John Ivison: Conservatives used a meat grinder on the Liberals. They needed a wooden stake

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Kelly McParland: Monday's election was a wake-up call for the Conservatives

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Conservatives back Poilievre, but need to see changes and contrition to avoid 'problems'

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Terror, violence and organized crime: Inside the lawless East Coast fishery

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Trump says he will meet with Mark Carney at the White House 'within the next week'

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Randall Denley: Attacking Poilievre's Conservatives will come back to bite Doug Ford

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Yemeni terror suspect arrested in Toronto accused of making threats

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Over £20m paid out on fraudulent student loan applications since 2019

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Shock loss for Merz in initial vote to become German chancellor in historic first

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Mum meets hotel worker on Egypt holiday – then ditches husband of 15 years and 3 kids

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Horror as mum and son found dead after flash flooding at Petra tourist hotspot

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Brit student nurse's roommate charged with murder after being found stabbed to death in Texas

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