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Former WBA super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka pledged Monday to get revenge on current title holder Fernando Martinez of ...

Global military expenditures in 2024 rose 9.4 percent from the year before to a record $2.72 trillion, an international ...

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Liverpool were crowned the English Premier League champions after a 5-1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, makin ...

Tokyo stocks rose Monday, with the Nikkei index closing higher for a fourth consecutive day, lifted by hopes for progress in ...

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The Tokyo District Court has ordered the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to investigate the identity of the biological parents ...

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