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Rugby
Rugby-Italy chasing history without complacency after England win, says captain Lamaro
March 13 (Reuters) - Italy secured their first ever win over England last weekend but heading into the final day of this year's Six Nations, there is no room for complacency, captain Michele Lamaro said on Friday, with another milestone within reach against Wales.
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World
Venezuela and Colombia discuss security as Rodriguez calls for end to US sanctions
CARACAS/BOGOTA, March 13 (Reuters) - High-level Colombian officials, including the ministers of foreign relations and defense, met with their Venezuelan counterparts in Caracas on Friday in what acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez said were productive meetings, as she called for a end to U.S. sanctions against her country.
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Technology
Musk ousts more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters, FT reports
March 13 (Reuters) - Elon Musk has triggered a fresh wave of job cuts at his AI firm xAI, with more co-founders pushed out amid his dissatisfaction with the underperformance of the startup's coding division, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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Technology
Cerebras Systems, Amazon strike deal to offer Cerebras AI chips on Amazon's cloud
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13 (Reuters) - Amazon.com and Cerebras Systems on Friday said they have reached a deal to combine the two companies' computing chips in a new service aimed at speeding up chatbots, coding tools and other artificial intelligence services.
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Technology
Win for Amazon as Luxembourg court scraps record $854 million privacy fine
BRUSSELS, March 13 (Reuters) - Amazon on Friday won its appeal against a record 746-million-euro ($854.4 million) fine imposed by Luxembourg's privacy regulator, after a court found the watchdog had not properly carried out its analysis and must reassess the case.
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Football
Soccer-Constantine to coach Rwanda for second spell
KIGALI, March 13 (Reuters) - Englishman Stephen Constantine has been named Rwanda manager on a two-year contract, the country's football federation said.
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World
Pentagon chief says he's eager for Trump ally to buy CNN as he blasts war coverage
WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Friday said he was eager to see Trump ally and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison take over CNN, as he criticized the U.S. news media's coverage of the Iran war.
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World
Brazil's jailed ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalized in ICU with pneumonia
SAO PAULO, March 13 (Reuters) - Brazil's imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized in an intensive care unit on Friday after being diagnosed with bronchopneumonia, according to a medical note from the DF Star hospital.
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Football
Soccer-Man United raring to go again after first loss under Carrick
March 13 (Reuters) - Manchester United's interim manager Michael Carrick on Friday said his players were "itching to get going" again when they host fellow Champions League hopefuls Aston Villa, after suffering their first defeat under his leadership.
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World
Brazil to revoke Trump adviser Beattie's visa, source says
BRASILIA, March 13 (Reuters) - Brazil's government will revoke the visa of Darren Beattie, who was recently tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump for a senior advisory role overseeing Brazil, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
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Football
Soccer-Arsenal's Arteta shrugs off siege mentality talk as quadruple dreams grow
LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta dismissed suggestions the Premier League leaders have adopted a siege mentality amid mounting pressure, saying on Friday that the squad's focus remains firmly on their own performances rather than outside noise.
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Football
Soccer-'You can cry or you can fight': Tudor urges struggling Spurs to rise to the challenge
March 13 (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Igor Tudor on Friday delivered a rallying cry to his struggling side, telling them they must fight as the club face the almost unthinkable prospect of Premier League relegation.
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AseanPlus News
US$17 billion question: why China and South Africa are so far apart on trade data
Statistical discrepancy reflects different reporting practices and 'opaque' global commodity chains, according to observers
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World
Brazil top court panel keeps Banco Master owner Vorcaro in jail
SAO PAULO, March 13 (Reuters) - The majority of a panel of Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Friday to keep the owner of liquidated lender Banco Master, Daniel Vorcaro, in jail.
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World
Greenland's Siumut party withdraws from governing coalition
COPENHAGEN, March 13 (Reuters) - Greenland's Siumut party has withdrawn from the coalition government, the prime minister said on Friday, weakening efforts to present a united front against U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to take control of the Arctic island.
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Football
Soccer-Chelsea manager Rosenior keeps faith in keepers, James extends contract
March 13 (Reuters) - Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior on Friday threw his support behind Filip Jorgensen despite the goalkeeper's costly errors in their 5-2 Champions League thrashing at Paris St Germain in midweek, insisting both his shot-stoppers are of the "highest quality."
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Badminton
Aaron-Khai Xing bow out in Swiss Open quarters
PETALING JAYA: Men's doubles pair Aaron Tai-Kang Khai Xing campaign in the Swiss Open has ended in the quarter-finals after losing to Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard.
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World
Poland presses on with EU defence plan despite president's veto
WARSAW, March 13 (Reuters) - Poland's government on Friday pushed ahead with a European Union defence-funding programme despite the president vetoing the scheme, amid a row over debt and the role Brussels should play in the security of the deeply divided country.
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World
All six US service members killed in plane crash over Iraq
March 13 (Reuters) - All six crew members aboard a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in western Iraq are confirmed to have been killed, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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China
China slams US trade probe ahead of Paris talks
China on Friday rebuked a US trade investigation into alleged overcapacity and said it reserved the right to take countermeasures, clouding the outlook for a new round of trade talks that is set to begin this weekend.
