Stories beyond borders。
Kyrie Irving scored seventeen points as Dallas beat Houston 132–115 in a preseason game in Macau. The appearance was his first competitive outing since a knee ligament injury in March 2025, ending a layoff of nearly twenty months.
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Exeter secured its first Premiership victory of the campaign against Newcastle, despite three tries from Christian Wade. The Newcastle winger became only the second player to reach a hundred tries in the competition’s top tier.
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Jacksonville defeated Philadelphia 19–17 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after Cam Little made a fifty-seven-yard field goal as time expired. The finish reversed a lead the Eagles had taken with only eight seconds remaining.
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Taylor Knibb won her first Hawaiian Ironman world title after a sudden change near the end of the marathon. Defending champion Solveig Løvseth had led by more than a minute with roughly a mile remaining before losing stability and collapsing.
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Max Verstappen won the Singapore Grand Prix with a dominant drive from pole position. It was his first victory at Marina Bay and came on the occasion of his two-hundred-and-fiftieth Formula One race.
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Laika’s Wildwood follows a Portland girl named Prue into a hidden forest after her baby brother is carried away by crows. Adapted from the book by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, the film is directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler.
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Security researchers are reporting growth in scams that place deceptive invitations or reminders inside electronic calendars. An apparently forgotten meeting can direct a user to a website requesting login details, turning a familiar planning tool into an entry point for fraud.
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A Guardian feature surveys European spa towns whose buildings and public spaces developed around mineral-water tourism. Eleven historic towns were recognised together as a transnational UNESCO world heritage site in 2021.
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Indian Cafe Racer has moved from a small space behind the Wellington pub into a larger Birmingham restaurant. The venture by Azad Kayes now has sixty-five covers after attracting a following that outgrew its original setting.
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Cleveland beat the Chicago White Sox 2–0 to complete a comeback from two games down in the American League Division Series. Gavin Williams struck out twelve, while José Ramírez hit a home run to help provide the winning margin.
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Northampton scored eleven tries in a Premiership victory over Bath, with Ollie Sleightholme completing a hat-trick and Tommy Freeman adding two. The teams produced eighteen tries and 119 points between them.
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Professional-looking equipment is increasingly appearing in domestic kitchens, from squeeze bottles and metal bowls to taps positioned above the stove. A Guardian feature links the trend with greater public visibility of chefs at work.
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