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Soccer-Toulouse spoil PSG league title party with surprise 3-1 win
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Football
Soccer-Leverkusen ready to become first team to play unbeaten Bundesliga season, says Alonso
BOCHUM, Germany (Reuters) - German champions Bayer Leverkusen are ready to become the first team in Bundesliga history to go an entire season unbeaten, coach Xabi Alonso said after Sunday's 5-0 demolition of VfL Bochum.
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World
Factbox-Who is Andrei Belousov, Putin's choice as defence minister?
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, for the job more than two years into the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said.
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Football
Soccer-Juve must grow as a team to overcome slump, says Allegri
(Reuters) - Juventus will need to grow as a team if they are to get out of their current slump, manager Massimiliano Allegri said after they drew against relegated Salernitana on Sunday.
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Football
Soccer-Arsenal right where they want to be with one game left says Arteta
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Arsenal are exactly where they want to be with one game remaining in front of their fans at the Emirates Stadium and the possibility of claiming a first Premier League trophy in 20 years, manager Mikel Arteta said on Sunday.
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Football
Soccer-Leverkusen crush 10-man Bochum to stretch unbeaten run to 50 matches
BOCHUM, Germany (Reuters) - Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen crushed hosts VfL Bochum 5-0 on Sunday to stretch their remarkable unbeaten run across all competitions this season to 50 consecutive matches.
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World
Chinese books, cultural products welcomed at int'l book fair in Morocco
RABAT, May 12 (Xinhua) -- At the ongoing 29th Rabat International Book and Publishing Fair, Chinese books and cultural products on display have charmed many local visitors.
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World
Israel, Romania ink wheat cultivation agreement
JERUSALEM, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Israel has signed a wheat production agreement with Romania to reinforce its national food security, Israel's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement on Sunday.
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Football
Soccer-Ineos will push Man Utd women on to elite status, says boss Skinner
LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United Women can be one of the elite teams in the game with the backing of the club's new owners Ineos, manager Marc Skinner said after they won their first FA Cup on Sunday.
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Football
Soccer-Tuchel skips goodbye from fans after final Bayern home game
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Departing Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel opted on Sunday to quietly slip into the changing rooms instead of joining his players to celebrate the final home match of the season with the fans after the Bavarians beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-0.
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World
Putin taps economist to run defence, replacing Shoigu in unexpected move
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine.
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Football
Soccer-Late Rabiot goal salvages home draw for Juve against Salernitana
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Juventus snatched a 1-1 draw at home to relegated Salernitana courtesy of a late Adrien Rabiot goal that cancelled out a first-half header from Niccolo Pierozzi in Serie A on Sunday.
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Football
Soccer-Arsenal reclaim provisional top spot with 1-0 win at Man United
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Arsenal's Leandro Trossard capitalised on Manchester United's dreadful defending to secure a 1-0 win on Sunday that saw his side provisionally overtake Manchester City atop the Premier League, ensuring the title race will be decided on the final day.
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Football
Soccer-Bayern beat Wolfsburg in final home game after Champions League exit
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Second-placed Bayern Munich beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 with teenager Lovro Zvonarek scoring on his first start in their final Bundesliga home game of the season on Sunday as they eased towards the end of a trophy-less campaign.
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World
Georgian PM vows to pass 'foreign agent' bill next week after thousands protest
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed on Sunday to push ahead with a law on "foreign agents" that has sparked a political crisis, after opponents of the bill rallied in one of the largest protests seen since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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World
Kidnapped Nigerian university students rescued
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces have rescued students kidnapped from a university in northern Kogi state, along with other victims held by the abductors, the army and state government said on Sunday.
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Football
Soccer-Late De Paul stunner gives Atletico 1-0 win over Celta
MADRID, Spain (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid's Rodrigo De Paul scored a brilliant late goal to snatch a 1-0 home victory against relegation-threatened Celta Vigo as they consolidated fourth spot in Laliga on Sunday.
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World
Russian forces bear down on Ukraine border town in Kharkiv region
NEAR VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces attacking Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region reached the outskirts of the border town of Vovchansk, Kyiv's troops said on Sunday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described heavy fighting there and in the east.
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Motorsport
Motor racing-Da Costa hands Porsche a first home win in Formula E
BERLIN (Reuters) - Antonio Felix da Costa gave Porsche a first home win in Formula E on Sunday in the second of two races in Berlin while Jaguar's Nick Cassidy stretched his lead in the all-electric championship to 16 points.
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Nation
Health Minister assures nurses of commitment to resolving salary, welfare issues
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad, has expressed his commitment to resolving issues faced by nurses in the country, particularly concerning their salaries and welfare.