Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, makes history as youngest ever player in cricket’s Indian Premier League- hits first ball six
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, has made history as the youngest player to play in the Indian Premier League after being called in to replace Rajasthan's injured skipper Sanju Samson.
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Suryavanshi looks dejected as he walks after losing his wicket.
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Gaza father grieves for children killed in Israeli airstrike on church building
More than a year after his children were killed in an Israeli strike on a church building, a father is calling on the world to “stand by” the people of Gaza as they face bombardment. “This Easter is no different than the last,” he says.”We are tending to our wounds.
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Food is increasingly hard to come by in Gaza
Oldest serving US astronaut returns from space on 70th birthday
A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying American Donald Pettit and Russians Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday.
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The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft returning to Earth. Pic: AP
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The spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan. Pic: AP
Macron to beat Trump to UK state visit – report
Not many government and royal officials know the details of the engagement, according to a report, which would be the French president's first state visit to Britain and come eight years after he took office.
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Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump. Pic: Reuters
Russian attacks on Ukraine continue despite ‘Easter truce’, Zelenskyy says
The Ukrainian president said Russia was “trying to create a general impression of a ceasefire”, but there had still been hundreds of instances of shelling and five assault attempts along the front line.
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Russia's chief of general staff Valery Gerasimov meets with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Pic: Reuters
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking earlier this week. Pic: AP
Analysis
Analysis
Why Putin has suddenly offered an ‘Easter truce’ in Ukraine – and the interesting way it’s being presented
Vladimir Putin is trying to cast himself as the peacemaker in the eyes of US President Donald Trump – as the one who gives solutions, not problems.
Netanyahu tells Israeli military to increase pressure on Hamas
In a televised address, the Israeli prime minister says his country has “no choice but to continue fighting for our very existence, until victory”.
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An explosion during an Israeli strike at a camp sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis in Gaza. Pic: Reuters
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Mourners at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Pic: Reuters
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People at a hospital in Khan Younis mourn the deaths of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes earlier this week. Pic: Reuters
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Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house. Pic: Reuters
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US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee places a handwritten note in Jerusalem. Pic: Reuters
China hosts world’s first half-marathon race between humans and robots
Some 21 humanoid robots raced alongside thousands of runners around the 21km (13-mile) course in Beijing on Saturday.
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Several robots joined the race. Pics: Reuters
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One robot fell over. Pics: Reuters
At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo
The fire started as a woman was cooking on board the boat, officials said, adding that children were among those who died after jumping in the water.
British man, 27, dies after avalanche at French Alps ski resort
The man was pulled from the snow after the avalanche hit and given first aid by police officers, having gone into cardiac arrest.
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