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Naomi Osaka announces return to professional tennis in 2024 | CNN

Naomi Osaka announces return to professional tennis in 2024 | CNN

CNN  —  Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka intends to return to professional tennis in 2024, the 25-year-old said in an interview with ESPN on Wednesday. The four-time major champion – who welcomed a baby girl in July with her boyfriend, rapper Cordae – said she plans to play a busy schedule next year. “It’s […]

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Actors and directors in India’s Malayalam movie industry face sexual assault allegations, including rape

Actors and directors in India’s Malayalam movie industry face sexual assault allegations, including rape

New Delhi — Police in India’s southern state of Kerala have opened investigations into allegations of rape against several popular movie stars from the region’s Malayalam language film industry. Cases have been registered against some of the industry’s biggest names after female actors started speaking out in a new manifestation of the MeToo movement triggered

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Can women and foreigners help drive a ramen renaissance to keep Japan’s noodle shops on the boil?

Can women and foreigners help drive a ramen renaissance to keep Japan’s noodle shops on the boil?

Tokyo — Japan’s ubiquitous ramen shops have long served that most-proletarian of dishes at no-frills counters, where customers unceremoniously slurp and gulp their way through boiling-hot bowls of noodles.  But while the ramen joints were long an almost exclusively male domain, the cement-floored greasy spoons of yore are giving way to hip décor, handcrafted crockery, and

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Six of the most beautiful sections of the Great Wall of China | CNN

Six of the most beautiful sections of the Great Wall of China | CNN

Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. In September, we’re celebrating superlatives as we look at some of the world’s biggest, tallest and most expensive attractions and destinations. CNN  —  Having lived in Beijing for almost 12 years, I’ve had plenty

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Look of the Week: Blackpink headline Coachella in Korean hanboks | CNN

Look of the Week: Blackpink headline Coachella in Korean hanboks | CNN

Editor’s Note: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. CNN  —  Bringing the second day of this year’s Coachella to a close, K-Pop girl group Blackpink made history Saturday night when they became

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Australia pulls out of Afghanistan cricket series over Taliban’s restrictions on women | CNN

Australia pulls out of Afghanistan cricket series over Taliban’s restrictions on women | CNN

Sydney CNN  —  Australia’s men’s cricket team has withdrawn from a series of upcoming matches against Afghanistan in protest over the ruling Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls’ education and employment, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement Thursday. The teams were scheduled to play three One Day International (ODI) games in the United Arab

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Golf’s history-making schoolboy: The hectic double-life of 15-year-old Ratchanon ‘TK’ Chantananuwat | CNN

Golf’s history-making schoolboy: The hectic double-life of 15-year-old Ratchanon ‘TK’ Chantananuwat | CNN

CNN  —  Like most 15-year-olds, Ratchanon “TK” Chantananuwat thinks about school, exams, and college plans. But Ratchanon is not like most kids his age – he’s already a history-making amateur golfer competing against some of the game’s best professionals. In April – five weeks on from his 15th birthday – he made international headlines when

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How Afghanistan women’s football team made it to Australia | CNN

How Afghanistan women’s football team made it to Australia | CNN

How Afghanistan women’s football team made it to Australia Playing football for your national team is a dream for many, but in Afghanistan, it could have been a death sentence for the players of the women’s side. Reserve goalkeeper Montaha explains her love of the game, why she had to burn her trophies and medals

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