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Italy removes emphatic ‘Yes!’ from national anthem

FILE PHOTO: Basketball - FIBA EuroBasket 2025 - Group Phase - Italy v Georgia - Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center, Limassol, Cyprus - August 30, 2025 Italy's players line up during the national anthems before the match REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/File Photo

Chess-FIDE reinstates Russian and Belarusian teams in official contests

FILE PHOTO: General view of a chessboard is seen in this illustration. REUTERS/Stanley Cheah/File Photo

Crowning of durian a thorny issue amid Indonesia, Malaysia claims over fruit

A trader arranging durians to sell in Kampung Kedai Buluh in Malaysia in June 2024.

Police arrest man in Penang over upside-down Malaysia flag

A building in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia’s national flag. A man has been arrested in Penang over an incident involving Malaysia’s national flag displayed upside down.

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