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Morocco down Netherlands to reach World Cup last 16
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Ultra-wealthy Chinese exile in New York sentenced to 30 years for fraud
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Paraguay shock Germany, Brazil advance at World Cup
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Tuchel defensive headache as England ready for DR Congo clash
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US reopens Venezuela port as quake deaths top 1,700
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US Supreme Court rules on dragnet searches of cellphone location data
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Switzerland returns famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Britain's economy was stagnant in the third quarter, according to revised official data released Monday, dealing a fresh blow to the Labour government.
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Global stock markets mostly edged higher on Monday as traders welcomed below-forecast US inflation data that raised hopes about the health of the world's biggest economy.
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Trump threatens to take back control of Panama Canal
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Stellantis backtracks on plan to lay off 1,100 at US Jeep plant
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Biden signs funding bill to avert government shutdown
US President Joe Biden signed a funding bill Saturday, the White House said, averting a Christmastime government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight.
Sorrow and fury in German town after Christmas market attack
The German city of Magdeburg was in mourning Saturday over a car-ramming attack that brought death and carnage to its Christmas market, but the sorrow gave way to anger when the politicians showed up.
France's most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream
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