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AI startup urges optimism from Europe despite safety fears
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Italy winemakers hail bumper harvest but cut output
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'Godlike, invincible': Japan hails 11-year-old Games history-maker
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Kyiv shoppers feel the pinch from Russian strikes
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Nepal's hydropower ambitions face climate reality check
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Japanese anime actor fights TikTok over AI voice cloning
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Power cuts, rubble: millions come home to find Sudan's capital unlivable
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Curtain falls on the romance of India's single-screen cinemas
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Internationals keep Presidents Cup lead with late fightbacks
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Smells like teen spirit as US thrash Peru 4-1
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Tuchel to 'keep pushing' England to reach Spain's level
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Cavy chaos: Hundreds attend New Zealand's biggest guinea pig show
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Alcaraz saves match points to keep Europe ahead in Laver Cup
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Venezuela releases more political prisoners after opposition talks
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Spain success driven by hunger to improve, says De La Fuente
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England's best 'for a long time' despite Spain defeat, says Kane
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Lyon collapse at Stade Francais to suffer first Top 14 loss
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Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds
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Oyarzabal and Spain sink England again as Modric shines for Croatia
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Filmmaker Mike Leigh wins top prize at Spain festival with 'last film'
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Housing protesters camp in central Madrid after mass demonstration
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Spain beat England in Nations League to extend unbeaten run
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Louise Trotter expands her palette at Bottega Veneta
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Ireland squad vote to play Israel tie despite Gaza unease
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Pope prays at Lourdes after huge Paris mass
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Gutsy Vollering wins cycling road race world title
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USA trims International lead after Presidents Cup four-balls
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Vollering wins cycling road race world title
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Russia accuses Europe of blocking Ukraine talks, as strikes drag on
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Man City's meteoric rise clouded by dark shadow
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'He said hello': Families pray with pope on Paris avenue
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Mbappe out for two weeks or more with knee injury say Real
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Pope celebrates giant Paris mass, flies to Lourdes
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Lyon collapse away to Stade and suffer first Top 14 loss
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Thousands march in Madrid over eviction of 87-year-old woman
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Russia accuses Europe of seeking to thwart Ukraine talks
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England women back to winning ways with last-gasp defeat of New Zealand
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Man City chairman defiant over reported Premier League charges
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Trump rejects Iran proposal for deal to reopen Hormuz
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Germany ready to 'walk through fire' for Klopp, says Tah
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England's Cox says injured Buttler leaves 'big shoes to fill'
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At least 16 killed in Russian and Ukrainian strikes
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Ruthless Perpignan upset sloppy Bordeaux-Begles
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Powerful storm pummels US Northeast
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Deadly abbey attack feeds anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland
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Bangkok declares disaster after homes flooded, roads submerged by heavy rain
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Antonelli says he drove 'safety-first' on his worst weekend of season
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Norris calls for errant Colapinto to be banned for causing Baku crash
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Fernandez fights back to reach Singapore Open final
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Russell finds himself again and prepares to heap pressure on Antonelli
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France gripped by strikes, protests against pension reform
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US takes 'extraordinary' steps to avoid looming default
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EU parliament head publishes list of gifts
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Stocks slide on returning recession fears
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Indian tycoon Adani's firm seeks billions from investors
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EU parliament chief publishes list of gifts late
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Tens of millions head home for China holidays as Xi flags Covid worry
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Macron, Sanchez to ink Franco-Spanish friendship treaty
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Sakhalin exception: the Russian energy Japan can't quit
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France gears up for 'hellish' day of pension protests
France's government was facing a day of strikes and protests Thursday set to disrupt transport and schooling across the country as workers oppose a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul.
Bird statue fetches $100,000 as Musk auctions Twitter HQ items
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Japan's 2022 trade deficit hits record on energy costs
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