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US says 'took out' Iran base threatening blocked Hormuz oil route
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Di Giannantonio takes Brazil MotoGP pole ahead of Bezzecchi, Marquez
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Welbeck scores twice to dent Liverpool's top-five hopes
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Pirovano wins World Cup downhill title, Aicher puts pressure on Shiffrin
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Doroshchuk wins Ukraine's second world indoor gold, Hodgkinson and Alfred coast
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K-pop kings BTS stun Seoul in '2.0' comeback concert
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French prosecutors suspect Musk encouraged deepfakes row to inflate X value
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Mbappe 100 percent, Bellingham fit, says Real Madrid's Arbeloa
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Iranians mark Eid as Tehran reports strike on nuclear plant
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Kenya, Uganda open rail extension burdened by Chinese debt
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K-pop kings BTS rock Seoul in comeback concert
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Invincible Japan edge Australia to win Women's Asian Cup
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Italy's Paris claims first win of season in World Cup downhill finale
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In Finland, divers learn to explore icy polar waters
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Dortmund extend injured captain Can's contract
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Iranians mark Eid as Trump mulls winding down war
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Matisse's last years cut out -- but not pasted -- at Paris expo
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BTS fans take over central Seoul for K-pop kings' comeback
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Star jockey McDonald becomes horse racing's most prolific Group 1 winner
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Israel strikes Tehran, Beirut as Trump mulls 'winding down' war
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Pistons top Warriors to clinch NBA playoff berth
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Top-ranked Alcaraz, Sabalenka win Miami openers
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After Cuba beckons, Miami entrepreneurs are mostly reluctant to invest in the island
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Peru's crowded presidential race zeroes in on organized crime
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Taiwan's Lin to compete in first international event since Paris gender row
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BTS takes over central Seoul for comeback concert
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Jury signals tech titans on hook for social media addiction
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Brumbies mark Slipper record in thriller against Chiefs
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US jury finds Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders
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Gauff rallies to avance at Miami Open
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WNBA, players union confirm agreement on 'groundbreaking' labor deal
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Carrick 'baffled' by inconsistent penalty calls as Man Utd held
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Trump says considering 'winding down' Iran war but rules out ceasefire
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Trump mulls 'winding down' Iran war
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Man Utd held by Bournemouth after Maguire sees red
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Lens go top of Ligue 1 with handsome Angers win
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Leipzig pummel Hoffenheim to climb to third
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Quinn ousts 11th seed Ruud at rain-hit Miami Open
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Rap group Kneecap says crisis-hit Cuba being 'strangled'
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Anthony, Jackson nail US double at world indoors
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Zarco seizes his moment as rain disrupts Brazil MotoGP practice
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US newcomer Anthony crowned world indoor sprint king
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Stocks drop, oil jumps as Mideast war persists
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Trump rules out Iran truce as more Marines head to Middle East
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Costa Rican ex-security minister extradited to US for drug trafficking
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Trump slams NATO 'cowards' as more Marines head to Middle East
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Gulf's decades-long strategy of sporting investment rocked by Mideast war
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UK economy stalls in July
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Ukraine's energy strikes hit Russians at the pump
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S. Korea workers head home after US immigration raid
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Global stocks rise as US inflation data hits forecast
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Albania appoints AI-generated minister to avoid corruption
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ECB seeks to ease jitters over France crisis
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Global stocks rise as no surprise on US inflation data
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US consumer inflation heats up but unlikely to deter rate cut
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ECB holds rates as France crisis looms over meeting
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Mexico, under US pressure, mulls 50% tariff on Chinese cars
Mexico, under pressure not to serve as a back door for Chinese goods entering the United States, has proposed a 50 percent duty on car imports from the Asian giant -- up from 15-20 percent.
Most markets rise as US producer price data stokes rate cut bets
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French lawmakers urge social media ban for under-15s
Children under 15 in France should be banned entirely from using social media, and those aged between 15 and 18 should face a nighttime "digital curfew", a French parliamentary committee urged on Thursday.
France political crisis looms over ECB meeting
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