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India plane crash death toll rises to 279
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US overdose capital Baltimore on long road to recovery
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Thunder rally to beat Pacers, level NBA Finals at 2-2
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Pacers vow to 'circle the wagons' after Thunder loss
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Thunder rally to beat Pacers, level NBA Finals at 2-12
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The city doth protest too much? Hamlet gets LA curfew exemption
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After conquering Europe, PSG now have sights set on Club World Cup glory
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Sao Paulo's pumas under attack as 'stone jungle' threatens rainforest
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Scott's 'old-man par golf' has him in the hunt at US Open
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Guerrilla dissident group claims wave of Colombian attacks
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Burns fires 65 to grab US Open lead as big names stumble
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Boutier, Ciganda among four-way tie for lead at Meijer LPGA Classic
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Convicted murderer put to death in fourth US execution this week
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Russell fastest for Mercedes ahead of Norris in second practice
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Vasseur launches scathing attack on Italian media reports
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Bayonne crush Clermont to set up Toulouse showdown in Top 14 semis
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Marines deploy in LA ahead of mass anti-Trump protests
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Former NFL star Brown wanted for attempted murder: police
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Sir David Beckham: Global icon achieves ultimate goal
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Arise Sir David! Football legend Beckham knighted
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Kanye West shows up to support Combs at sex trafficking trial
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Google turns internet queries into conversations
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US adversaries fuel disinformation about LA protests
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Son of late shah urges Iranians to break with Islamic republic
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Lawrence grabs US Open lead with birdie binge as Burns fires 65
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Prince says Bavuma set for 'defining moment' as South Africa eye WTC final triumph
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Nagayama and Scutto win gold at world judo champs
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Miami missing Alba for Club World Cup opener
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No.1 Scheffler, four-over, says don't count him out at US Open
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Wrongly deported Salvadoran migrant pleads not guilty to smuggling charges
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Verstappen on top in opening Canadian GP practice after Leclerc crashes
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Supporters of deported Venezuelans denied visit to Salvadoran jail
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Macron urges renewed nuclear dialogue after Israel's Iran strikes
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Brilliant Markram takes South Africa to brink of WTC final glory
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Burns fires stunning 65 to grab share of US Open lead
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Second officer arrested over Kenya custody death
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Joy and grief for lone India crash survivor's family
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Deadly school shooting fuels debate on Austria's gun laws
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Marines ordered by Trump to LA start deploying
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Markram takes South Africa to brink of WTC final glory against Australia
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Nations advance ocean protection, vow to defend seabed
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Israel attack on Iran tests Trump promise not to be dragged into war
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Cunha determined to change fortunes of 'dream team' Man Utd
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Zverev to play Shelton in Stuttgart semis
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Bath 'don't feel burden' of history in Premiership final
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At least 2,680 killed in Haiti unrest so far this year: UN
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Israeli attack exposed Iran's military vulnerabilities: analysts
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Middle East crisis opens 'major schism' in Trump coalition
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Trump tells Iran to make deal or face 'more brutal' attacks
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Betraying the revolution: Cuban students reject dollarization
It took a steep hike in mobile internet tariffs to unleash a rebellion among Cuban students on a scale unseen since the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.

Austria mourns 10 victims of 'abominable' school shooting
Grieving Austrians on Wednesday held tearful memorials for the 10 people shot dead at a high school by a former pupil, an unprecedented attack in the Alpine nation.

Austria mourns school shooting victims with minute's silence
Grieving Austrians on Wednesday held tearful memorials and marked a moment of silence to mourn the 10 people shot dead at a school the prior day by a former pupil, an unprecented attack in the Alpine nation.

France eyes social media ban for under-15s after school stabbing
French authorities have announced plans to ban social media for under-15s and the sale of knives to minors after the murder of a teaching assistant by a 14-year-old boy plunged the country into shock.
Shooter kills nine people at Austrian school
An attack on a school in southeastern Austria reportedly by a former student has left several people dead, police said Tuesday, in a rare case of deadly gun violence in a European school.

Pupil stabs to death assistant at French school
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday condemned a "senseless wave of violence" after a teaching assistant stabbed by a 15-year-old pupil outside a school in the east of the country died of her wounds.

Millions sit China's high-stakes university entrance exam
Hopeful parents accompanied their teenage children to the gates of a busy Beijing test centre on Saturday, among millions of high school students across China sitting their first day of the highly competitive university entrance exam.
Court blocks Trump's new ban on foreign students at Harvard
A court on Thursday put a temporary stay on Donald Trump's latest effort to stop foreign students from enrolling at Harvard, as the US president's battle with one of the world's most prestigious universities intensified.

'Really worried': Ukrainian pupils mark end of school as war drags on
As she watched her 17-year-old son Vladyslav graduate from high school in Kyiv on Friday, servicewoman Oksana Baranovska said she felt a mix of pride and fear.

Harvard holds graduation in shadow of Trump threat
Harvard held its annual graduation ceremony Thursday as a federal judge considers the legality of punitive measures taken against the university by US President Donald Trump.
Harvard holds graduation in shadow of Trump 'retribution'
Harvard began its annual graduation ceremony Thursday as a federal judge considers the legality of punitive measures taken against the university by US President Donald Trump that threaten to overshadow festivities.

Chinese students lament US plans to block visas
Chinese students lamented Washington's latest tirade against them on Thursday, accusing the Trump administration of acting "recklessly" and tarnishing their once-sparkling image of an American higher education.

China condemns 'discriminatory' US plan to revoke student visas
Beijing reacted in fury Thursday at the US government's vow to revoke Chinese students' visas, condemning President Donald Trump's crackdown on international scholars as "political and discriminatory".

Foreign students wary of US as Trump presses 'dehumanizing' campaign
Donald Trump's expanding crackdown on elite universities is prompting some international students to abandon applications to campuses in the United States and spreading stress and anxiety among those already enrolled.

Macron gives Vietnamese students a lesson in 'impulsive' superpowers
Between jabs at Donald Trump's US trade tariffs and criticism of Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea, French President Emmanuel Macron warned Vietnamese students Tuesday that "on the impulse of a superpower, everything can change".

French lawmakers divided over PM child abuse hearing
French politicians were divided on Thursday over the marathon hearing of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who was grilled by lawmakers about claims of sexual abuse at a Catholic school.

'Children are innocent': Myanmar families in grief after school air strike
Ko Min said he found his son and daughter's bodies in the ruins of a schoolhouse in central Myanmar, moments after a deadly air strike that witnesses said came as a military jet circled the village.

At his former US university, the new pope is just 'Bob'
The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of the Catholic Church.

Nicaragua says quitting UNESCO over press prize award
Nicaragua has notified UNESCO of its withdrawal from the organization in response to its press prize going to a Nicaraguan newspaper in exile, local media reported Sunday.

Turkish Cypriots protest new rule allowing hijab in school
Several thousand Turkish Cypriots marched on Friday to protest a new regulation allowing pupils to wear Islamic headscarves in secondary schools, a move critics say threatens the community's secular traditions.

US Supreme Court weighs public funding of religious charter school
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to be leaning towards allowing public funding of a religious charter school in a case testing the historic separation of church and state.

Community seeks answers after French school knife killing
Hundreds of mourners holding white flowers gathered on Friday at the French private school where a student killed a girl in a stabbing spree, as the prime minister suggested metal detectors to prevent future attacks.

Foreign students give up American dream over Trump crackdown
After President Donald Trump's administration revoked hundreds of student visas and threatened deportation for participants of pro-Palestinian campus protests, international students told AFP they were reconsidering their dreams of earning degrees in the United States.

Pupil kills fellow student in France school knife attack
A student killed a girl and wounded three other pupils in a stabbing spree on Thursday at a private high school in France, prompting the prime minister to urge better security in and around schools to combat "endemic youth violence".

Trump slams Harvard as funding fight heads to court
US President Donald Trump on Thursday bashed Harvard as an "Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution," as the prestigious university battles his administration's funding freeze in court.

Student kills classmate in France knife attack: police source
A student killed one student and wounded three others in a stabbing spree at a private high school in northwestern France before being arrested Thursday, a police source said.

French PM's daughter says priest beat her as a teenager
A daughter of France's prime minister became Wednesday the latest to accuse the clergy running a school in the Pyrenees of systemic abuse including while Francois Bayrou was a local official, saying a priest beat her during summer camp when she was 14.

Four killed after spring storms wreak havoc in the Alps
Alpine ski resorts were getting back to normal on Friday after spring storms the previous day claimed four victims in the French Alps and northern Italy, including a British holidaymaker.

Museums rethink how the Holocaust should be shown
Historians are rethinking the way the Holocaust is being presented in museums as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the last Nazi concentration camps this month.

Spring snow storm wreaks deadly havoc in the Alps
More than a metre (3.3 feet) of snow fell in a few hours in the Alps as a rare spring storm left at least one dead and caused widespread chaos.

Trump says 'joke' Harvard should be stripped of funds
President Donald Trump called Harvard a "joke" Wednesday and said it should lose its government research contracts after the top US university refused to accept demands to come under outside political supervision.

Harvard sees $2.2bn funding freeze after defying Trump
Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze on Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism.