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Mexico down Dominican Republic to open Gold Cup defence
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Messi denied late winner in Club World Cup opener
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Trump flexes military might at parade as protests sweep US
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New-look Man City crave winning feeling at Club World Cup
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Big tech on a quest for ideal AI device
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Guest list for G7 summit tells of global challenges
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Macron to Greenland in show of support after Trump threats
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'Mass grave' excavation to finally start at Irish mother and baby home
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'Hidden treasure': Rare Gandhi portrait up for UK sale
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Fearless Chiefs plot raid on Crusaders fortress in Super Rugby final
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US Open leader Burns eyes first major title at historic Oakmont
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Messi gets Club World Cup under way in Miami
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Burns grabs US Open lead with Scott and Spaun one back
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Russell grabs dazzling Canadian GP pole then jokes at Verstappen's expense
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Thompson in six-way tie for LPGA lead in Michigan
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Inter striker Taremi stranded in Iran amid conflict: club
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No.1 Scheffler well back as pal Burns fights for US Open title
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Trump's military parade kicks off as protests sweep US
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PSG excitement for Club World Cup trumps fatigue ahead of Atletico clash
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Burns and Spaun share US Open lead through nine holes of third round
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Toulon power past Castres and into Top 14 semi-final
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Russell delivers sensational lap to take pole at Canadian GP
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Anti-Trump protesters rally across US ahead of military parade
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Iran activates air defences, Israelis told to shelter as both sides trade strikes
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McIlroy opens up on silence after golf and post-Masters funk
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US Steel, Nippon partnership proceeds with security deal, 'golden share'
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France says supports Harvard, welcomes foreign students
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Nicklaus and Miller's US Open advice -- patience and attitude
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MMA draws thousands in Nigeria as fight sport gains ground
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California sued Donald Trump's administration Thursday over his move to scrap the state's tailpipe emission rules and its drive to phase out gas-powered cars.
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US regulators announced plans Wednesday to reverse rules aimed at sharply reducing polluting emissions from coal and gas power plants, in the latest environmental rollback from President Donald Trump's climate skeptic administration.

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President Donald Trump's administration proposed Wednesday to roll back measures enacted by former Democratic presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama aimed at reducing polluting emissions from gas and coal-fired power plants.

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Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines
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US oyster gardeners rebuild nature's own water-cleaning system
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World leaders head to France for UN summit on ocean threats
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Kenya NGO saves turtles from nets, plastic and rising tides
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Brazil fires drive acceleration in Amazon deforestation: report
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Missing merluza: Chile's battle to save its favorite catch
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Brazil charges man with killings of UK journalist, activist
Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday charged the suspected mastermind of the 2022 murders of Indigenous rights activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips over the killings, which caused international outcry.

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TotalEnergies in landmark greenwashing trial in France
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Turkmenistan reduces 50-year fire dubbed 'Gateway to Hell'
Turkmenistan said Thursday it had significantly reduced a gas fire that has been raging for half a century at a site dubbed the "Gateway to Hell" .

Clean energy investment rising despite economic uncertainty: IEA
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Greenpeace slams Coca-Cola for producing billions of plastic bottles
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Vietnamese say no to more kids after two-child limit scrapped
After Vietnam removed its two-child limit, pharmacy worker Nguyen Thi Nguyet Nga says she still has no plans to have more kids, since she barely has time to see her daughters or the money to provide them a good life.

Indonesia allowing nickel industry abuses to go unchecked: report
The Indonesian government is allowing environmental damage including deforestation and violations against Indigenous people to go unchecked around a multi-billion dollar industrial park on a once-pristine eastern island, a report said Thursday.

China lead mine plan weighs heavily on Myanmar tribe
Hundreds of protesting Myanmar tribespeople march up a hillside to a cavernous facility where a Chinese joint venture's giant milling machines stand ready to grind up the rocks of their ancestral homeland for lead ore.

Paris seeks personhood status for River Seine
French authorities want to give legal rights to the River Seine to better defend the world-famous waterway in court and protect its fragile ecosystem, part of a global movement to grant legal personhood to nature.

Canada's reopened cod fishery on shaky ground
Canada has lifted a three-decade moratorium on commercial cod fishing, but there are signs Atlantic stocks have not fully recovered, raising questions about the government's rosy outlook for the sector.

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