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France star Kounde calls on voters to block far right in elections
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Taliban told to 'include women' in public life at UN talks
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NBA Celtics put up for sale two weeks after winning title
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NHL Predators land free agents Stamkos, Marchessault, Skjei
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Games organisers will hope for peaceful reaction to French election: ex-IOC executive
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Girmay gatecrashes 'father' Cavendish tilt at Tour history
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France edge tense clash with Belgium to reach Euro 2024 quarter-finals
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Nigeria weekend suicide bomb attack toll climbs to 32
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England's Bland beats Japan's Fujita in playoff to win US Senior Open
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Dan Ashworth joins Man Utd as sporting director
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Girmay dedicates Tour de France stage win to Africa
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George joins Embiid with 76ers as NBA free agency heats up: reports
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Trump advisor Bannon reports to jail to serve sentence
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Austria glory at Euro 2024 'not impossible', says Rangnick
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Aboriginal ritual passed down over 12,000 years, cave find shows
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England midfielder Barkley returns to Aston Villa
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Osaka wins first match at Wimbledon since 2018
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MLS St. Louis City dumps South Africa's Carnell as coach
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Alcaraz wins Wimbledon opener as Murray wants 'closure'
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Nepal jails 'Buddha boy' for 10 years over child sex abuse
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Moscow takes two more east Ukrainian villages
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Supreme Court rules on Trump immunity, delaying trial
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France's far-right vote in figures
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Millions of people dependent on Himalayan snowmelt for water face a "very serious" risk of shortages this year after one of the lowest rates of snowfall, scientists warned Monday.
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Asian markets fell Monday to extend last week's losses, with traders trying to assess the Federal Reserve's plans for interest rates, while the euro was weighed by political uncertainty as France prepared for a snap parliamentary election.
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Nuclear-armed countries hiked spending on atomic weapons arsenals by a third in the past five years as they modernised their stockpiles amid growing geopolitical tensions, two reports showed on Monday.
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In the Libyan village of Kabaw in the Nafusa Mountains, M'hamed Maakaf waters an ailing fig tree as climate change pushes villagers to forsake lands and livestock.
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Executive salaries at major US corporations are soaring -- but shareholders happy with stock prices and greater transparency over remuneration are not pushing back.
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Serbia could mine lithium as early as 2028: FT
President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia could exploit lithium as early as 2028 following new guarantees from Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and the EU over the controversial project, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
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Under the pouring rain and overshadowed by war, Dina Ivanova joined the few hundred who gathered in Kyiv on Sunday for the Ukrainian capital's first Pride march since the Russian invasion, guarded by a heavy police presence.
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UK 'guinea pig' for election security before landmark votes
The UK general election is being watched closely after stark warnings that rapid advancements in cyber-tech, particularly AI, and increasing friction between major nations threaten the integrity of 2024's landmark votes.
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Chinese Premier Li toasts warming trade ties in Australia
Chinese Premier Li Qiang mixed a dash of "panda diplomacy" with a visit to a historic vineyard on Sunday to celebrate a thaw in once-icy trade ties with Australia.
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As world leaders lined up to offer their support at summit for peace in Ukraine Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelensky voiced hope of garnering international agreement around a proposal to end the war that he could present to Moscow.
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At a muddy market in a city district in Ivory Coast, hundreds of animals are lined up to be sacrificed for this Sunday's Muslim festival of Eid.
Ukraine seeks path to just peace at Swiss summit
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped to find paths to a "just peace" as soon as possible, as a first international summit on pathways to end Russia's war in Ukraine opened Saturday.
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Ukraine summit to open in Switzerland, seeking path to peace
World leaders were set to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday for a summit on peace in his country. But without Russia in attendance, it is being seen as merely a first step in a long process.
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Luxury Italian fashion house Moschino kicked off the men's catwalk shows at Milan Fashion Week Friday with its first menswear collection under new artistic director Adrian Appiolaza.
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected for a second term on Friday, after his humbled ANC cobbled together an unprecedented coalition government.
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Crew evacuated as ship hit by Yemen rebels drifts in Red Sea
The crew of a ship that was holed in an attack by Yemen's Huthi rebels has been evacuated and the vessel is drifting in the Red Sea, a security agency said on Friday.
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Crews raze building that was scene of US school shooting
Crews started on Friday to tear down a building that was the scene of a US school shooting in 2018 that left 17 people dead.
French stocks drag down European markets on election jitters
The Paris stock exchange slipped on Friday towards its worst week in more than two years and the euro fell, dragging down other European markets as investors fret over France's looming snap election.
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South African parties strike coalition deal
South Africa's newly elected parliament met Friday and was expected to re-elect President Cyril Ramaphosa to form an unprecedented coalition government after his humbled ANC cobbled together a deal.
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Yen drops and Nikkei rises as BoJ delays tightening; markets mixed
The yen fell and Tokyo stocks rose Friday after the Bank of Japan deferred a plan to cut back its bond purchases as it cautiously moves away from its ultra-loose monetary policy.
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France makes 700-mn-euro offer for Atos security units
Debt-laden tech group Atos said Friday the French state has made a 700-million-euro bid for its most sensitive businesses, including cybersecurity and supercomputers used for the country's nuclear deterrent.
Bank of Japan to scale down huge bond-buying programme
The Bank of Japan on Friday said it would reduce its vast hoard of government bonds as it cautiously steps away from its long-running ultra-loose monetary policy.
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G7 summit turns to simmering tensions with China
G7 leaders turn their attention to China on Friday on the second day of an Italy summit, with a focus on how to protect their industries while avoiding an outright trade war with Beijing.
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IMF board approves Argentina payout of almost $800 mn
The IMF executive board voted Thursday to approve a payout of almost $800 million for Argentina as it continues a program of drastic economic reforms under its libertarian president, Javier Milei.
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Microsoft faces heat from US Congress over cybersecurity
Members of US Congress on Thursday pressed Microsoft to explain a "cascade of avoidable errors" that allowed a Chinese hacking group to breach emails of senior US officials.
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Monthly inflation in economically troubled Argentina came in at 4.2 percent in May, the lowest in two-and-a-half years, mainly due to a drop in consumption, the INDEC statistics agency said Thursday.
European bourses fall amid political unease; Nasdaq ends at new record
Stock markets mostly retreated on Thursday as traders reacted to political uncertainty in Europe and the US Federal Reserve's plan to only cut interest rates once this year.
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Bond-buying in focus as Bank of Japan decides policy
The Bank of Japan is expected to hold interest rates steady on Friday but reports said it could gradually reduce its vast hoard of government bonds as it shifts away from a long-running ultra-loose monetary policy.
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Boeing rebuts US assertion of possible MAX prosecution, meeting deadline
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