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Morocco down Netherlands to reach World Cup last 16
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NASA robot mission aiming to rescue space telescope
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Asian stocks unable to track Wall St higher, yen holds at 40-year low
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Mouse-that-roared Paraguay savors World Cup win over Germany
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'We came from nothing': DR Congo dreams of England World Cup upset
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Taiwan's ageing seaweed harvesters hope younger women wade in
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Peruvian political heir Fujimori wins presidency
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Key Venezuela port opens with US aid, as burials begin
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What to expect as EU small parcel levy kicks in
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Ambitious Japan search for answers after World Cup exit
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Nagelsmann says won't 'run away' after Germany World Cup exit
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How NATO will try to keep Trump happy at Ankara summit
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Paraguay coach salutes 'extraordinary' World Cup win over Germany
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Ultra-wealthy Chinese exile in New York sentenced to 30 years for fraud
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Japan fans stunned as Brazil end their World Cup dream
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Years on, families bury 68 Indigenous victims of Guatemala civil war
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'Powerhouse' Haaland leads by example at World Cup: Norway coach Solbakken
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'Deliberate' Monaco explosion wounds Ukrainian oligarch
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Sadness and joy as breakaway Catholic group nears schism
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Paraguay shock Germany, Brazil advance at World Cup
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Germany dumped out by Paraguay in seismic World Cup shock
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'I recognized her ring': identifying Venezuela's dead in a makeshift morgue
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More than 1,000 drones detected since start of World Cup: FBI
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Tuchel defensive headache as England ready for DR Congo clash
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Extreme heat warning issued for World Cup host Kansas City
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US reopens Venezuela port as quake deaths top 1,700
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Bloodied but unbowed: Sinner, Djokovic survive Wimbledon scares
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Coach says Japan getting closer to World Cup glory despite defeat
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Djokovic battles past Wu in 'challenging' Wimbledon first round
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NBA Grizzlies deal Morant to Portland: report
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World Bank drops climate finance targets in renewed action plan
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Sweden ready for 'game of our lives' in France World Cup clash
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Ancelotti says never doubted 'suffering' Brazil would score
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MLS Chicago Fire announce signing of Poland's Lewandowski
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Venezuela's quake-hit La Guaira port 'operational': US military
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Tech rebound lifts Dow to record, yen hits 40-year low against dollar
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Martinelli late show as Brazil down Japan to reach World Cup last 16
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US Supreme Court rules on dragnet searches of cellphone location data
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Madueke says he can be England's World Cup game-changer
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South Korea fans target coach Hong with boos as World Cup squad returns
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Switzerland returns famed Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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Vaughan calls for England change after Stokes bows out with defeat
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Last-gasp Brazil down Japan to reach World Cup 16
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Europe's deadly heatwave scorches east, Slovakia hits record
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Spain confident despite World Cup injury setbacks, says Llorente
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French Open champ Andreeva sails into Wimbledon second round
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Martinelli scores in 95th minute to send Brazil into World Cup last 16
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Shooter in custody dispute kills six at German family shelter
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US races to reopen Venezuela port as quake deaths top 1,700
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Sinner survives scare and fall to reach Wimbledon second round
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Gas exporters working for 'reliable' supplies as Ukraine crisis worsens
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Women workers must cover up 'even with a blanket', say Afghan Taliban
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Sri Lanka inflation hits record high as crisis worsens
Sri Lanka's inflation hit a record high for the fourth consecutive month, official data showed Tuesday as an economic crisis driven by a crippling foreign exchange shortage worsens.
HSBC announces $1 bn share buyback as 2021 profits double
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Colombia decriminalizes abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy: court
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Chile museum to return Easter Island 'head'
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Trump's new social media app has rocky rollout
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Kuwait Airways raises Airbus order to 31 jets in $6 bn deal
Kuwait Airways announced Monday an expanded $6 billion deal with Airbus for 31 planes, restructuring an agreement reached in 2014.
Stocks retreat as Russia downplays hopes of Biden-Putin summit
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Hiker's death revives hunting debate in French presidential fight
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Investigation claims Credit Suisse handled dirty money
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'Uncharted' leaps to top of N.America box office
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Ethiopia starts generating power at Nile mega-dam
Ethiopia began generating electricity from its mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Sunday, a milestone in the controversial multi-billion dollar project.
Luxury sector undaunted by Covid, soaring inflation
The pandemic and soaring inflation have done nothing to take the shine off luxury brands, from Louis Vuitton to Gucci and Cartier, as the sector hiked prices to notch up stellar profits.
Lebanon's 'zombie banks' downsize to weather crisis
Once the economy's crown jewel, Lebanon's banks are shutting branches and laying off employees in droves, resizing to the bleak reality of a crisis they are widely blamed for.
Once-taboo ketamine booms for US at-home mental care
Americans are paying to get a star of the psychedelic medicine movement –- ketamine -– shipped to them for at-home mental health treatments that are being called both a breakthrough and a gamble.
Epstein ally found dead in French prison: prosecutors
French model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of disgraced US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his Paris prison cell, prosecutors said Saturday, in an echo of the jail suicide of his friend.
Ethiopia to start generating power from Nile dam Sunday
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Purdue Pharma owners up opioid settlement offer to $6 bn
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