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US Supreme Court to weigh Trump bid to end birthright citizenship
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros. in deal of the decade
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US sanctions equate us with drug traffickers: ICC dep. prosecutor
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French officer charged after police fracture woman's skull
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Fresh data show US consumers still strained by inflation
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Eurovision reels from boycotts over Israel
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US panel votes to end recommending all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine
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France takes anti-drone measures after flight over nuclear sub base
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Stocks waver as US government shutdown ends
Stock markets wavered on Thursday after President Donald Trump signed a spending bill to end a record-long US government shutdown.
Google to pay millions to South African news outlets: watchdog
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EU probes Google over news site rankings despite Trump threats
The EU launched a fresh investigation into Google Thursday over suspicions the US giant is pushing down news outlets in search results, despite retaliation threats from US President Donald Trump.
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Striking Boeing defense workers to vote on latest contract
More than 3,000 striking Boeing defense workers will vote Thursday on a revised contract proposal that comes closer to their demands.
Australia's opposition ditches commitment to net zero emissions
Australia's conservative opposition said Thursday it will drop its commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 if it wins power and leads a country dependent on fossil fuels but highly vulnerable to climate change.
Stocks stutter with focus on Fed, tech after US reopen vote
Asian markets trod water Thursday as euphoria over the end of a record US government shutdown petered, with focus back on Federal Reserve interest rates and tech bubble worries.
Record rains turn Argentina's farm-filled Pampas plains to wetlands
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Solar storm brings new chance of vivid auroras, signal disruptions
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G7 calls for urgent Ukraine ceasefire, de-escalation in Sudan
G7 foreign ministers on Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and raised the alarm about the escalating crisis in Sudan, as they wrapped up a meeting in Canada.
German experts slam spending plans, cut GDP forecast
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Stocks mostly rise on hopes of US shutdown deal, rate cut
Stock markets mostly rose on Wednesday on optimism that the US government shutdown was nearing an end and on hopes of another Federal Reserve interest rate cut.
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Germany's Bayer said Wednesday it had set aside more money to deal with long-running legal woes related to weedkillers, even as investors cheered better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
Bayer narrows loss, upbeat on weedkiller legal woes
Germany's Bayer said Wednesday it was confident of "significantly" containing long-running legal woes related to a weedkiller by the end of next year, as it reported a narrower quarterly loss.
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Equities rose in Asia on Wednesday as the US shutdown nears an end and after fresh jobs data boosted the chances of a third successive Federal Reserve interest rate cut.