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Vietnam floods and landslides kill at least 4
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From Maradona to Messi: Bangladesh's enduring love for Argentina
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Founding father: statues of Myanmar's Aung San disappear
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UN to list more sites as 'in danger' from conflict or climate change
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Infantino's enlarged World Cup gamble pays off with punters
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Egypt's 'Garbage City' recyclers reap gains from Iran war plastic squeeze
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No fuel, no patience: Russians endure fuel shortages
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Spain, Argentina prepare for World Cup final, Trump hails success
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'Chainsaw massacre': Europe mulls culls for fish-guzzling cormorant
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Supplies run dry in Venezuelan village on edge of quake zone
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England carry 'scars' of World Cup exit, says Tuchel
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Latin America's unlikely football unity: cheering against Argentina
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Argentina coach Scaloni hails 'legend' Messi before World Cup final
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Aston Villa sign Swiss World Cup star Manzambi
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Argentina World Cup success moves me to tears, says goalkeeper Martinez
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Trump questions England's World Cup tactics
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Gold IRA Fees Explained: New 2026 Breakdown of Setup, Storage, and Annual Costs
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Messi to get 'special attention' from Spain, says de la Fuente
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Spain captain Rodri preparing for 'physical' Argentina battle
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Italy coach Quesada's ban reduced to one Test
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Leather jacket worn by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang auctions for nearly $1 mn
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Sobers 'stood out' among the greats: West Indies legend Holding
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Leader Herbert, Burns equal record 62 at British Open, DeChambeau docked two shots
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DeChambeau's British Open charge hit by two-shot penalty
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Yankees' Judge improving, but not ready for baseball activities
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Tech share selloff rolls on, oil prices jump on Mideast clashes
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None shall pass: Spain's defence ready to thwart Messi in World Cup final
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Messi eyes second World Cup crown at the scene of his lowest ebb
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China's Kimi K3 rattles US AI industry
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Herbert hopes British Open 62 woke Australian kids in the night
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Herbert takes Open lead, equals Burns' round of 62
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Norris misses winning, resents intrusions in private life
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'Great innings ends': Cricket mourns West Indies great Sobers
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Thousands protest sacking of Ukraine defence minister: AFP
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Fickle winds whip up huge Spanish wildfire
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Ex-president Sall back in Senegal for talks with successor
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US links Taco Bell lettuce to diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak
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Argentina's Colapinto more nervous about World Cup final than F1 race
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Strong quake hits southern Mexico, tsunami alert lifted
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British Museum shows Bayeux Tapestry unfurled after 'titanic' efforts
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Deschamps set for bittersweet ending to France reign as Zidane waits
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Ferrari fined but Hamilton and Leclerc escape grid penalty
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German lawmaker faces criticism for US surrogacy to have a child
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Tackling Messi 'huge challenge' for Spain: Merino
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Southern Mexico hit by 7.3 quake, triggering tsunami alert
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What's behind the Argentina World Cup team's can-do attitude?
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Germany defender Gosens signs with Schalke
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Pogacar urges rivals to fight for victory
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Nigerian court dismisses suit challenging Shell's divestment
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'Great innings has come to an end' -- cricket legend Sobers dies
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Germans demand change a year on from deadly floods
Germany on Thursday paid tribute to more than 180 people killed in severe floods a year ago, as those left behind charged that help with the reconstruction effort has been too slow to arrive.
Swedish court gives Iranian ex-official life in jail over 1988 purge
A Swedish court on Thursday handed a life sentence to former Iranian prison official Hamid Noury for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents, in the first trial related to the mass executions.
UK police open investigation into Farah trafficking revelations
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Shadow of 'Bloody January' unrest stalks Kazakhstan
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Flood anniversary prompts sadness and soul-searching in Germany
Germany will on Thursday remember more than 180 people killed in severe floods a year ago, as concerns mount over climate change and the country looks to overhaul its planning for future disasters.
Nearly 90 dead in Haiti gang violence, as country slides into chaos
A week of gang violence in Haiti's capital has left at least 89 people dead, a rights group said Wednesday, as soaring prices, fuel shortages and gang warfare accelerate a brutal downward spiral in the security situation in Port-au-Prince.
US judge rejects Amber Heard's demand for new Depp trial
A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected actress Amber Heard's demand for a new trial in the defamation case she lost to her former husband Johnny Depp.
Judge rejects Amber Heard's demand for new trial
A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected actress Amber Heard's demand for a new trial in the defamation case she lost to her former husband Johnny Depp.
Remains of 8,000 Nazi war victims found in Poland
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Mexico declares drought emergency
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Liverpool fans' group calls for French government apology
A leading Liverpool fans' group has called for a "full apology from the French Government" after a French senate enquiry found organisational failings were to blame for the chaos that surrounded the Champions League final.
Greece's Real daily and radio firebombed: company
Firebombs exploded at Greece's Real News and Real FM radio sparking a blaze that tore through the outlets' Athens offices, the media group said in a statement Wednesday.
Western Europe wilts under heatwave
France and Britain suffered soaring temperatures Wednesday, edging closer to the blistering heat already engulfing Spain and Portugal as wildfires destroyed vast stretches of Western European forestland.
Former bosses of Fukushima operator ordered to pay $97 billion damages
A Tokyo court Wednesday ordered former executives from the operator of the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant to pay 13.32 trillion yen ($97 billion) for failing to prevent the disaster, plaintiffs said.
Former bosses of Fukushima operator ordered to pay $97 bn damages
A Tokyo court Wednesday ordered former executives from the operator of the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant to pay 13.32 trillion yen ($97 billion) for failing to prevent the disaster, plaintiffs said.
Mo Farah relieved at UK govt support after shock revelation
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Fukushima operator ex-bosses ordered to pay $97 billion
A Tokyo court Wednesday ordered former executives from the operator of the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant to pay 13.32 trillion yen ($97 billion) for failing to prevent the disaster, plaintiffs said.
Fukushima operator ex-bosses ordered to pay $95 bn: media
A Tokyo court Wednesday ordered former executives from the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant involved in the 2011 disaster to pay around 13 trillion yen ($94.8 billion) in damages, local media said.
Remote repast: Dining at the world's northernmost Michelin restaurant
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US prosecutor says Polanski case transcripts can be unsealed
Los Angeles prosecutors said Tuesday they will no longer oppose the release of sealed transcripts in the statutory rape case against Roman Polanski -- documents which the fugitive director has previously argued could reveal judicial misconduct.
Mattel unveils Jane Goodall Barbie, complete with chimp
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Video shows hesitant police response to Uvalde school shooting
A video of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, published Tuesday showed police waiting for more than an hour before breaching a classroom where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers.
Twitter lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of contract breach
Twitter on Tuesday sued Elon Musk for breaching the $44 billion contract he signed to buy the tech firm, calling his exit strategy "a model of hypocrisy," court documents showed.
Trump 'wild' rally tweet was a 'call to arms': committee
Right-wing extremists and supporters of Donald Trump staged the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol after a tweet from the former president seen as a "call to arms," lawmakers said Tuesday.
Olympian Mo Farah wins UK plaudits after revealing true past
Olympic great Mo Farah won praise from across Britain's political spectrum Tuesday after the shock revelation that he was illegally trafficked as a child to the country and forced to work in domestic servitude.
The Dutch art detective who recovered the 'Blood of Christ' relic
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Paris 2015 attacker's sentence stands after no appeal filed
The sole surviving member of an Islamic State group cell that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015 has not appealed his whole-life sentence for the killings, the Paris chief prosecutor said Tuesday.
'Everywhere they dig': looters hunt Albanian antiques
Shards of ceramics litter the fields of an ancient city in southeastern Albania, where looters have raided the area's highlands in search of antiquities to sell to international traffickers.
Japan mourns as funeral for former PM Abe held in Tokyo
Family and friends of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe gathered at a Tokyo temple Tuesday for a private funeral, as mourners outside condemned the leader's "despicable" murder.