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Venezuela twin quakes kill at least 164 with many trapped under rubble
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Dominant Osaka cruises into Bad Homburg semis
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IOC votes to continue ski mountaineering for 2030 Games
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New Zealand frustrate England as Stokes returns for series decider
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Stocks rally on AI optimism after Micron's blowout forecast
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Poland, Ukraine tone down dispute at reconstruction conference
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Tunisia's short-lived World Cup experience lays bare deep dysfunctions
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At-risk UK elderly bid to stay cool as heatwave bears down
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'Everything collapsed': Venezuela region hit hardest by quakes cries for help
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'Need each other': Macron hosts Meloni after Trump rift
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Kenya police turn out in force on protest anniversary
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Stokes straight back into the action as New Zealand bat in 3rd Test
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Baking heatwave gives Europe no respite
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Amazon pledges additional $13 bn in India AI investment
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Trump climate pushback spurs courtroom battles, report says
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Struggling VW to sell majority stake in marine engine unit
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Kenya police in massive show of force on protest anniversary
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Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron's blowout forecast
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USA, Germany in control as Dutch eye World Cup knockouts
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Trump-linked resort shines light on Albania's 'stolen' land
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Violence feared as Kenya marks protest anniversary
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French aversion to air conditioning melts as homes sizzle
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Ukraine recovery summit opens, overshadowed by Kyiv-Warsaw row
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Municipal misery weighs on looming S.African elections
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Chad sees influx of drone victims from Sudan
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Hong takes blame as South Korea's World Cup hopes fade
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'We shut up big mouths,' says South Africa's World Cup coach Broos
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Brazil advance at World Cup, history for South Africa, Canada, Bosnia
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Mothers search, men weep amid debris of Venezuela quakes
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Confirmation still a rite of passage in Denmark but less Christian
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South Africa stun South Korea to make World Cup history
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Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron blowout forecast
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Clarke fears Scotland 'probably going home' after Brazil World Cup loss
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Moriyasu vows Japan will play to win and top group against Sweden
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Secret cameras, mics and AI reveal rare Cambodia wildlife
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Beloved spiritual utopia under threat in Modi's India
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Bulgaria's milk farmers falter in former yogurt empire
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Ancelotti hails Vinicius as Brazil march on at World Cup
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Trump opens US 250th birthday party with rally-style speech
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Morocco have 'ingredients' of World Cup winners, says coach Ouahbi
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TotalEnergies awaits ruling in high-stakes climate trial
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'Master key' vaccine technique may 'prevent next pandemic': researchers
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Spice Girls' debut 'Wannabe' turns 30, amid reunion talk
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Curacao belong on World Cup stage, says Advocaat
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Nagelsmann feels Germany 'punished' for topping World Cup group
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Morocco overcome historic Haiti goals to roll into World Cup last 32
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Bosnia beat Qatar to reach World Cup knockout stages for first time
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Twin earthquakes in Venezuela destroy buildings, sow panic
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Brazil advance at World Cup as Swiss, Canada reach last 32
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Vinicius Junior sparkles as Brazil beat Scots to reach World Cup last 32
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McCarthy, Biden to meet on US debt crisis as time runs short
US President Joe Biden and top Republican Kevin McCarthy prepared Monday for their first one-on-one talks in months, with just 10 days left to stop the government tumbling into a calamitous default on its $31.8 trillion debt.
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Eight EU countries oppose bloc's car emissions limits
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France unveils new, more ambitious emissions-cutting plan
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Stocks diverge ahead of key US debt talks
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Ryanair flies back to profit as sector recovers from Covid
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