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'I call it a bribe': Pennsylvania residents spurn $10,000 data center checks
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Asian stocks start week on back foot, tracking tech-led Wall St losses
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In a former US steel city, ordinary people struggle to get by
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China growth narrowly beats forecasts
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'Liar,' 'clown': Lula and Bolsonaro spar in Brazil poll debate
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Faith and fury: Texas Senate rivals offer contrasting visions
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Record El Nino? Depends who's counting
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Women await justice for police killings in Brazil
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On the front line of ocean conservation off Portugal's Madeira
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The painstaking task of cataloguing the world's species
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Wembanyama targets title breakthrough as NBA season tips off
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Nations seek reset at UN talks as nature goals off track
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With LeBron on board it's title or bust for Philly fans
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Rubio seeks to strengthen US foothold in Central Asia
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One year after Louvre heist, where are the missing jewels?
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LeBron joins 76ers to chase one more NBA title at age 41
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Knicks face tall task in NBA championship repeat bid
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Rays one win from World Series return after downing Guardians
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Warriors' Curry 'fine' after limping out of practice - Kerr
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Kings' Ben Simmons tears Achilles in training
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Zelensky speaks to US envoys as Trump lashes out
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Lula, Bolsonaro set for first debate showdown in bitter election race
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'Surprise package' Lazio crush Juve to keep pace with Serie A leaders Inter
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Mbappe hits two as Real Madrid rout Sevilla
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China growth expected to miss official target in third quarter
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Browns edge Ravens for division lead, Texans beat Jags
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Lazio crush Juventus to move level with Serie A leaders Inter
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Lyon go top of Ligue 1 as Monaco fall to first defeat of the season
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Leeds draw feels like 'fresh start' for Man Utd's Carrick
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Venezuela opposition alliance reaffirms Nobel laureate Machado as leader
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Macron denounces 'unbridled' violence as France hit by new clashes
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'Street Fighter' wins N. America box office, buzzy doc stuns in 2nd
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Hurzeler lauds 'hard worker' Gomez after Brighton goal from halfway line
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NFL: Paris game to go ahead despite protests in France
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Toulouse hold off Exeter, Northampton save English Champions Cup blushes
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Arteta hails Arsenal 'finishers' after Madueke fells Forest
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Arsenal snatch late win to keep pressure on Man City as Man Utd held
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Trump backs ally Netanyahu ahead of Israel's tight election
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Arsenal strike late to keep pressure on Man City as Man Utd held
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Madueke strikes late as below-par Arsenal sink Forest
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Four soldiers dead, dozens injured in fire at Canada military base
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Second day of street clashes in Milan
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Ton-up Agha helps Pakistan down Sri Lanka in tri-series opener
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Dupont's Toulouse hold off Exeter as English Champions Cup woes continue
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Man Utd draw at Leeds keeps pressure on Carrick
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Zelensky speaks to US envoys amid Trump spat
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Barca defenders Garcia, Kounde injured before key games
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Paris police in new battles with protesters and looters
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Lula, Bolsonaro to face off in first debate of bruising election
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Asian markets rise as recession talk tempers rate hike expectations
Stocks rose in Asia on Friday following another rally on Wall Street as investors try to process central bank moves to fight soaring inflation with the growing possibility that those measures will induce a recession.
Swimming and surfing, Gazans savour a cleaner sea
Palestinians in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip are rediscovering the pleasures of the Mediterranean Sea, after authorities declared the end of a long period of hazardous marine pollution.
World leaders seek united front for Ukraine as war rages on
World leaders including US President Joe Biden will seek to close ranks at back-to-back summits from Sunday on offering emphatic support to help Ukraine repel Russian invaders as the relentless war puts international unity to the test.
Weakened Scholz seeks to seize G7 opportunity
The last time Germany hosted a G7 summit, then-chancellor Angela Merkel produced a series of viral images with Barack Obama, clinking giant mugs in a traditional Bavarian beer garden and communing against a verdant Alpine backdrop.
Brazil's Lula holds wide lead over incumbent Bolsonaro: poll
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a comfortable lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, and could possibly win in the first round of voting this October, according to a poll published Thursday.
Mexican president under pressure over priest murders
The murders of two priests this week in Mexico have put President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the defensive over his government's failure to significantly reduce violent crime.
Venezuela sentences mutiny officers to up to 15 years jail
Venezuela has sentenced 24 military police officers who mutinied during anti-government protests in 2019 to as much as nearly 16 years in prison, a human rights activist said Thursday.
Clashes, tear gas, even as Ecuador protesters win government concession
Police in Ecuador's capital fired tear gas Thursday to disperse Indigenous protesters who tried to storm congress on the 11th day of crippling demonstrations over fuel prices and living costs.
US Supreme Court on guns: what happens next?
The US Supreme Court ruling in the most important gun rights case in more than a decade does not mean a New Yorker can now openly carry an AR-15 rifle into a movie theater.
US justice officials describe Trump's 'brazen' manipulation
Lawmakers investigating last year's attack on the US Capitol on Thursday laid out Donald Trump's "brazen" efforts to recruit the Justice Department into his scheme to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden.
Apple, Android phones targeted by Italian spyware: Google
An Italy-based firm's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Google said Thursday, casting a light on a "flourishing" spyware industry.
Ecuador protesters win concession in standoff with government
Indigenous protesters won a concession from the Ecuadoran government Thursday on the 11th day of crippling demonstrations over fuel prices and living costs that have claimed three lives.
Tunisia ex-PM Jebali arrested: lawyer
Tunisian police on Thursday arrested former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, an ex-senior figure in the Ennahdha party which is the nemesis of current President Kais Saied, Jebali's lawyer said.
Road shelled as Russian forces battle for devastated Ukraine city
Driving out of the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk Thursday, AFP journalists twice had to jump out of cars and lie on the ground as Russian forces shelled the city's main supply road.
Venezuela opposition wife at White House after summit sidelining
The wife of Venezuela's opposition leader met at the White House on Thursday with President Joe Biden, after he declined to invite him to an Americas summit.
War in Ukraine: from Russia's invasion to EU candidacy
Russia invaded Ukraine in the early hours of February 24, setting off the worst conflict in Europe in decades.
Life on pause in Ecuadoran capital gripped by protests
Quito is a city beleaguered -- its shops shuttered and streets empty of all but thousands of Indigenous protesters clamoring for a better life, and the police and soldiers keeping them in check.
Journalists killed, wounded in Ukraine honoured in Kyiv
Journalists killed or wounded during Russia's invasion of Ukraine were honoured Thursday in an exhibition in Kyiv, months into Moscow's war.
Life on pause in Ecuadoran capitol gripped by protests
Quito is a city beleaguered -- its shops shuttered and streets empty of all but thousands of Indigenous protesters clamoring for a better life, and the police and soldiers keeping them in check.
Fed chief says pandemic aid not primary driver of US inflation
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday downplayed the idea that government pandemic aid was the key factor fueling US inflation, instead blaming a confluence of global issues including the war in Ukraine.
Euro retreats as recession prospects grow
The euro retreated against the dollar Thursday as economic data pointed to increased prospects of recession in Europe.
Death toll rises with no end in sight for Ecuador protests
The death toll from 11 days of Indigenous demonstrations in Ecuador over fuel prices has risen to three, a rights group said Thursday, after another protester died in clashes with police.
Old friend blames UN, Belgium for killing of Congolese hero Lumumba
Belgium and the United Nations are to blame for failing to prevent the assassination of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, an 89-year-old former friend has told AFP.
Israel thanks Turkey for thwarting Iranian assassination plot
Israel's incoming prime minister on Thursday thanked Turkey for thwarting an Iranian assassination plot against its tourists in Istanbul that prompted an urgent call for the Jewish state's citizens to return home.
Ukraine hopes for EU nod as Russia warns resistance 'futile'
EU leaders met on Thursday to discuss Ukraine's bid to join the bloc, even as tensions between Brussels and Moscow deepened over gas and Russia closed in on key cities in the embattled Donbas.
Euro, pound drop as recession prospects grow
The euro and pound retreated against the dollar Thursday as economic data pointed to increased prospects of recession in Europe.
Macron 'compromise' call meets opposition resistance
France risked prolonged political deadlock Thursday after opposition parties gave a frosty reception to President Emmanuel Macron's call for "compromises" to keep France governable after an indecisive parliamentary election.
EU weighs Ukraine candidacy as Russia inflicts 'hell' in east
EU leaders met in Brussels on Thursday to discuss making Ukraine a candidate to join the bloc, a "decisive" moment likely to infuriate Russia as its forces battled stiff resistance to advance in the embattled eastern Donbas region.
Inflation 'shock' punishes Eurozone economy in June: survey
Economic growth in the eurozone plummeted in June, a key survey showed on Thursday, as high prices took the wind out the strong recovery from the deep lows of the coronavirus pandemic.
ASEAN must step up pressure on Myanmar junta: UN expert
Southeast Asia's regional bloc must increase pressure on Myanmar's junta or there will be more death and suffering, a UN expert warned Thursday, after a long period of stalled diplomacy.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman said on Thursday.
Russian TV protester caught in 'information war'
When Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova stormed a live TV broadcast to denounce the war in Ukraine, she expected a backlash from Russia -- but not so much from the rest of the world.