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UK singer-songwriter Raye wins Mercury Prize for second album
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Around 150,000 rally in Belgrade as Serbia heads to pivotal poll
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Hamilton sets sights on racing in African grand prix
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Reclaiming the walls in a former Salvadoran gang hotspot
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'Fake' pollsters hit US midterms
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Super Bowl MVP Walker returns to Seattle with unbeaten Chiefs
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Juventus denied at the death, Sunderland make point in Poland in Europa League
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Red Bull advisor Marko slams Horner memoir as 'collection of untruths'
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Tens of thousands rally as Serbia heads to pivotal poll
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France reports first human Shamonda virus case, says no health risk
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Monet's 'Iris' fetches 50 mn euros at Paris auction
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Rekindled Gucci desirability fails to light flame under Kering sales
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L'Oreal sees double-digit sales growth
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Thousands rally as Serbia heads to pivotal poll
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Sri Lanka stun England with huge chase after Brook's 202
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Marathon star Aga banned six years for doping and misleading investigation
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Guatemala sentences former police officers in gay couple's killings
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USA to host women's football Club World Cup in 2028 - FIFA
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Nelson's erotic dream letter features in London auction
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Finland grants licence for world's first nuclear waste repository
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Canada opens free trade talks with Turkey
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'Old-fashioned' South Africa thump Australia to level Test series
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Swiss, Austrian women freed after Niger kidnap ordeal
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No more taking out the trash at your Airbnb
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Austrian-born French resistance fighter dies aged 105: regional official
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Swiss supreme court upholds Guatemala ex-police chief sentence
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Paris shop-owners and residents prepare for fresh protests
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UN climate disaster fund moves to provide $20 mn aid for Nepal
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French, Japanese authors try to write novel on one-day train ride
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Africa faces 'complex' Ebola outbreak after spread to Nigeria: WHO
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Pentagon, Lockheed announce agreement for 850 F-35 jets over 10 years
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American detained in Russia arrives in US: lawyer
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Brook scores fastest double century in ODI history in rampant England's 429-4
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Pentagon, Lockheed announce deal for 850 F-35 jets over 10 years
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Top-ranked Rybakina into Ningbo quarter-finals on return from injury
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French authorities seek to ban or curb fresh protests
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Samson superb as India mark record T20 chase in win over New Zealand
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Nvidia boss criticises 'cheap' AI doomsday warnings
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Foden can be one of Premier League's best again, says Maresca
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Peru declares state of emergency over expected migrant surge from Chile
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US halts asylum decisions as troop killing sparks migrant crackdown
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Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks appeal of coup conviction to full Supreme Court
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Migrants fleeing Chile ahead of election stranded at Peru border: officials
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G. Bissau junta consolidates power as condemnation of coup spreads
The new military leader of Guinea-Bissau appointed an ally of the ousted president as prime minister on Friday, as international criticism grew of this week's coup.
First title for Russian judoka since neutral status lifted
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Guinea-Bissau capital inches back to normal after coup
Life returned to a semblance of normality in the capital of Guinea-Bissau on Friday, two days after a military coup that saw elections suspended and the president flee into exile.
Orban defies EU by promising Putin to keep buying Russian oil
Hungary's Viktor Orban defied the EU Friday by promising Vladimir Putin he will keep buying Russian oil, as he attended a Kremlin meeting held in the midst of a diplomatic push to end Moscow's Ukraine offensive.
German president honours victims in Guernica, razed by Nazis
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier honoured Nazi war victims in Guernica on Friday, becoming the first German leader to visit the Spanish town where hundreds of civilians were killed in 1937.
ICC rejects release for Philippines ex-president Duterte
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France catches one of two escapees in bed-sheet prison break
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Trump says to suspend 'third world' migration after troop dies
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Israeli forces kill 13 in southern Syria operation
Israeli forces killed 13 people on Friday in an operation in southern Syria, the deadliest since Bashar al-Assad's fall from power nearly a year ago, which they said was targeting an Islamist group.
India vows successful Games but ghosts of 2010 haunt preparations
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Iran to boycott 2026 World Cup draw over US visa row
Iran is to boycott next week's World Cup finals draw in Washington because the United States refused to grant visas to several members of the delegation, the Iranian football federation announced on Friday.
New legal armour provides unprecedented power for Pakistan's military
Sweeping legal reforms and regional conflict have consolidated the Pakistani military's grip on power in the past year, diluting the role of the civilian government while offering an unprecedented legal shield to the army chief, experts say.
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Pope, Orthodox leader to celebrate early Christian milestone
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Trump says to suspend 'third world' migration after troop killed
Donald Trump said Thursday he would suspend migration from what the US leader called "third world countries", a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington, killing one.
Asian markets struggle to build on week's rally
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China, inflation could pop Japan PM's bubble
Charming Donald Trump one week, angering China the next, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has had a busy start and is riding high in the polls, all on a few hours of sleep a night.
President leaves Guinea-Bissau as general named leader after coup
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has left the country for Senegal after being detained during a military coup, the government in Dakar said Thursday, as a lead opponent accused him of arranging the uprising.
Pope, Orthodox leader to jointly celebrate early Church milestone
Pope Leo XIV joins the leader of the world's Orthodox Christians Friday to celebrate 1,700 years since one of the early Church's most important gatherings, on the second day of his visit to Turkey.
US to review immigrant visas as National Guard soldier dies after attack
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday the death of one of two National Guard soldiers shot near the White House, as his government said it would respond by reviewing the permanent residency status of immigrants from 19 countries, including Afghanistan.
Trump orders review of immigrant visas after National Guard attack
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G.Bissau president leaves country after coup: Senegal
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Russian and Belarusian figure skaters get green light for Winter Olympics
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