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Airbus pushes ahead with future single-aisle jet, hydrogen plane
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French lawmakers set to ban social media for under-15s in European first
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Stocks rise despite climbing oil prices
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UK PM Burnham unveils energy tax cut, tells ministers to cut living costs
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UNAIDS chief calls for 'radical change' in Africa amid aid cuts
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Pharma heavyweights clash over anti-obesity drug ads
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EU cancels subsidy to Venice Biennale over Russia presence
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Hungary raids Orban's Fidesz party servers in graft probe
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Heavy rain dampens search for dozens missing in Afghanistan flood
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General Motors lifts 2026 outlook despite hit from electric retreat
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Argentina represented themselves in 'best possible way' at World Cup: Fernandez
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Uproar in France over reintroduction of bee-harming pesticides
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Philippines, China summon ambassadors over clash in disputed waters
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Kuwaitis ration electricity as Iran hits power grid
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'White elephant': Colombia's anti-corruption activist turned senator
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Former Man Utd boss Ferguson salutes old rival Keegan
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Stock markets, oil prices climb
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UK PM Burnham's new cabinet to meet as he announces tax cut
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South Africa's anti-migrant unrest sparks smalltown suspicion, fear
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Former MotoGP champion Quartararo to make Honda switch
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Tour de France hit by new wave of anti-doping tests
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Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine's under-fire commander-in-chief
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Afghans search for dozens missing after devastating flood
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New UK govt tackles cost of living with energy tax cut
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Novartis says buoyed by new treatments in second quarter
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China summons Philippine ambassador over clash in disputed waters
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Great Barrier Reef at risk of 'collapse', scientists warn
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Panama, China renew maritime port agreement
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India's 'Cockroach' movement vows to protest until education minister resigns
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De Gaulle returns to unite the French -- at the cinema
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South Korea president urges regulator action on leveraged stock funds
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North Korea reaffirms support for Moscow over Ukraine
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For Ukraine's drones, names are part of the battle
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South China Sea rivalry looms over ASEAN meeting
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Countries move to ban social media for children
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Arrogance or pride? Argentina grapples with World Cup villain label
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Asia stocks up as chip stocks recover, oil eases
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Fires in Brazil's Amazon dropped to historic low in 2025
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Desperate Rohingya risk deadly voyages as trafficking surges
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French youth social media ban meets age check conundrum
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French lawmakers expected to approve social media ban for under-15s
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Lebanon's Aoun to meet Trump as pressure builds to disarm Hezbollah
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'All these rashes': chickenpox surges in Gaza camps
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Red Sox stretch streak to 14 after clinging on to beat Orioles 6-5
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Australia's Cummins, Hazlewood, Lyon back for Bangladesh Test series
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Wes Streeting named new UK defence minister
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Rubio in Philippines as US condemns 'dangerous' China actions
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France's right-wing TV news grilled by lawmakers
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US issues new sanctions on Israeli settlers, West Bank outposts
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German defence firm Rheinmetall plans Ukraine arms factories
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Captured then released, Ukrainian soldiers return to front
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China blasts US TikTok vote as buyout plan emerges
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The UK government on Thursday unveiled a new definition of extremism to determine which organisations get public funds and meetings with officials, prompting criticism from civic, political and religious groups.
'No future': West Bank village choked off amid Gaza war
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Ukraine steps up border attacks as Putin urges Russians to vote
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Eurozone stock markets hit fresh records on rate cut hopes
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Taiwan, China in joint search for two missing fishermen
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Putin urges Russians to back him at polls in 'difficult' time
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged Russians to stay the course in the face of a "difficult period", hours before polls open in a vote set to extend his hardline rule.
UK government's new extremism definition sparks backlash
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Markets mixed as traders eye US data, looming Fed meeting
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Boom times for Myanmar opium farmers as coup chaos bites
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Thai ex-PM Thaksin makes first public appearance since release
Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited his hometown in the kingdom's north on Thursday as he made his first public appearances since being freed early from a jail sentence for graft and abuse of power.
Asian markets mixed as traders eye US data, looming Fed meeting
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