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Duplantis masterclass for fourth Euro pole vault title
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Spanish soldier dies in Aragon wildfire: regional leader
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Two dead, hundreds evacuated from fires on island near Athens
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Villarreal battle back to earn draw at promoted Racing
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Real Madrid crush Schalke in friendly as Diomande debuts
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Calls for UK inquiry into 'hounding' of ex-Cambridge academic
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Arsenal rout Man City in Community Shield masterclass
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Hamas expects meeting with Kushner as US pushes Gaza plan
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India's Padikkal makes 167 in first Sri Lanka Test
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'Do something now:' mourners demand action after US school shooting
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Stocks and oil advance, ruble retreats
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BBC to axe 1,000 jobs in digital transformation
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Broadcom announced Thursday a $61-billion deal to purchase cloud computing firm VMware in a giant tech transaction that expands the chipmaker's software offerings.
Alibaba profit slumps nearly 60% as tech crackdown, Covid bite
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Stocks rise, ruble slides tracking economic unrest
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Louvre ex-director charged in art trafficking case
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Alibaba full-year profit slumps nearly 60% on tech crackdown, Covid
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Stocks diverge, ruble slides tracking economic unrest
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Hundreds stranded after ransomware attack on Indian airline
Hundreds of Indian air travellers were stranded inside their planes after the low-cost airline SpiceJet cancelled or delayed flights due to an "attempted ransomware attack", the company has said.
Asian markets mostly down as Li remarks overshadow Fed minutes
Asian markets mostly fell Thursday as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang warned the world's number two economy was in some ways worse off now than during the early days of the pandemic.
For Ukraine's Roma, discrimination adds to agonies of war
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Asian markets mixed as traders weigh Li remarks, Fed minutes
Asian markets were mixed Thursday as minutes indicating a less hawkish Fed were offset by China's premier warning that the world's number two economy was in some ways worse off now than during the early days of the pandemic.
China premier issues warning on Covid-hit economy
China's premier has sounded an unusually stark warning about the world's second-largest economy, saying it must return to normal as the country's zero-Covid strategy bites into growth.
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Global stocks mostly rose Wednesday as markets adopted an optimistic view of Federal Reserve minutes that reiterated plans to raise interest rates.