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Jaiswal and Deep keep India in the hunt against England
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US envoy meets Israeli hostage families in Tel Aviv
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McKeown beats Smith again for world backstroke double
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New dad McEvoy adds 'unreal' world swimming gold to Olympic title
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Walsh completes world butterfly double in riposte to Phelps
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Turkey starts supplying Azerbaijani gas to boost Syria's power output
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Thousands of young Catholics converge for grand Pope Leo vigil
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SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station
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New push to reach plastic pollution pact
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US do talking in pool after Phelps, Lochte slam worlds performance
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Up to a million young Catholics expected for grand Pope Leo vigil
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New push to reach plastic polution pact
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Second seed Fritz ends Canadian hopes at ATP Toronto Masters
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Japan sweats through hottest July on record
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Jefferson-Wooden, Bednarek blaze to 100m titles at US trials
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Son Heung-min to leave Tottenham this summer after decade
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Richardson 'domestic violence' drama overshadows US trials
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Bid to relocate US Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback
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Former Olympic champion Mu-Nikolayev fails in worlds bid
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Young leads at weather-hit PGA Wyndham Championship
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US sprint star Richardson out of trials following arrest
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Rublev, Tiafoe sweat out three-set wins in Toronto
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Ex-porn actor to be Colombian equality minister
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Olympic swim greats Phelps, Lochte, rip US World Championships performance
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Brazilians burn Trump effigies as tariffs spark anger
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Global stocks fall sharply on weak US job data, Trump tariffs
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Lyles, Richardson scratch from 100m at US trials
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NFL Commanders win key vote in quest for new stadium
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US Fed governor to resign early at critical time for central bank
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US keeper Turner joins Lyon from Notts Forest, loaned to MLS
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Epstein accomplice Maxwell moved to minimum security Texas prison
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Russian strikes kill three across Ukraine
Russian strikes killed three people across Ukraine on Saturday, authorities said, while Moscow had to briefly suspend trains in its southern Rostov region after an overnight drone attack by Kyiv.

Syria forces deploy in Druze heartland after US brokers deal with Israel
Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province.

Gaza civil defence says Israeli attacks kill 26 near two aid centres
Gaza's civil defence agency on Saturday said Israeli gunfire killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centres, in the latest deaths of Palestinians seeking food.

DR Congo, M23 armed group sign ceasefire deal
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 signed a ceasefire deal on Saturday to end fighting that has devastated the country's mineral-rich but conflict-torn east.

Migrants freed from El Salvador reach Venezuela in US prisoner deal
Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in President Donald Trump's immigration dragnet reached home Friday after their release from a maximum security Salvadoran jail as part of a prisoner swap with the United States.

'Clumsy' Japanese PM Ishiba's future in the balance
Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy, cigarettes and making models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister could go up in smoke this weekend.
Trump sues Murdoch, newspaper over Epstein sex bombshell
US President Donald Trump sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal on Friday over the publication of a bombshell report on his friendship with the infamous alleged sex trafficker of underage girls, Jeffrey Epstein.

US environment agency axes nearly a quarter of workforce
The US Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it was moving ahead with plans to axe its workforce by more than 3,700 employees, as part of sweeping government cuts under President Donald Trump's second term.

'Mass grave': Medics appeal for aid at last working hospital in Syria's Sweida
In the last barely-functional hospital in Sweida, bodies are overflowing from the morgue, staff said, amid violence that has wracked the Druze-majority southern Syrian city for nearly a week.

Over 11 mn refugees risk losing aid because of funding cuts: UN
Massive cuts to humanitarian budgets risk leaving more than 11 million refugees without desperately needed aid, the United Nations warned Friday.

Brazil police raid home of Bolsonaro, accused of plotting coup
Brazilian police on Friday raided far-right ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro's home, his son said, after a judge curtailed his freedom while he stands trial on coup charges that have vexed US President Donald Trump.

G20 nations agree central bank independence 'crucial'
The G20 finance ministers stressed Friday that central banks must remain independent, after months of escalating attacks by US President Donald Trump on Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell.

EU, UK target Russian oil in tough new Ukraine war sanctions
The European Union and Britain on Friday sought to ramp up economic pressure on Russia to halt the war in Ukraine by slashing a price cap meant to choke off revenues from key oil exports.

Germany presses ahead with deportations to Afghanistan
Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.

Top Holy Land clerics visit Gaza after deadly church strike
Two of the most senior Christian leaders in the Holy Land travelled to Gaza on Friday after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church, provoking international condemnation.

Trump team to seek release of Epstein documents
Donald Trump's administration said it would seek the release of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, as the US president sought to dispel lingering political fallout over his team's handling of the late financier's sex trafficking case.

Stocks head for positive end to week, Tokyo struggles ahead of vote
Markets headed into the weekend on a broadly positive note Friday, as investors took up New York's latest record highs sparked by healthy US retail data and upbeat earnings from some of Wall Street's big names.

Asian markets on course to end week on a positive note
Asian markets headed into the weekend on a broadly positive note Friday, as investors took up New York's latest record highs sparked by healthy US retail data and upbeat earnings from some of Wall Street's big names.

Japan's SMEs ready to adapt to Trump tariffs
Small and medium-sized firms like Mitsuwa Electric that form the backbone of Japan's economy have weathered many storms over the decades, and company president Yuji Miyazaki is hopeful they will also withstand Donald Trump.
Syria troops quit Druze heartland after violence leaves nearly 600 dead
Syrian troops on Thursday pulled out of the Druze heartland of Sweida on the orders of the Islamist-led government, following days of deadly clashes that killed nearly 600 people, according to a war monitor.

What to know about Trump's effort to oust Fed Chair Powell
US President Donald Trump this week escalated attacks on central bank chair Jerome Powell, suggesting he could be dismissed for "fraud" over his handling of a renovation project at the Federal Reserve's headquarters.

Trump threatens to sue WSJ over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein
US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about an alleged off-color letter written by him to late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that featured a drawing of a naked woman.

'A trap' - Asylum seekers arrested after attending US courts
In gloomy corridors outside a Manhattan courtroom, masked agents target and arrest migrants attending mandatory hearings -- part of US President Donald Trump's escalating immigration crackdown.

El Salvador rights group says forced out by Bukele 'repression'
A leading rights group investigating corruption in El Salvador said Thursday it had been forced into exile due to "escalating repression" by President Nayib Bukele's administration.

US House passes landmark crypto measures in win for Trump
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed three landmark cryptocurrency bills, fulfilling the Trump administration's commitment to the once-controversial industry.

Slashed US aid showing impact, as Congress codifies cuts
The United States' destruction of a warehouse worth of emergency food that had spoiled has drawn outrage, but lawmakers and aid workers say it is only one effect of President Donald Trump's abrupt slashing of foreign assistance.

Afghan data breach unmasked UK spies, special forces: reports
The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces personnel, were included in a massive data breach involving thousands of Afghans, UK media reported Thursday.

Zuckerberg settles lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and other company board members settled a shareholder lawsuit on Thursday concerning decisions made in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.

Syria troops quit Druze heartland after violence leaves over 500 dead
Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland province of Sweida on orders from the Islamist-led government, following days of deadly clashes that killed more than 500 people, according to a war monitor.

EU readies retaliatory list targeting US services
The EU executive is preparing a list of proposed restrictions on US services companies -- including tech giants -- should Brussels fail to strike a trade deal with Washington, European diplomats said on Thursday.

'Like a dream': Druze reunited across Golan Heights buffer zone
Dozens of Druze crowded the Israeli-controlled side of the armistice line in the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, hoping to catch a glimpse of relatives on the Syrian-held side who might try to cross the barbed-wire frontier.

El Salvador rights group says forced into exile by Bukele crackdown
A leading rights group investigating corruption in El Salvador has been forced into exile due to a crackdown by President Nayib Bukele's administration, two of its members said Thursday.