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Quebec separatist premier sworn in without royal presence
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Washington orders US embassy staff, families to leave Saudi Arabia
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UAE nominates official to lead UN
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Musk's SpaceX results lift global stock markets
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NFL boss Goodell welcomes probe into Hurts medical care
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NFL boss Goodell: Comfort level 'very high' for Paris game
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Musk threatens Democrats teeing up congressional probes
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Fernandes laments 'mood of defeat' as Man Utd crumble in Como
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In the Mexican town that makes emblematic Day of the Dead garlands
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Maradona doctor was made 'scapegoat' for his death, Argentine court told
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Protests banned in parts of Paris as Macron swipes at Trump
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Man Utd thrashed by Como in Champions League horror show
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Judge orders Meta to pay $25 bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica case
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UN experts urge Meta to safeguard political expression in Brazil election
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Champagne puts cork in project to expand production area
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Websites go dark worldwide as AI exposes critical security flaws
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Canadian publisher says novelist Orelien used AI to write novel
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Defense in Maradona death trial seeks acquittal of doctor
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Trump faces fresh questions over ties to 'humanitarian' Putin
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Jansen, Rabada put South Africa in sight of win over Australia
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Hansen back in Ireland squad for Nations Championship
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Low Rhine weighed on German growth: central bank
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Kremlin sees little 'substance' in Ukraine peace ideas
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OpenAI says its AI agents disabled their own safety monitors
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Top Arab-Israeli election candidate tells AFP Netanyahu win would be 'catastrophe'
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Alldritt returns as France call up seven newcomers for Nations Championship
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South African rugby player's death due to 'aortic dissection'
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UN issues call to arms to combat off-the-charts El Nino
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France's Macron lands in Riyadh on surprise 'solidarity' visit
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Nigeria Ebola case matches DR Congo strain
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Around the world, far right blames immigrants for French protests
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Musk's SpaceX helps launch stock market gains
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South Africa eases fuel pain as growth slows
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Rose salutes Bournemouth's past heroes ahead of AC Milan clash
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Woody Allen shoots new movie in Madrid
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Argentina's Milei calls Spain PM Sanchez a 'dictator' in Madrid visit
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Nvidia's Huang urges Europe to go all in on AI
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Barca's Olmo injured for a month, misses Clasico
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Five things to know as French bond yield tops 5%
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Impacts of UK's new North Sea gas drilling
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'Complete threat' Ngumoha excites Liverpool captain Van Dijk
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Jansen takes five for South Africa as Australia forced to follow on
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'The fishing's terrible': Deforestation devastates C.Africa river
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Toulouse v Troyes Ligue 1 game postponed as France gripped by unrest
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France's tourism sector worried about impact of riots
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PSG winger Kvaratskhelia's season in doubt after torn ACL
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Macron takes aim at Trump for using France riots for election gain
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Putin, Witkoff meet in Russia for Ukraine war talks
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North Korea says 'new firepower units' in place, loudspeakers to return
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Austrian parliament approves headscarf ban in schools
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Stocks diverge as AI fears cloud US rate cut
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Israel says Hamas 'will be disarmed' after group proposes weapons freeze
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Myanmar junta air strike on hospital kills 31, aid workers say
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General strike hits planes, trains and services in Portugal
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Out of hiding, Venezuela's Machado vows to return to end 'tyranny'
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Myanmar junta air strike on hospital kills 31: aid worker
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US, Japan hold joint air exercise after China-Russia patrols
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Eurogroup elects new head as Russian frozen assets debate rages
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Fighting rages along Cambodia-Thailand border ahead of expected Trump call
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Taiwan to keep production of 'most advanced' chips at home: deputy FM
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South Korea minister resigns over alleged bribes from church
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Yemeni city buckles under surge of migrants seeking safety, work
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Fighting rages at Cambodia-Thailand border ahead of expected Trump call
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Venezuelan opposition leader emerges from hiding after winning Nobel
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Venezuelans divided on Machado peace prize, return home
Venezuelans stood divided Wednesday on the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and on whether she should return home from Oslo.
Ukraine sends US new plan to end the war as Trump blasts Europe
Ukraine has sent Washington an updated plan for ending Russia's invasion, Ukrainian officials told AFP Wednesday, as US President Donald Trump laid into European leaders in the latest sign of a growing transatlantic rift.
Trump says had 'pretty strong words' with Europeans on Ukraine
US President Donald Trump said he exchanged "pretty strong words" Wednesday with the leaders of France, Britain and Germany on Ukraine, in the latest sign of a growing rift on how to end Russia's invasion.
M23 tightens grip on key DR Congo city in 'middle finger' to US
The Rwanda-backed M23 militia captured most of the key eastern DR Congo town of Uvira late on Wednesday, in a move Burundi called a "middle finger" to the United States after the signing of a peace deal in Washington.
US seized 'very large' tanker near Venezuela, Trump says
The United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, dramatically escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas.
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UN sounds alarm over Ukraine war's impact on pregnant women
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Divided US Fed makes third straight rate cut on jobs risks
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