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Robert Redford, Hollywood's Golden Boy With A Midas Touch

With his all-American good looks, Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday aged 89 was the eternal "Sundance Kid", a US screen legend both in front of and...

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Kremlin Says Ukraine Peace Talks Frozen As Trump Warns Putin

Moscow said Friday that peace talks with Ukraine were on "pause" as US President Donald Trump again warned he was fast running out of patience with...

13.09.2025 10

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Allies Bolster Poland Air Defence After Drone Raid Blamed On Russia

France and Germany moved to bolster defence of Polish airspace Thursday as the UN Security Council called an emergency meeting to discuss Warsaw's...

12.09.2025 10

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Thaksin Termination? Prison Term Latest Chapter In Political Odyssey

Loved and loathed in almost equal measure, Thaksin Shinawatra transformed Thai politics in the early 2000s with populist policies that won him and his...

12.09.2025 10

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Super Spain Hit Six As Germany Get First World Cup Qualifying Win

Mikel Merino scored a hat-trick as a majestic Spain thumped Turkey 6-0 away in World Cup qualifying on Sunday, while a brilliant Florian Wirtz...

10.09.2025 10

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Trump's Alleged Birthday Note To Epstein Released By House Panel

A lewd birthday letter that Donald Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 -- which the US president claimed did not exist -- was published...

10.09.2025 10

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Israel Army Begins Targeting Gaza City High-rises

The Israeli military destroyed a high-rise in Gaza City on Friday, shortly after announcing it would target tall buildings identified as being used by...

08.09.2025 10

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Israel Flattens Gaza City High-rise As It Tells Residents To Flee

An Israeli strike flattened a high-rise in Gaza City on Saturday -- the second in as many days -- after the military warned people to flee south to a...

07.09.2025 10

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Protests Against Israeli Team Divide Vuelta And Scare Riders

The Israel-Premier Tech team insists it will ride on in the Vuelta a Espana, even though repeated roadside pro-Palestinian protests forced one stage...

07.09.2025 10

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French Women's Boxing Team Barred From World Champs Over Late Gender Test Results

The French women's team have been barred from the boxing world championships because the results of their gender tests were not delivered on time in a...

06.09.2025 10

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Coffee And Cash: How Hamas Pays Its Civil Servants In Secret

One of thousands of public servants in Gaza's Hamas-run government, Karim, a public works ministry employee, received what seemed like an ordinary...

05.09.2025 5

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Days After Quake, Afghan Survivors Still Await Aid

Rescue teams struggled Wednesday to reach survivors as night approached days after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as access to remote...

04.09.2025 10

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Sudan Army Strike Kills At Least 12 In Darfur: Monitors

A war monitoring group said Sunday that an army drone strike on a clinic in the city of Nyala, western Sudan, under paramilitary control, had killed...

03.09.2025 10

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Australian Police Say Fugitive Gunman Is Being Helped

A gunman on the run in the bush in Australia after being accused of killing two officers was being aided by locals, police said Monday, as the manhunt...

02.09.2025 10

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Thousands Protest Israeli Siege Of Gaza Near Venice Film Festival

Thousands of people protested Saturday against Israel's siege of Gaza on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival, seeking to move the spotlight from...

01.09.2025 10

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Fernandes Lifts Man Utd Gloom, Frank Suffers First League Loss With Spurs

Bruno Fernandes eased the pressure on Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim as his last-gasp penalty sealed a 3-2 win over Burnley, while Thomas Frank...

01.09.2025 10

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Cash-strapped Taliban Look To Airspace For Windfall

Far above Kabul, the cash-strapped Taliban government has located a potentially lucrative revenue stream: Afghanistan's airspace. As Israel and Iran's...

31.08.2025 9

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US Bids To Trump China In DR Congo Mining Rush

The United States wants to secure its supply of strategic minerals in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, hoping to challenge China's...

28.08.2025 8

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Trump Advisor Says US May Take Stakes In Other Firms After Intel

The US government could take stakes in other companies after doing so with chipmaker Intel, President Donald Trump's top economic advisor Kevin...

28.08.2025 10

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Five Journalists Among 20 Killed In Israeli Strikes On Gaza Hospital: Civil Defence

Gaza's civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with...

27.08.2025 10

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US Envoy Visits Ukraine On Independence Day As Peace Efforts Stall

US President Donald Trump's envoy Keith Kellogg attended Ukraine's independence celebrations Sunday in Kyiv, as the push to end the war appeared to...

26.08.2025 10

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'Far Too Late': Palestinians Despair After UN Declares Famine In Gaza

Desperate Palestinians clutching pots and plastic buckets scrambled for rice at a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Saturday, a day after the United...

26.08.2025 10

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Israel Demands Release Of All Hostages After Hamas Backs New Truce Offer

A senior Israeli official on Tuesday said the government stood firm on its call for the release of all hostages in any future Gaza deal, after Hamas...

21.08.2025 7

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Zelensky, European Leaders Head To US For Talks On Peace Deal Terms

US President Donald Trump said reclaiming Crimea or entering NATO were off the table for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in...

20.08.2025 10

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Spurs Get Frank Off To Flier As Haaland Sparks Revamped Man City

Tottenham manager Thomas Frank enjoyed a "dream" home debut with a 3-0 win over Burnley, while Erling Haaland inspired new-look Manchester City's 4-0...

18.08.2025 10

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Putin-Trump Summit: What Each Side Wants

The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war....

16.08.2025 10

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Netanyahu Floats 'Allowing' Palestinians Out Of Gaza As Mediators Renew Truce Push

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday revived calls to "allow" Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, as the military prepares a...

14.08.2025 10

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Child Dies In Italy As European Heatwave Sets Records And Sparks Wildfires

A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain and French cites saw record temperatures, as a heatwave...

13.08.2025 8

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Europe Pushes For Ukraine Role In Trump-Putin Talks

A US official said Ukraine could be a part of negotiations between the United States and Russia, as European leaders pushed for Kyiv's inclusion ahead...

12.08.2025 8

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Al Jazeera Says 5 Journalists Killed In Israeli Strike In Gaza

Al Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent reporter, and three cameramen were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza...

12.08.2025 9

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Kyiv Won't Give Up Land, Says Zelensky As US-Russia Summit Confirmed

Ukraine won't surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit...

11.08.2025 10

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Putin-Trump Summit: What We Know So Far

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold talks in Alaska next Friday in a bid to end the war in Ukraine, which...

11.08.2025 10

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Israel To 'Take Control' Of Gaza City After Approving New War Plan

Israel's military will "take control" of Gaza City under a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and approved by his security cabinet,...

11.08.2025 10

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Markets Rise As Trump Chip Exemptions Boost Tech Giants

Asian equities rose Thursday, with big-name chip firms making big gains after Donald Trump said those investing in the United States would be exempted...

08.08.2025 10

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Trump Calls Putin-Witkoff Talks 'Highly Productive' But Sanctions Still Due

President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed talks between his envoy and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine as "highly productive" but US...

08.08.2025 10

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NGOs Caught Between Juntas And Jihadists In Turbulent Sahel

NGOs in the violence-wracked Sahel region are dangerously caught between military juntas who accuse them of being spies, and jihadists who view them...

06.08.2025 9

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Most Markets Rise As Traders Weigh Tariffs, US Jobs

Most stock markets bounced on Monday as the chances of US interest rate cuts following a big miss on US jobs creation offset concerns about the...

06.08.2025 10

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Pope's 'Jubilee Of Youth' Ends With Mass For 1 Million Pilgrims

Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics...

05.08.2025 10

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Dmitry Medvedev: Russia's Hawkish Ex-president

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, whose comments prompted US President Donald Trump to move two nuclear submarines, was once seen as a liberal...

04.08.2025 10

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Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's Unapologetic 'Dictator'

El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele, who can now seek unlimited reelection following a constitutional change, embraces the moniker of...

04.08.2025 10

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Stocks Drop As Trump's New Tariff Sweep Offsets Earnings

Stock markets fell Friday as Donald Trump announced tariffs on dozens of trading partners ahead of a self-imposed deadline, offsetting strong earnings...

03.08.2025 9

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Myanmar Junta Ends State Of Emergency In Election Run-up

Myanmar's junta ended its state of emergency on Thursday, ramping up plans for a December election that opposition groups pledged to boycott and...

02.08.2025 8

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Thousands Of Afghans Scramble For Chance To Work In Qatar

When Mohammad Hanif heard Qatar was opening jobs to Afghans, he joined thousands of others to put his name down for a shot to make a living in the...

02.08.2025 7

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Gaza Civil Defence Says 30 Killed In Food Queue By Israeli Fire

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 30 people when they opened fire Wednesday on a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid in...

01.08.2025 10

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Hundreds Of Sudanese Refugees In Cairo Take Up Chance To Return Home For Free

On a sweltering Monday morning at Cairo's main railway station, hundreds of Sudanese families stood waiting, with bags piled at their feet and...

30.07.2025 10

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Dollar Rises On EU-US Trade Deal But European Stocks Turn Sour

The dollar jumped Monday on the back of the US-EU trade deal struck on the weekend, but European stock markets dipped, reflecting unease at terms...

30.07.2025 10

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Britain Leads Calls For Airdrops As Gaza Hunger Crisis Deepens

International pressure was mounting on Saturday for alternative ways to be found to deliver food to hungry Palestinian civilians in Gaza, with Britain...

28.07.2025 10

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Iran Meets European Powers Amid Threats Of UN Sanctions Snapback

Iranian diplomats met counterparts from Germany, Britain and France on Friday for renewed nuclear talks, amid warnings that the three European powers...

27.07.2025 8

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Aid Groups Warn Of Starving Children As European Powers Discuss Gaza

Aid groups warned of surging numbers of malnourished children in war-ravaged Gaza as a trio of European powers prepared to hold an "emergency call"...

27.07.2025 6

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Pro Wrestling Legend Hulk Hogan Dead At 71

Hulk Hogan, the 1980s icon of professional wrestling who helped propel the low-budget spectacle into the global spotlight and parlayed his prowess in...

26.07.2025 9

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