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Progress in US inflation fight 'has likely resumed': Fed official

Man Utd's Rashford left out of England's Euros squad

Serial winner Kroos eyes two-trophy finish to career

Ronaldo poised for Euro record as Portugal name squad

Diplomatic crisis deepens as Spain pulls out Argentina envoy

'Thank God!': First New Caledonia evacuation flight arrives in Austral...

OpenAI apologizes to actress Johansson over AI voice similarity

Schools, prison checked after quake 'swarm' near Naples

Hazardous weather sparks chaos and rider anger at Giro 16th stage

Murray comeback ends in Geneva defeat

IMF cautions on timing of UK rate cut

Iranians pay last respects to president killed in helicopter crash

Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered Tuesday to mourn president Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash on a fog-shrouded mountainside in the northwest.

Japan's new whaling mothership sets sail on first hunt

The chef fires up the grill and bastes a chunky whale steak, a Japanese delicacy that could soon appear on more plates nationwide as a new whaling mothership sets sail despite criticism from conservationists.

Markets retreat as traders take profits, eye commodities' spike

Markets in Asia and Europe suffered a downturn Tuesday after racking up a series of gains as profit-takers stepped in, while traders were also spooked by a surge in commodity prices.

Demise of rangelands 'severely underestimated': report

From camel drivers in the Sahara to nomads on the Mongolian steppe, traditional herders the world over rely on earth's wildest open spaces to support an ancient way of life.

India shuts schools as temperatures soar

Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) with Delhi gripped by a "severe heatwave".

Muted on world stage, Taiwan speaks up at Cannes

A slew of Taiwanese movies at the Cannes Film Festival offer the island an increasingly rare chance to tell its stories on the global stage.

Crunch time looms for BHP's bid to buy Anglo American

Mining behemoth BHP must overcome major hurdles to salvage its faltering pursuit of rival Anglo American, analysts said Monday as a midweek deadline over the seismic takeover bid approaches.

'Heart of the left': ruling party fights to keep Mexico City

A cable car soars above brightly painted houses, winding streets and evocative murals in a densely populated Mexico City neighborhood pivotal to the ruling party's chances of keeping control of the capital in upcoming elections.

First tourist rescue flight lands in riot-scarred New Caledonia

A military transport aircraft landed in riot-hit New Caledonia to evacuate trapped tourists Tuesday, the first rescue flight since looting, arson and deadly gunfire enveloped the French Pacific territory eight days ago.

New Caledonia tourists 'ecstatic' as rescue planes arrive

Tourists trapped by rioting, looting and separatist roadblocks in crisis-wracked New Caledonia expressed joy that they may soon be rescued after the first military evacuation flights landed on Tuesday.

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