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Spieth tries again for career Grand Slam with PGA victory

Spieth tries again for career Grand Slam with PGA victory

Jordan Spieth enters the 106th PGA Championship seeking a victory that would complete a career Grand Slam, bring a fourth career major title and snap a two-year win drought.

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Massive manhunt after French prison officers killed, inmate escapes in ambush

Massive manhunt after French prison officers killed, inmate escapes in ambush

French police were on Tuesday hunting for a group of gunmen who killed two prison officers in an attack at a motorway toll that freed a convict linked to gangland drug killings.

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Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on Chinese EVs and chips

Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on Chinese EVs and chips

US President Joe Biden blasted Beijing Tuesday for "cheating" rather than competing as he unveiled steep tariff hikes on Chinese imports like electric vehicles and semiconductors.

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Quarter of Gazans displaced again as fighting rages north to south

Quarter of Gazans displaced again as fighting rages north to south

Israeli troops fought Hamas militants in multiple battles across the Gaza Strip Tuesday that forced new waves of Palestinian mass displacement, on a sombre Independence Day for Israel.

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Ex-fixer Cohen grilled by defense at Trump trial

Ex-fixer Cohen grilled by defense at Trump trial

Donald Trump's arch-foe and former personal attorney Michael Cohen endured grueling cross-examination Tuesday, as senior Republicans increasingly politicized the criminal trial by attending court to support the former president.

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Alice Munro: short story virtuoso with a touch of 'magic'

Alice Munro: short story virtuoso with a touch of 'magic'

Canadian author and Nobel laureate Alice Munro set her taut, acutely observed stories in the rural Ontario countryside where she grew up, focusing a stark lens on the frailties of the human condition.

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Top-ranked Scheffler paired with major winners at PGA Championship

Top-ranked Scheffler paired with major winners at PGA Championship

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler will join fellow reigning major champions Brian Harman and Wyndham Clark for the first two rounds of the PGA Championship while second-ranked Rory McIlroy joins Justin Rose and Dustin Johnson.

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Defending champion Medvedev out as Swiatek cruises in Rome Open

Defending champion Medvedev out as Swiatek cruises in Rome Open

Daniil Medvedev's Rome Open title defence came to an early end on Tuesday after the world number four was knocked out at the last-16 stage by Tommy Paul, while Iga Swiatek cruised into the women's semi-finals.

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McIlroy files for divorce from wife Erica

McIlroy files for divorce from wife Erica

Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce from wife Erica, submitting the documents on Monday in Florida to end their marriage after just over seven years, his communications team announced on Tuesday.

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Stubbs gives Delhi IPL play-off hope with win in last league match

Stubbs gives Delhi IPL play-off hope with win in last league match

Fiery fifties from Abishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs helped Delhi Capitals sign off their IPL league phase on a high as they beat Lucknow Super Giants by 19 runs on Tuesday.

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