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Mercedes and Max: What to watch as F1 returns for Dutch GP

Mercedes and Max: What to watch as F1 returns for Dutch GP

Formula One is back after its summer break, with every sign the championship could go down to the wire as the chasing pack seeks to overhaul teenager Kimi Antonelli and his Mercedes.

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Arsenal can become world's best club: Arteta

Arsenal can become world's best club: Arteta

Mikel Arteta has warned Arsenal's rivals that he plans to build the Premier League champions into the "best club in the world".

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'People, not robots': Ukraine's soldiers justify human role amid drone revolution

'People, not robots': Ukraine's soldiers justify human role amid drone revolution

As the first ray of sun hit on an unexpectedly frosty August morning, a few hundred just-graduated Ukrainian paratroopers were traipsing across a corn and rapeseed field, preparing for their first jump.

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Japan's King Kazu, 59, scores twice from spot to make cup history

Japan's King Kazu, 59, scores twice from spot to make cup history

Kazuyoshi Miura scored twice from the penalty spot as the 59-year-old striker became the oldest goalscorer in the history of Japan's longest-running cup competition.

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North Sea drilling tests UK govt climate pledge

North Sea drilling tests UK govt climate pledge

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham must decide in the coming weeks whether to authorise two North Sea drilling projects, an issue which has divided his own Labour Party.

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Kyiv's desperate vendors persevere outside obliterated flea market

Kyiv's desperate vendors persevere outside obliterated flea market

On the scorching asphalt besides what was once a bustling Kyiv flea market, vendors were trying to sell the remains of their stock, ravaged by a Russian missile strike.

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'Ray of hope': Gaza seed bank rebuilds after wartime destruction

'Ray of hope': Gaza seed bank rebuilds after wartime destruction

From a small makeshift tent in the central Gaza Strip, a dedicated team works to carefully store and document some of the war-shattered territory's most precious commodities: local seeds.

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Australia races to shield little penguins from H5N1 bird flu

Australia races to shield little penguins from H5N1 bird flu

Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza.

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Mourinho begins second Real Madrid reign with Barca in his sights

Mourinho begins second Real Madrid reign with Barca in his sights

Jose Mourinho's second spell at Real Madrid begins in Barcelona this weekend in La Liga, although at Espanyol rather than up against his and Los Blancos' bitter rivals.

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Messi scores first goal since father's death

Messi scores first goal since father's death

Lionel Messi scored his first goal since his father's death but Inter Miami had to settle for a 2-2 Major League Soccer draw on Wednesday against the Philadelphia Union.

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