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North Korea's Kim consoles families of troops killed fighting for Russia: KCNA

North Korea's Kim consoles families of troops killed fighting for Russia: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with the families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine and offered condolences for their "unbearable pain", state media said Saturday.

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Bolsonaro coup trial enters final phase as ally Trump watches

Bolsonaro coup trial enters final phase as ally Trump watches

Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro will learn soon whether he is headed to prison as his trial on attempted coup charges enters the final stretch despite pressure from his US ally, President Donald Trump.

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Sabalenka extends tie-break streak, downs Fernandez

Sabalenka extends tie-break streak, downs Fernandez

World number one Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the fourth round of the US Open on Friday after extending her remarkable streak of tie-break victories to defeat Canada's Leylah Fernandez.

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Chinese rookie Wang grabs LPGA lead at storm-hit TPC Boston

Chinese rookie Wang grabs LPGA lead at storm-hit TPC Boston

Chinese rookie Miranda Wang birdied the last three holes to seize a two-stroke lead when darkness halted Friday's storm-hit second round of the LPGA FM Championship at TPC Boston.

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Flushed out: home hopes Shelton, Tiafoe exit in US Open blow

Flushed out: home hopes Shelton, Tiafoe exit in US Open blow

Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe both crashed out in the third round of the US Open on a bleak day for a host nation without a men's Grand Slam champion in over 20 years.

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US appeals court finds Trump's global tariffs illegal

US appeals court finds Trump's global tariffs illegal

A US appeals court on Friday ruled that many of President Donald Trump's tariffs, which have upended global trade, were illegal -- but allowed them to remain in place for now, giving him time to take the fight to the Supreme Court.

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Sounders out to 'prove a point' against Messi's Inter in Leagues Cup final

Sounders out to 'prove a point' against Messi's Inter in Leagues Cup final

The Seattle Sounders are conceding nothing as they prepare to host football's "greatest player" Lionel Messi and Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup final on Sunday.

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'Trans' neo-Nazi shakes up gender debate in Germany

'Trans' neo-Nazi shakes up gender debate in Germany

A fierce debate has erupted in Germany around a neo-Nazi provocateur who was ordered to serve time in a women's prison after legally changing gender, and has now not shown up to serve the sentence.

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Tiafoe bounced out in US Open third round

Tiafoe bounced out in US Open third round

Frances Tiafoe, a US Open semi-finalist twice in the past three years, crashed out in straight sets to Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in the third round on Friday.

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Argentina police carry out raids in 
Milei sister graft probe

Argentina police carry out raids in Milei sister graft probe

Argentine police on Friday raided the offices of the National Disability Agency and a pharmaceutical company at the heart of a corruption scandal embroiling President Javier Milei's influential sister.

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