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Gaza-bound activist convoy reaches Libyan capital

Gaza-bound activist convoy reaches Libyan capital

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists in a Gaza-bound convoy reached the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Wednesday as they drive eastward in a bid to break Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory.

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Tuchel wants Bellingham to inspire, not intimidate England team-mates

Tuchel wants Bellingham to inspire, not intimidate England team-mates

England manager Thomas Tuchel is determined to harness Jude Bellingham's "fire" to his side's advantage rather than the Real Madrid star intimidating team-mates or raging at referees.

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Stocks rise on easing US-China trade tensions, cool US inflation

Stocks rise on easing US-China trade tensions, cool US inflation

Stock markets edged higher Wednesday as investors welcomed cooler US inflation data and a China-US agreement aimed at lowering trade tensions.

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Trump touts 'done' deal with Beijing on rare earths, Chinese students

Trump touts 'done' deal with Beijing on rare earths, Chinese students

US President Donald Trump touted ties with China as "excellent" on Wednesday, saying the superpowers reached a deal after two days of talks aimed at preserving a truce in their damaging trade war.

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UK hands health service major spending boost

UK hands health service major spending boost

Britain's Labour government on Wednesday said it was injecting the struggling National Health Service with a "record" £29-billion ($39-billion) annual boost, as it looks to cut spending on its asylum programme.

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Ingebrigtsen coy on return to competition

Ingebrigtsen coy on return to competition

Norway's Olympic 5,000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen said Wednesday that he did not have a fixed date for a return to competition ahead of September's world championships in Tokyo.

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Austria mourns school shooting victims with minute's silence

Austria mourns school shooting victims with minute's silence

Grieving Austrians on Wednesday held tearful memorials and marked a moment of silence to mourn the 10 people shot dead at a school the prior day by a former pupil, an unprecented attack in the Alpine nation.

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US inflation edges up as Trump tariffs flow through economy

US inflation edges up as Trump tariffs flow through economy

US consumer inflation ticked up in May, in line with analyst expectations, government data showed Wednesday as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs began to ripple through the world's biggest economy.

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France makes arrests over cryptocurrency kidnapping

France makes arrests over cryptocurrency kidnapping

French police have arrested several people suspected of involvement in last month's kidnapping of the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur, a source close to the case said Wednesday.

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Charity accuses Israel of deadly strike on Gaza office building

Charity accuses Israel of deadly strike on Gaza office building

Medical charity Medecins du Monde Wednesday accused Israel of violating international law with drone strikes on a building housing one of its offices in war-torn Gaza that killed eight people, none of them staff.

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