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Divers search Sicily yacht wreck with UK tech boss among missing

Divers search Sicily yacht wreck with UK tech boss among missing

Divers spent a second day Tuesday searching for six people believed trapped when a luxury yacht sank off the Italian island of Sicily, including a British tech tycoon, colleagues and his teenage daughter.

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King Charles III visits UK town where child stabbings sparked riots

King Charles III visits UK town where child stabbings sparked riots

King Charles III on Tuesday visited the town in northwest England where a devastating knife attack that killed three young girls sparked nationwide anti-immigration riots.

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Markets diverge ahead of Powell speech

Markets diverge ahead of Powell speech

Stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors treaded water ahead of a key speech by US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell that could provide more hints of an interest rate cut.

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World Cup winners back for Springboks against All Blacks

World Cup winners back for Springboks against All Blacks

Four members of South Africa’s World Cup-winning squad are set to return to international action for the first time this year when the Springboks play against the New Zealand All Blacks in two Rugby Championship Tests.

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Senegal sets up commission to review oil and gas deals

Senegal sets up commission to review oil and gas deals

Senegal's new authorities have set up a commission of experts to "rebalance" oil and gas contracts, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said, following an election pledge to renegotiate hydrocarbon agreements.

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Ukraine MPs vote to ban Russia-linked Orthodox Church

Ukraine MPs vote to ban Russia-linked Orthodox Church

Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday voted to ban the Russia-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as Kyiv cuts religious, social and institutional ties with bodies it considers aligned with Moscow.

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Kenya 'psychopath' serial killer suspect escapes from police

Kenya 'psychopath' serial killer suspect escapes from police

Red-faced Kenyan police on Tuesday arrested eight of their own officers and launched a manhunt after a man accused of murdering and dismembering 42 women escaped from a Nairobi police cell along with a dozen other people.

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What is fate of 22 people aboard capsized yacht?

What is fate of 22 people aboard capsized yacht?

The British-flagged luxury yacht The Bayesian capsized early Monday off the coast of southern Sicily with 22 people aboard.

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Tesla faces lower-rate EU tariffs on China-made EVs

Tesla faces lower-rate EU tariffs on China-made EVs

The European Commission announced plans Tuesday to impose an extra nine-percent tariff on Tesla's China-made electric cars, much lower than what Chinese firms face unless Beijing compromises in a trade row.

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Five things to know as Taylor Swift's European tour ends

Five things to know as Taylor Swift's European tour ends

Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour wraps up its European leg in London on Tuesday, after the American megastar wowed hundreds of thousands of fans across a dozen countries.

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