Capuozzo return adds wizardry for Italy at 'magical' World Cup
Ange Capuozzo lifted Italian World Cup hopes when he signalled he is fit again in typically scintillating style with two tries in a warm-up game against Romania.
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British Museum director resigns after spate of thefts
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer resigned on Friday, admitting the museum did not act "as it should have" on warnings that items had gone missing.
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US auto workers vote to authorize strike if contract talks fail
Workers at Detroit's three auto giants overwhelmingly voted to authorize union leaders to call a strike if there is no contract by next month's deadline, the union announced Friday.
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Cryptic newspaper ad hints at new Rolling Stones album
Rolling Stones fans are trying to get copies of a local London newspaper after the group placed a spoof advert apparently teasing their long-awaited new album.
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US Fed 'prepared to raise rates further' on too-high inflation
The US Federal Reserve is prepared to raise interest rates higher -- and hold them there -- to "sustainably" bring down above-target inflation, chairman Jerome Powell said Friday.
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'Absolute lie': Kremlin denies Prigozhin killed on its orders
The Kremlin on Friday dismissed rumours it orchestrated the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, presumed dead in a plane crash two months after leading a mutiny in Russia.
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Drought-hit Panama Canal to restrict access for one year
The drought-hit Panama Canal will maintain restrictions on the passage of ships for one year, a measure that has already led to a marine traffic jam as boats line up to enter the crucial waterway linking two oceans, an official said late Thursday.
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France heatwave sets another late-summer temperature record
France this week recorded its hottest late-summer day ever, breaching the record yet again in the now-ebbing heatwave, weather authorities said Friday.
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Lloris to be sidelined or sold as Tottenham aim to trim squad
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou said trimming down his squad is the priority in the final week of the transfer window as former captain Hugo Lloris appears to have played his final game for the club.
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Spanish football chief Rubiales refuses to quit over player kiss
Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales refused to resign on Friday after a week of widespread criticism for his unsolicited kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso following Spain's Women's World Cup triumph.
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