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Leicester boss Smith urges final push as relegation looms

Leicester boss Smith urges final push as relegation looms

Leicester boss Dean Smith has urged his relegation-haunted players to ignore the fact that survival is out of their hands as they face their last chance to keep the club in the Premier League.

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Stocks advance on debt deal hopes

Stocks advance on debt deal hopes

Stock markets mostly advanced Friday on talk of progress in talks to avert a calamitous US default draws closer and data showing.

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Pope Francis has fever, clears his schedule

Pope Francis has fever, clears his schedule

Pope Francis has a fever that caused him to clear his schedule on Friday morning, the Vatican said, nearly two months after the 86-year-old pontiff was hospitalised with bronchitis.

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Blinken to address Ukraine war from new NATO member Finland

Blinken to address Ukraine war from new NATO member Finland

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will next week visit new NATO member Finland where he will deliver a speech championing Ukraine's defense against Russia, the State Department said Friday.

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Sainz sets early pace in Monaco practice

Sainz sets early pace in Monaco practice

Carlos Sainz topped the times for Ferrari in Friday’s opening practice at the Monaco Grand Prix, the Spaniard outpacing compatriot Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin in an intriguing session.

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Huge security challenges await Nigeria's new president

Huge security challenges await Nigeria's new president

Violence has surged in Nigeria following a brief lull for elections earlier in the year, serving as a cruel reminder of the significant security challenges faced by incoming President Bola Tinubu.

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Sleeping in a closet: Kyiv adapts to Russian night strikes

Sleeping in a closet: Kyiv adapts to Russian night strikes

At the sound of the air raid siren, two little girls quickly unroll a mattress on the ground as their mother takes her other daughter, still asleep, to a closet.

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Students given community service over fatal hazing

Students given community service over fatal hazing

A Belgian court on Friday sentenced 18 members of a college fraternity to community service over the death of a black student during a two-day hazing ritual in 2018.

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Russia strikes Ukraine clinic, blames Kyiv for border attacks

Russia strikes Ukraine clinic, blames Kyiv for border attacks

Russian missiles on Friday hit a medical clinic in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing at least two people as Russia blamed Kyiv for dozens of strikes on its southern Belgorod region.

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Dangerous slowing of Antarctic ocean circulation sooner than expected

Dangerous slowing of Antarctic ocean circulation sooner than expected

Climate change-driven shifts in the circulation of waters to the deepest reaches of the ocean around Antarctica, which could reverberate across the planet and intensify global warming, are happening decades "ahead of schedule", according to new research.

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