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Mitsotakis calls for 'stronger' Greece as nation votes

Mitsotakis calls for 'stronger' Greece as nation votes

Greeks voted on Sunday in a general election that could deliver a chaotic outcome with leading candidate Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis asking to be returned to power to ensure a "stronger country".

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Battles rage hours after Sudan rivals agree to ceasefire

Battles rage hours after Sudan rivals agree to ceasefire

Residents of Sudan's capital again awoke to heavy clashes Sunday morning just hours after rival generals agreed to an upcoming one-week ceasefire amid ongoing talks in Saudi Arabia.

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Three shot dead in Marseille as gang murders surge

Three shot dead in Marseille as gang murders surge

Three men were shot dead with assault rifles on Sunday in the French port city of Marseille, which has seen a surge of drug-related gang murders, police said.

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Biden says Republican debt ceiling demands 'unacceptable'

Biden says Republican debt ceiling demands 'unacceptable'

President Joe Biden on Sunday slammed Republican demands in negotiations to resolve the US debt ceiling standoff as "unacceptable" but said a solution can still be found before a disastrous default.

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El Salvador soccer stadium stampede kills 12

El Salvador soccer stadium stampede kills 12

Twelve people were killed and hundreds injured Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador soccer stadium, police and emergency services said.

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China claim record 13th Sudirman Cup badminton title

China claim record 13th Sudirman Cup badminton title

China claimed a record 13th Sudirman Cup title on Sunday, defeating South Korea on home soil at the first major sporting event in the country since the lifting of pandemic restrictions.

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Ukraine denies fall of Bakhmut, says advancing in suburbs

Ukraine denies fall of Bakhmut, says advancing in suburbs

Ukraine on Sunday denied Bakhmut had fallen to Russian troops in the longest battle of the war and said it was instead advancing around the suburbs, making it "very difficult" for Russian troops to stay in the devastated city.

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East Timor polls close as voters hope for end to deadlock

East Timor polls close as voters hope for end to deadlock

Voters in East Timor flocked to polling stations on Sunday to cast their ballots in parliamentary elections, hoping for an end to years of political deadlock in Asia's youngest country.

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Three die in Marseille shooting as gang murders surge

Three die in Marseille shooting as gang murders surge

Three men died Sunday in an assault rifle attack in the French port city of Marseille, which has seen a surge of drug-related gang murders in recent months, police said.

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DiCaprio and Scorsese score raves at star-packed Cannes

DiCaprio and Scorsese score raves at star-packed Cannes

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese were set for a victory lap at Cannes on Sunday after their Native American crime epic, "Killers of the Flower Moon" scored rave reviews, while the festival prepared to bow down before Jude Law as King Henry VIII.

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