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AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm hands
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Kenya's Faith Kipyegon breaks women's 1,500m world record
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Kenyans Chebet, Kipyegon light up Eugene Diamond League with world records
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PSG set up Club World Cup semi clash with Mbappe's Real Madrid
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Father's desperate search for daughter after deadly Texas flood
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France make Euro 2025 statement against holders England as Miedema completes century
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Former MLB White Sox pitcher Jenks dies aged 44
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Mbappe on target as Real Madrid down Dortmund to reach Club World Cup semis
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Ford inspires England to 'great' Argentina win on 100th cap
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Israel agrees to Gaza truce talks
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Ford inspires England to Argentina win on 100th cap
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Australian actor Julian McMahon dies, aged 56
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France beat England at Euro 2025 as Miedema completes Dutch century
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Shubman Gill, the 'Prince' who is now India's new cricket king
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Iran's Khamenei makes first public appearance since Israel war: state media
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Elon Musk says he has created a new US political party
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Spain ruling party bars members from hiring sex workers
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Modi and Milei meet in Argentina ahead of BRICS summit
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BRICS nations voice 'serious concerns' over Trump tariffs
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Erasmus hails brave, tough Italy after Springboks victory
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Sinner equals Wimbledon mark for dominance in first three rounds
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Wimbledon champion Krejcikova crashes out in tears, Djokovic reaches century
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Trump to push Netanyahu for Gaza truce in crunch talks
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Djokovic 100 not out, into fourth round at Wimbledon
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Nine-man PSG beat Bayern to reach Club World Cup semis
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India's Gill hits record-breaking ton before England collapse in second Test
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Death toll in Pakistan building collapse rises to 21
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African Union criticised for calling Burundi election 'credible'
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Wimbledon champion Krejcikova crashes out in tears, Sinner into last 16
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Germany captain Gwinn to miss rest of Euro 2025 with injury
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Australia crawl to 69-3 in second innings against West Indies
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India's Gill hits record-breaking ton and sets England mammoth 608 to win Test
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A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris on Saturday before being arrested, officials said.

Israel and Hamas trade strikes as Palestinian toll mounts
Israel and Hamas brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce Saturday as air strikes pounded militant targets in Gaza and Palestinian groups launched volleys of rockets.

Israel says hundreds of Gaza targets hit after truce ends
Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza for a second day on Saturday, hitting hundreds of targets, after a week-long truce with Hamas militants collapsed despite international calls for an extension.
Spaniard accused of helping N.Korea evade US sanctions arrested
Spanish police on Friday said they had arrested a man wanted by Washington for allegedly conspiring with cryptocurrency experts to help North Korea evade US sanctions over its nuclear programme.

Venezuela will vote on Guyana border row despite UN court ruling
Venezuela said Friday it would press ahead with a weekend referendum over the fate of an oil-rich region claimed by itself and Guyana even as the UN's top court urged restraint in the worsening row.

Spaniard arrested for helping N.Korea evade US sanctions
Spanish police on Friday said they had arrested a man wanted by Washington for allegedly conspiring with cryptocurrency experts to help North Korea evade sanctions over its nuclear program.

First trailer for "Grand Theft Auto VI" on December 5
Rockstar Games said it will release a trailer next Tuesday for the first installment in a decade of "Grand Theft Auto," video-gaming's controversial blockbuster.

British inventor Dyson loses Brexit libel claim
The billionaire inventor James Dyson has lost a libel action against a British newspaper which commented on how he supported Brexit but then moved his business to Singapore, a judge ruled Friday.

Tantric yoga sect guru to appear before France judge
The leader of a controversial tantric yoga sect was to go before a French judge on Friday, a judicial source said, after he was arrested in a probe along with over a dozen others on suspicion of kidnapping, rape and people trafficking.

Hamas open to truce extension as expiry nears
A truce between Israel and Hamas entered its final hours on Friday as more hostages were freed from Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Russian pleads guilty in US to role in Trickbot malware scheme
A Russian man pleaded guilty on Thursday to involvement in developing the Trickbot malware used to extort businesses, including hospitals during the Covid pandemic, the US Justice Department said.

UK to probe of UAE-backed takeover of Telegraph
The UK government said on Thursday it had triggered a formal probe on public interest grounds into the proposed sale of the Telegraph Media Group to an Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund.

Venezuela zoo welcomes three white lion cubs
A Venezuelan zoo this week welcomed the country's first three white lion cubs born in captivity, a boost for the genetically rare animal whose wild population numbers only about a dozen living in their native South Africa.

More Israeli hostages released in extended Gaza truce
Militant group Hamas released two more Israeli women hostages on Thursday with more Palestinian prisoners to be freed under an extended truce that has paused weeks of deadly conflict.

Russia bans 'international LGBT movement' for 'extremism'
Russia on Thursday banned the "international LGBT movement," claiming it was an extremist group in a move that cements a long crackdown on the community as the Kremlin pushes ultra-conservative social values.

Hamas shooting threatens extended Gaza truce
The Palestinian group Hamas said its militants carried out a shooting in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing three people despite agreeing to extend for a day a truce in Gaza and to release at least 10 more Israeli hostages.

'More than a chatbot': Google touts firm's AI tech
Google's position as king of the search engines is under threat like never before, but the firm's global policy chief told AFP this week it still had the edge over its AI competitors.

Fire at dawn in Kazakhstan hostel kills 13
Kazakhstan said Thursday that at least 13 people were killed in a fire that broke out at dawn in a hostel in the Central Asian country's largest city Almaty.

German court sentences Gambian death squad member to life in prison
A German court on Thursday sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, including an AFP journalist.

Long wait for freedom: Afghan refugees in limbo in Pakistan
Abdullah was a well-known public figure in Afghanistan, a journalist and university lecturer respected by his readers and students.

'I feel safe': the school for environmental defenders
On a sun-dappled spot of sandy land along Thailand's east coast, class is in session, as a group of environmental defenders listens to local activists describe battling an industrial park.

Argentine Milei's spirituality: Catholicism, Torah and a 'libertarian' God
Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei has offered glimpses into how his seemingly contradictory spiritual practices -- including a recent embrace of Orthodox Judaism, the Catholicism embedded in Latin America and his own far-right philosophies -- influence his idiosyncratic worldview.

Seven missing after US Osprey crashes off Japan
Rescuers scoured waters off Japan on Thursday for seven missing US Air Force personnel whose Osprey crashed during a training exercise, in the latest incident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft.

US charges Indian man with foiled hit on American Sikh activist
The US Justice Department unveiled charges on Wednesday against a man they say planned to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader on American soil earlier this year under the direction of an Indian official.

US charges Indian man with plotting hit on Sikh separatist
US prosecutors unveiled charges on Wednesday against an Indian national they say planned to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader on US soil under the direction of an Indian official.

England captain Farrell to miss Six Nations to prioritise 'mental well-being'
England captain Owen Farrell will not be available for the 2024 Six Nations Championship after deciding to take a break from international rugby "to prioritise his and his family's mental well-being".

French court refuses extradition of Romanian royal descendant
The Paris appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Romania for the extradition of a descendant of the country's last kings, which had described an influence-peddling conviction against him as "political" persecution.

'Let us live': Russian drag queens fear looming ban
In his small flat in Moscow, Igor was putting purple eyeliner and fake lashes on fellow drag queen Saffron, but their sessions trying out make-up tips could soon be illegal.

Journalist's personal battle as Burkina militants target women
Award-winning journalist Mariam Ouedraogo finds it impossible to forget the heartbreaking stories she has covered about sexual assault in Burkina Faso's jihadist war.

One confirmed killed as US Osprey crashes off Japan
A US Osprey military aircraft crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, killing one crew member and leaving five unaccounted for, the coastguard said, in the latest incident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft.

Elephant at centre of animal rights campaign dies in Philippine zoo
An elderly elephant has died in a Philippine zoo, an official said Wednesday, after a failed global campaign to relocate her to an animal sanctuary.

After 17 days trapped in tunnel, India workers say hope kept them alive
After 17 days trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel they were building, Indian workers described the horror of their ordeal, and the hopes and prayers that kept them strong.