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Protection racket? Asian semiconductor giants fear looming tariffs
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S. Korea Starbucks in a froth over presidential candidates names
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NATO hatches deal on higher spending to keep Trump happy
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Eurovision stage a dynamic 3D 'playground': producer
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Sony girds for US tariffs after record annual net profit
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China, US slash sweeping tariffs in trade war climbdown
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Human Rights Watch warns of migrant worker deaths in 2034 World Cup host Saudi Arabia
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Sony logs 18% annual net profit jump, forecast cautious
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China, US to lift sweeping tariffs in trade war climbdown
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Asian markets swing as China-US trade euphoria fades
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Australian seaweed farm tackles burps to help climate
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Judgment day in EU chief's Covid vaccine texts case
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Trump set to meet Syrian leader ahead of Qatar visit
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Misinformation clouds Sean Combs's sex trafficking trial
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'Panic and paralysis': US firms fret despite China tariff reprieve
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Menendez brothers resentenced, parole now possible
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Latin America mourns world's 'poorest president' Mujica, dead at 89
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Masters champion McIlroy to headline Australian Open
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Sean Combs's ex Cassie says he coerced her into 'disgusting' sex ordeals
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McIlroy, Scheffler and Schauffele together for rainy PGA battle
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Uruguay's Mujica, world's 'poorest president,' dies aged 89
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Lift-off at Eurovision as first qualifiers revealed
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'Kramer vs Kramer' director Robert Benton dies: representative
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Tatum suffered ruptured right Achilles in playoff defeat: Celtics
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US stocks mostly rise on better inflation data while dollar retreats
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Winning farewell for Orlando Pirates' Spanish coach Riveiro
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Lift-off at Eurovision as first semi-final takes flight
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UN relief chief urges action 'to prevent genocide' in Gaza
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Baseball pariahs Rose, Jackson eligible for Hall of Fame after league ruling
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Sean Combs's ex Cassie says he forced her into 'disgusting' sex ordeals
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Uruguay's 'poorest president' Mujica dies aged 89
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Senior UN official urges action 'to prevent genocide' in Gaza
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'Kramer vs Kramer' director Robert Benton dies: report
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Republicans eye key votes on Trump tax cuts mega-bill
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Brazil legend Marta returns for Japan friendlies
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Jose Mujica: Uruguay's tractor-driving leftist icon
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Israel and Hamas announced a deal on Wednesday allowing at least 50 hostages and scores of Palestinian prisoners to be freed, while offering besieged Gaza residents a four-day truce after weeks of all-out war.

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday that a truce agreement with Israel was in sight, raising hopes that dozens of people taken hostage in the October 7 attacks could be released from war-torn Gaza.

Hamas says Gaza truce deal 'close', raising hopes for hostages
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday a truce agreement with Israel was in sight, raising hopes that his militant group could soon release dozens of people taken hostage in the October 7 attacks.

29 Gaza babies evacuated to Egypt as Hamas reports deadly hospital strike
Twenty-nine premature babies were evacuated from war-torn Gaza to Egypt on Monday as the Hamas-run health ministry accused Israel of launching a deadly strike on the territory's Indonesian Hospital.

Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital a 'death zone', WHO says urging evacuation
Gaza's largest hospital has become a "death zone," the World Health Organization said Sunday, announcing plans to evacuate the facility, as Israel's army said it was expanding operations to destroy Hamas.

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Columns of Palestinians, some sick, some wounded made their way out of Gaza's largest hospital Saturday, walking for hours through the debris of war as they sought a new refuge.

Hundreds flee from hospital at centre of Israel-Hamas war
Hundreds of people fled on foot Saturday after the director of Gaza's main hospital said Israel's army ordered evacuation of the facility where more than 2,000 patients, medics and displaced people were trapped by the war between Israel and Hamas.

Fuel enters Gaza as 26 reported killed in Khan Yunis strike
A first consignment of fuel has entered Gaza after US pressure on Israel, allowing communications to resume in the territory, where a hospital director on Saturday said 26 people had been killed in a strike in Khan Yunis.

Israel allows two fuel tankers into Gaza daily as aid halted
Israel has agreed to allow two fuel trucks a day into Gaza, Israeli officials said Friday, after the UN warned shortages had halted aid deliveries and put people at risk of starvation.

Iraqis haunted by war battle mental health issues
Raghad Qassem searched all over Iraq's capital Baghdad for a psychologist she could talk to about her problems, before finally settling for consultations online.

Brussels extends use of controversial herbicide
The European Commission said Thursday it will allow the use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate for another 10 years, breaking a stalemate between EU states divided over its safety.

Israel forces search Gaza hospital as civilians stranded inside
Israeli forces were searching building to building at Gaza's main hospital Thursday as Hamas said the military had "destroyed" parts of the compound where deep concern has mounted for the up to thousands of Palestinians trapped inside.

Israel takes Gaza port, battles Hamas fighters
Israeli troops on Thursday advanced their campaign to destroy Hamas in Gaza, fighting gun battles and taking control of a key port a day after a raid on the territory's main hospital.

Israel presses Gaza hospital raid
Israel renewed its operation at Gaza's largest hospital Thursday, targeting what it maintains is a Hamas command centre concealed in a complex sheltering more than 2,000 civilians.

Israeli tanks at Gaza hospital's gates, Biden urges protection
Tanks were massed near the gates of Gaza's main hospital where Palestinians were trapped in dire conditions on Tuesday as US President Joe Biden pressed Israel to protect the complex.

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Israeli tanks at gates of Gaza hospital, Biden urges care
With tanks massed at the gates of Gaza's largest hospital, US President Joe Biden pressed Israeli allies to protect civilians, who on Tuesday were trapped inside with dwindling supplies of fuel and water.

Israeli tanks at gate of Gaza hospital, Biden urges care
With Israeli tanks now massed at the gates of Gaza's largest hospital, US President Joe Biden pressed his ally to protect scores of civilians trapped inside with dwindling supplies of fuel and water Monday.
MSF doctor warns of 'inhuman' conditions in main Gaza hospital
Hundreds of people stranded in Gaza's biggest hospital were enduring "inhuman" conditions on Monday while heavy fighting raged around them, a doctor said as the Hamas-run health ministry reported a rising patient death toll.

US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus
US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat."

US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus: drug regulator
US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat."

US surgeons perform world's first whole eye transplant
A team of surgeons in New York said Thursday they had performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure described as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the patient will actually regain his sight.

Croatia recalls some Coca-Cola products over intoxication scare
Croatian authorities on Wednesday ordered Coca-Cola to withdraw some drinks after food poisoning cases were reported in three cities.

Israel battles Hamas in Gaza City
Israel's campaign to crush Hamas ground into its second month Wednesday as its forces battled the Palestinian militants in Gaza City, despite mounting calls for a ceasefire.

US hospitals turn to gig platforms on nurse shortage
When Jessica Martinez moved away from home in 2020, a temporary contract brought her to New Jersey as a nurse on the frontlines of the pandemic. But her earnings slipped as Covid-19 faded.

Why Sweden going smoke-free may not be such good 'snus'
Sweden is poised to become Europe's first smoke-free country largely thanks to the popularity of snus, a kind of moist snuff which is placed under the upper lip.

Spinal implant allows Parkinson's patient to walk again
A man with advanced Parkinson's disease is now able to walk almost normally again thanks to electrodes implanted in his spinal cord, researchers said on Monday.

Poppy growth down 95% in Afghanistan since Taliban ban: UN
Poppy cultivation and opium production have plunged 95 percent in Afghanistan since Taliban authorities banned the crop, according to a UN report published Sunday.

Fierce fighting in Gaza as US envoy faces Arab anger
Israel battled into the fifth week Saturday of its war to crush Hamas, showing no signs of letting up even as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced a rising tide of anger in meetings with Arab foreign ministers.

Fierce fighting in Gaza after Israel rebuffs US pause call
Israel's unrelenting offensive against Hamas battled on into its fifth week with no sign of slowing Saturday, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Arab foreign ministers in search of a diplomatic opening to ease the crisis.

Blinken in Jordan seeking to contain Hamas-Israel war
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began meetings with Arab foreign ministers in Jordan on Saturday, seeking to mitigate the nearly month-long the Gaza war after Israel resisted his calls for a humanitarian pause.