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Artemis mission shares office space -- and physics -- with Apollo
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Rice will not face NFL action after probe into abuse claims
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Injured Lakers star Doncic out for rest of NBA regular season
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Injured Lakers star Doncic out for rest of NBA regular season: team
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'Extraordinary' views of home as astronauts head towards Moon
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Pope leads torch-lit Colosseum procession before Easter
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Vanessa Trump posts supportive message after boyfriend Woods's arrest
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Northampton edge Castres in 13-try Champions Cup battle
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Iran hunts crew of crashed US jet, one reported rescued
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Dembele leads PSG to victory ahead of Liverpool tie
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MacIntyre seizes Texas Open lead as Masters looms
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14 dead as Russia launches new daytime attacks on Ukraine
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French, Japanese ships cross Strait of Hormuz in first since war
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Pegula reaches WTA Charleston semis with latest three-setter
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Iran hunts crashed US jet crew, as reports say one rescued
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Iyer guides Punjab past Chennai to go top of IPL
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Wary of news media, Silicon Valley builds its own
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Iran searches for downed US jet crew, as US media says one member rescued
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French court rules to extradite Russian who owned Portsmouth football club
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Senegal-Morocco friendship put to test by Africa Cup of Nations title turmoil
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For some around Trump, war on Iran is a Christian calling
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Cuba begins prisoner release after mass pardon
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US registers strong job growth in boost to Trump
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10 dead as Russia launches new daytime attacks on Ukraine
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Arteta hopes League Cup loss will 'fuel' Arsenal season run-in
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Pogacar welcomes Evenepoel challenge in Flanders
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US registers strong job growth in March in boost to Trump
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Judge dismisses Lively sex harassment claim against Baldoni
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'Line crossed': Chelsea's Fernandez dropped for two matches
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Liverpool's Alisson to miss Man City, PSG matches, says Slot
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New Paris mayor vows end to sexual violence in schools
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Gattuso resigns as Italy coach after World Cup flop
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EU under pressure as fertiliser costs soar on Middle East war
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Israel using AI to fine-tune air raid alert system
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Hegseth fires top US army general in new shake-up
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Myanmar junta chief elected president by pro-military MPs
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Greece names new ministers after EU farm scandal resignations
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Ukraine says six killed in 'massive' Russian daytime attacks
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Kane ruled out of Bayern match with injury, says Kompany
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Container ship declaring French ownership passes through Hormuz strait
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Indigenous protest blocks entrance to UN COP30 climate summit
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Russia struck apartment blocks across the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv overnight, killing at least four people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed as a "heinous attack" that deliberately targeted civilians.
Taiwan star Chen Bolin charged in conscription evasion probe
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Over 500 economists, top experts call for G20 inequality panel
More than 500 economists and other leading experts, including a Nobel laureate and a former United States treasury secretary, on Friday urged G20 leaders to establish an international panel to tackle extreme wealth disparities.
Four killed in 'calculated' Russian attack on Ukraine: Zelensky
A Russian attack overnight, mostly targeting the capital Kyiv, killed four people and damaged buildings across the city, Ukrainian authorities said Friday.
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China retail sales grew at slowest pace in over a year
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Ukrainian capital comes under 'massive' attack
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Asian markets sink on concerns over tech rally, Fed rates
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Ukraine capital under 'massive' attack: Kyiv mayor
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Brazil rebuts UN complaint about COP30 security, but boosts presence
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Palestinian Authority says Israel killed two teens in West Bank
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Stocks slide despite end of US government shutdown
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25 oil-supplying states accused of 'complicity' in Gaza war
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and the United States shipped vast amounts of oil to Israel during its two-year Gaza offensive, according to a report by Oil Change International, which says the same fossil-fuel system driving climate change is also enabling "genocide."
'My whole life is here': migrants in Chile fear far-right rule
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'Like a horror movie': 770 km of fear for those fleeing Sudan's El-Fasher
Survivors of the bloody takeover of El-Fasher walked for days through the desert, past bodies and armed men who humiliated them, desperate to escape the Sudanese city now overrun by paramilitary forces.
Zelensky sanctions associate as fraud scandal rocks Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ordered sanctions on a former business partner at the heart of a corruption scandal that has sparked outrage in a nation exhausted by nearly four years of war.
Right-tilting EU parliament backs unpicking green business rules
European lawmakers voted Thursday to back the weakening of landmark EU environmental and human rights rules, as part of a business-friendly drive to slash red tape pushed through with far-right support.
Zelensky sanctions associate as corruption scandal engulfs Kyiv
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Germany agrees to keep military service voluntary
Germany's coalition government has agreed a new voluntary military service model, politicians said Thursday, after weeks of wrangling over whether there should be a compulsory element.