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Spain advances to World Cup final with 2-0 win over France
Ukraine downs 5 Russian ballistic missiles as Kyiv boosts air defenses
Duchess of Sussex earns a Daytime Emmy nomination for Netflix's 'With Love, Meghan'
UK police say former politician Ann Widdecombe was killed in 'targeted attack'
Trump backs away from plan to charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz
It's 'Super Tuesday' for EU enlargement as 4 candidates move forward
UK watchdog upholds ICC prosecutor Khan's suspension
1,000 evacuated from Fontainebleau fires near Paris
Gibraltar border fence with Spain is removed
India finally breaks through in the UK after beating England in ODI
Spain advances to World Cup final with 2-0 win over France
Ukraine downs 5 Russian ballistic missiles as Kyiv boosts air defenses
Duchess of Sussex earns a Daytime Emmy nomination for Netflix's 'With Love, Meghan'
UK police say former politician Ann Widdecombe was killed in 'targeted attack'
Trump backs away from plan to charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz
BRUSSELS (AP) – Four countries hoping to join the European Union took important steps forward on their membership quests Tuesday, in one of the bloc’s biggest enlargement moves in more than 20 years.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Britain’s legal watchdog announced on Tuesday that it has upheld a suspension for the International Criminal Court’s embattled chief prosecutor over allegations of sexual misconduct, banning him from practicing law in his home country.
NOISY-SUR-ÉCOLE, France (AP) – Hundreds of firefighters battled two blazes Tuesday in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris that have consumed nearly 2,000 hectares (about 4,900 acres) and forced the evacuation of 1,000 people, local authorities said.
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Shares of IBM are sliding before the market open on Tuesday as the company provided preliminary second-quarter results that are below Wall Street’s expectations.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, while underlying price pressures also cooled more than expected. Prices dropped 0.4% from May to June, the largest monthly drop in four years, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
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TOKYO (AP) – Worries about a bubble in artificial intelligence investments are absurd, SoftBank Group’s CEO Masayoshi Son said Tuesday, deriding such doubts as backward and akin to questioning the use of cars and planes. “To ask whether AI is a bubble is a foolish question,” Son told executives at an annual company event in Tokyo.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday backtracked on plans to charge ships for using the Strait of Hormuz, saying Gulf countries would instead invest in the United States. Another wave of U.S. strikes on Iran, and Iranian attacks on shipping and American allies, left an interim peace deal in tatters.
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Tehran reaction to US threats over Strait of Hormuz
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Weeks after the end of a historic term, Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are making a rare appearance before Congress, and facing wide-ranging questions as the high court seeks millions of dollars to beef up security amid a rise in threats to the judiciary.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he’s escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November’s midterm elections.
Manta tracking project aims to protect Japan's ocean and coastal rays
Busy wildfire season tests US fire bosses as they juggle resources
Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah
Pomp and tradition in annual swan count on the river Thames
1,000 evacuated from Fontainebleau fires near Paris
Firefighters deployed across Paris region forest to fight exceptional fire
Japanese experimental reusable rocket hovers and lands safely in first test flight
China's 'Green Great Wall' tames desert growth, but scientists warn the fight is not over
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Mystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million
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E. Jean Carroll is paid $5.6 million in Trump sex abuse and defamation case
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Gibraltar border fence with Spain is removed
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Darline Graham, sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham, has been sworn in to finish his term
Pomp and tradition in annual swan count on the river Thames
Tom Cruise joins the World Cup closing ceremony's cast
Manta tracking project aims to protect Japan's ocean and coastal rays
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What injured athletes can teach us about recovery and resilience
EU chief weighs age restrictions for children using social media
Hong Kong eateries welcome dogs as city relaxes ban
Africa secures $900 million in new clean cooking commitments
