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Stock market optimism returns after tech selloff but Wall Street wobbles

Stock market optimism returns after tech selloff but Wall Street wobbles

European stock markets recovered upward momentum on the back of interest rate optimism Monday following a brief correction affecting mostly the tech sector, but gains were pared as Wall Street ran out of steam by the late morning.

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Clarke warns Scotland fans over sky-high World Cup prices

Clarke warns Scotland fans over sky-high World Cup prices

Scotland boss Steve Clarke has urged fans not to rack up huge debts as they plot how to follow their team at next year's World Cup after decades of pain for the Tartan Army.

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In Israel, Sydney attack casts shadow over Hanukkah

In Israel, Sydney attack casts shadow over Hanukkah

With heavy hearts, Jews in Israel lit the year's first Hanukkah candles, mourning after gunmen opened fire on a Jewish gathering in Australia, killing 15 and reviving painful memories of the October 7, 2023 attack.

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Son arrested after Rob Reiner and wife found dead: US media

Son arrested after Rob Reiner and wife found dead: US media

Police took Rob Reiner's son into custody after the Hollywood director of hits including "When Harry Met Sally" and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home, US media reported Monday.

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Athletes to stay in pop-up cabins in the woods at Winter Olympics

Athletes to stay in pop-up cabins in the woods at Winter Olympics

Hundreds of athletes at Italy's Winter Games in February will stay in mobile homes as part of a high-altitude Olympic Village offering mid-winter luxury camping at 1,300 metres (4,240 feet).

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England seek their own Bradman in bid for historic Ashes comeback

England seek their own Bradman in bid for historic Ashes comeback

England arrived in Australia knowing it would take something special to reclaim the Ashes. Now, after losing the first two Tests, they need a miracle -- but it is one that has been achieved before.

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Decades after Bosman, football's transfer war rages on

Decades after Bosman, football's transfer war rages on

Thirty years after the European ruling on the case of Jean-Marc Bosman transformed football's economic landscape, the sport is still wrestling with the legal fallout.

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Ukraine hails 'real progress' in Zelensky's talks with US envoys

Ukraine hails 'real progress' in Zelensky's talks with US envoys

Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump's envoys have made "real progress" in Berlin talks aimed at ending the war with Russia, Ukraine's delegation said on Monday.

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Nobel winner Machado suffered vertebra fracture leaving Venezuela

Nobel winner Machado suffered vertebra fracture leaving Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado suffered a vertebra fracture during her secret journey out of hiding in Venezuela to Norway last week, her spokesperson said Monday.

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Stock market optimism returns after tech sell-off

Stock market optimism returns after tech sell-off

Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic recovered upward momentum on the back of interest rate optimism Monday, following a brief correction affecting mostly the tech sector.

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