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'Serial killer' German doctor given life sentence for 15 murders

'Serial killer' German doctor given life sentence for 15 murders

A German palliative care doctor was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering 15 people with lethal doses of sedatives, and he remains under investigation for dozens more killings.

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Cleary leads NSW past Queensland to regain State of Origin crown

Cleary leads NSW past Queensland to regain State of Origin crown

Superstar Nathan Cleary bagged a double as New South Wales upset Queensland 30-12 in Brisbane to claim the State of Origin rugby league decider on Wednesday.

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What is going on with Farage's UK election gambit?

What is going on with Farage's UK election gambit?

British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a snap election after he decided to quit parliament.

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MEXC Adds Nine Ondo Tokenized Stock and ETF Trading Pairs Tied to AI Infrastructure Demand

MEXC Adds Nine Ondo Tokenized Stock and ETF Trading Pairs Tied to AI Infrastructure Demand

MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, will add nine Ondo tokenized stock and ETF trading pairs to its spot market, the latest expansion of ongoing collaboration with Ondo Finance. The new pairs cover companies across the data center, semiconductor and power supply chains linked to growing AI infrastructure demand, expanding the range of tokenized U.S. equities available to users and providing on-chain exposure to a sector at the center of the current AI infrastructure buildout.

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Dalic quits after 'incredible era'  as Croatia coach

Dalic quits after 'incredible era' as Croatia coach

Croatia's most successful football coach, Zlatko Dalic, resigned on Wednesday, ending a tenure that included taking the team to the 2018 World Cup final.

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Oil prices surge, stocks slide as Trump says Iran ceasefire over

Oil prices surge, stocks slide as Trump says Iran ceasefire over

Oil prices soared and stock markets slid Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was over, following renewed strikes in the Middle East.

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Bayeux tapestry to arrive in London in secret, high-stakes operation

Bayeux tapestry to arrive in London in secret, high-stakes operation

The 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry depicting the last successful military invasion of England will arrive in London in the coming days by dead of night and under "police protection", the UK envoy helping to coordinate the historic transfer told AFP.

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Sunken wrecks, hot seas threaten fishermen on Italian isle

Sunken wrecks, hot seas threaten fishermen on Italian isle

Once the beating heart of this Italian island community, fishermen on Lampedusa are under pressure on multiple fronts, from nets ripped by sunken migrant wrecks to a warming Mediterranean Sea.

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Messi World Cup magic masks familiar penalty frailty

Messi World Cup magic masks familiar penalty frailty

Lionel Messi once retired from international football after blasting a penalty into the American sky to lose a Copa America final 10 years ago.

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Rescuers search for survivors of China storms as super typhoon nears

Rescuers search for survivors of China storms as super typhoon nears

Rescuers scoured flooded parts of China for survivors on Wednesday after storms killed 17 people and caused dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst, with officials warning of more rain.

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