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UK boy dies after life support stopped at end of long legal battle

UK boy dies after life support stopped at end of long legal battle

A London hospital on Saturday withdrew life support for 12-year-old British boy Archie Battersbee after his parents lost a long, emotive and divisive legal battle.

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Israel warns aerial onslaught against Gaza militants could last a week

Israel warns aerial onslaught against Gaza militants could last a week

Israel's military warned Saturday deadly aerial operations against Palestinian militants in Gaza could last a week, as cross-border fire reverberated for a second day in the worst escalation since last year's war.

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Commonwealth walk champion Montag inspired by Holocaust-surviving grandmother

Commonwealth walk champion Montag inspired by Holocaust-surviving grandmother

Australian race walker Jemima Montag says she draws on the strength of her late grandmother, who was a Holocaust survivor, after winning her second Commonwealth Games gold medal on Saturday.

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'Enough!': Exhausted Gazans again under fire

'Enough!': Exhausted Gazans again under fire

With empty streets and drawn curtains, Gaza feels like a ghost town. Its residents -- tested by repeated wars -- feel like they are living the same scenes again and again.

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Turkey to pay for some Russian gas in rubles: Erdogan

Turkey to pay for some Russian gas in rubles: Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that Turkey will start paying for some of its Russian natural gas imports in rubles.

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Espargaro tops free practice for British MotoGP

Espargaro tops free practice for British MotoGP

Spain's Aleix Espargaro clocked the fastest time after the third free practice session before qualifying Saturday for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

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Life support for UK boy to be stopped after long legal battle

Life support for UK boy to be stopped after long legal battle

A London hospital on Saturday was due to withdraw life support for 12-year-old British boy Archie Battersbee after his parents lost a long and emotive legal battle.

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Ukraine's elderly bikers defy cycle of violence

Ukraine's elderly bikers defy cycle of violence

They look incongruous, but they are everywhere across Ukraine's embattled eastern Donbas region -- elderly cyclists, trundling back and forth on battered push bikes, refusing to be fazed by the chaos around them.

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Taiwan accuses Beijing of simulating invasion as US-China relations nosedive

Taiwan accuses Beijing of simulating invasion as US-China relations nosedive

Taiwan accused the Chinese army of simulating an attack on its main island Saturday, as Beijing continued its retaliation for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taipei visit.

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Greek park fire exposes 'chronic failure': NGOs

Greek park fire exposes 'chronic failure': NGOs

Days after one of Greece's top national parks narrowly escaped massive destruction from a massive fire that raged for over a week, the country's environment ministry congratulated itself.

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