Duplantis heads stellar cast at US' first world champs
Fresh from setting a new outdoor record, Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis heads a stellar cast into the inaugural world championships on US soil in Eugene, Oregon, that kick off on Friday.
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Italy's Draghi urged to fix crisis as resignation refused
Italy's teetering government was thrown a lifeline Thursday after the country's president refused to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, insisting he address parliament in a bid to avoid snap elections.
Read moreStreet party draws curtain on Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa era
Exhausted and drained after nearly 100 days of protests, a small crowd gathered its remaining strength Thursday to celebrate the resignation of Sri Lanka's leader at the seaside headquarters of their campaign to oust him.
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Sunak leads race for UK PM as rivals round on bookies' favourite Mordaunt
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak topped the latest vote Thursday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain's next prime minister followed by bookmaker favourite Penny Mordaunt, as attacks on her escalated within the ruling party.
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Tour de France: Five things to know about Tom Pidcock
Rookie Tom Pidcock won stage 12 of the Tour de France with an precocious performance on an iconic mountain on Thursday.
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Wimbledon trailblazer Jabeur receives Tunisian Order of Merit
Tennis trailblazer Ons Jabeur, who became the first African woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final, was honoured by Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday for "her remarkable sporting successes".
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Russian strikes kill 23 as Zelensky urges 'special tribunal' for Moscow
Russian missiles struck Vinnytsia in central Ukraine Thursday, killing at least 23 people including three children, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called "an open act of terrorism".
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US doctor under investigation after abortion for child rape victim
Authorities in Indiana said they are investigating a gynecologist who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old girl who had been raped -- a flashpoint case in the wake of the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the federal right to end a pregnancy.
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California wildfire threat to Yosemite giant sequoias 'almost gone'
The wildfire threat to the world's largest trees in California has almost passed, with the blaze now spreading away from giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park, a forestry official said Thursday.
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Pidcock wins Alpine Tour de France stage as Vingegaard retains lead
British rookie Tom Pidcock, riding for Ineos, showed world class skills as he won stage 12 of the Tour de France on the Bastille Day holiday on Thursday.
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