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New push to reach plastic pollution pact

US do talking in pool after Phelps, Lochte slam worlds performance

Up to a million young Catholics expected for grand Pope Leo vigil

New push to reach plastic polution pact

Second seed Fritz ends Canadian hopes at ATP Toronto Masters

Japan sweats through hottest July on record

Jefferson-Wooden, Bednarek blaze to 100m titles at US trials

Son Heung-min to leave Tottenham this summer after decade

Richardson 'domestic violence' drama overshadows US trials

Bid to relocate US Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback

Academics warn Columbia University deal sets dangerous precedent

Japan's financial precipice

Iraq vs. Iran – The end?

France's debt is growing

Azerbaijan defies Russia

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Geopolitics: Peru's balancing act

Spain defies NATO's 5% goal

Israel's Covert Nuclear Rise

Most markets down as Fed holds and Trump announces fresh tariffs

Asian markets mostly fell Thursday while the dollar held most of its gains as traders weighed a cautious Federal Reserve with strong tech earnings and Donald Trump's tariffs on key economies South Korea and India.

McLaughlin-Levrone, Lyles headline US championships

Olympic stars Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Noah Lyles headline a star-studded line-up as the US Track and Field Championships get underway on Thursday with places at the Tokyo World Championships up for grabs.

Too much too young?: Swimming's dilemma over 12-year-old schoolgirl

Swimming is a sport well used to talented teenagers, but Yu Zidi's participation aged 12 at the world championships has sparked debate about how young is too young.

Swiatek cruises, Osaka battles, Bouchard says goodbye in Montreal

Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek cruised, Naomi Osaka battled through and Canadian Eugenie Bouchard called time on her WTA career with a gutsy second-round loss in Montreal on Wednesday.

China manufacturing sinks again in July as US trade talks stall

China's factory output shrank more than expected in July, official data showed on Thursday, logging its fourth straight month of contraction as Beijing battles to hammer out a trade deal with the United States.

Vatican embraces social media 'digital missionaries'

Sister Albertine, a youthful French Catholic nun, stood outside the Vatican, phone in hand, ready to shoot more videos for her hundreds of thousands of followers online.

'Silent killer': the science of tracing climate deaths in heatwaves

A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.

Seoul breaks century-long record with 22 'tropical nights' in July

A streak of super-hot tropical nights broke a century-old South Korean weather record, according to official data released Thursday, as the peninsula bakes in a prolonged heatwave.

Wallabies scrum-half Nic White calls time on career

Veteran Wallabies scrum-half Nic White announced his retirement Thursday, with the 35-year-old saying it was the right time to pass the baton to a younger generation.

Terrified by Trump raids, LA's undocument migrants hide at home

For over a month, Alberto has hardly dared to leave the small room he rents in someone's backyard for fear of encountering the masked police who have been rounding up immigrants in Los Angeles.

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