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France's parliament adopts assisted dying law

EU accepts X's plan to fix digital content violations

Amazon to launch S.Africa satellite internet as Starlink awaits licence

Toronto air ranked among world's worst as wildfire smoke billows south

Argentina and England set for World Cup semi-final showdown

OpenAI fails to trademark name in EU

Argentina protects landmark Obelisk as World Cup madness mounts

Toronto air ranked among world's worst as wildfire smoke moves south

Tour stage winner Waerenskjold inspired by Manx Missile Cavendish

Ahead of World Cup semi-final, Argentine VP calls English 'pirates'

Putin's peace threshold

Saudi Arabia’s Costly Mirage

Latin America’s age trap

China's silicon reckoning

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Beijing's new Taiwan playbook

Unexpected economic twist

Canada central bank holds key rate steady, says economy improving

Canada's central bank held its key lending rate at 2.25 percent on Wednesday, citing signs of economic improvement with businesses adapting to new trade relations under US President Donald Trump.

Tech stocks wobble, oil prices slip back

Tech stocks initially led gains but turned lower in mixed equity markets on Wednesday while oil prices slipped back from recent gains that had accompanied fresh US attacks on Iran.

Trump tells immigration agents to resume traffic stops despite killings

US President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at a decision by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to suspend the use of traffic stops after two fatal shootings in less than a week.

Court rules England World Cup winner died from brain injury linked to heading

England 1966 World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner's court ruled Wednesday.

Hong Kong police raid independent bookstore run by former journalists

Hong Kong police raided a bookstore run by former journalists on Wednesday, AFP reporters saw, the latest in a string of crackdowns on independent bookshops.

Waerenskjold wins fastest ever Tour de France stage

Norwegian Soren Waerenskjold launched a long-range sprint to claim victory at the Tour de France on Wednesday in the fastest stage in the race's history.

Castres' ex-All Black Papali'i ruled out for six months

French Top 14 club Castres said on Wednesday their former New Zealand back-rower Dalton Papali'i has been sidelined for at least six months after tearing his Achilles tendon.

Crowds cross Gibraltar-Spain frontier as border controls vanish

A steady stream of pedestrians and vehicles crossed the border between Spain and Gibraltar on Wednesday as an agreement allowing free movement across the frontier came into force.

British Open chiefs have no plan to change schedule if England reach World Cup final

British Open golf chiefs have no plans to alter Sunday's final round schedule at Royal Birkdale should England reach the football World Cup final.

Women's rights charity ends Stade Francais deal after McLean arrival

Women's rights charity Her Game Too France announced on Wednesday it had ended its partnership with Top 14 club Stade Francais after they had signed US winger Rufus McLean.

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