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More traffic, but halved profits for airlines in 2026: Industry forecast

More traffic, but halved profits for airlines in 2026: Industry forecast

Airlines expect to carry more passengers this year but earn only half as much profit as in 2025, as high fuel prices don't appear to be fully deterring travel, according to projections published Sunday.

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Bolivian Congress gives Paz power to use troops against crippling protests

Bolivian Congress gives Paz power to use troops against crippling protests

Bolivia's legislature gave the green light on Sunday for President Rodrigo Paz to use the military to clear roadblocks that have crippled key cities for weeks.

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Antonelli wins fifth straight in interrupted Monaco Grand Prix

Antonelli wins fifth straight in interrupted Monaco Grand Prix

Teenager Kimi Antonelli extended his lead in the drivers' world championship with a commanding and nerveless victory for Mercedes ahead of Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in a protracted, incident-hit Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.

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Child's play fuels Serena's return, but singles comeback far from certain

Child's play fuels Serena's return, but singles comeback far from certain

Serena Williams said the chance to play in front of her children was the driving force behind her sensational return to tennis as the American legend played down a potential singles comeback.

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Russian strikes kill five, damage nuclear storage facility: Kyiv

Russian strikes kill five, damage nuclear storage facility: Kyiv

Russia fired waves of drones and other munitions at Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least five people and damaging a nuclear storage facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukrainian officials said.

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French mobile operators agree 20.4-bn-euro joint bid for SFR

French mobile operators agree 20.4-bn-euro joint bid for SFR

Three of France's mobile operators have agreed a joint bid worth 20.4 billion euros ($23.5 billion) for rival SFR, owned by indebted French-Luxembourg telco group Altice.

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Vollering overhauls Van der Breggen to win women's Giro

Vollering overhauls Van der Breggen to win women's Giro

European champion Demi Vollering completed the full set of Grand Tours on Sunday as she claimed the women's Giro d'Italia after overnight leader Anna van der Breggen cracked on the race's final climb.

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Stokes says Lord's pitch 'not ideal' as England hammer New Zealand

Stokes says Lord's pitch 'not ideal' as England hammer New Zealand

England captain Ben Stokes said the Lord's pitch was "not ideal" for Test cricket after his side thrashed New Zealand by 115 runs on Sunday.

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March in France for girl whose killing sparked outcry over lapses

March in France for girl whose killing sparked outcry over lapses

The grieving parents of an 11-year-old girl feared murdered in France joined a silent march in her memory by thousands of people on Sunday, as outrage spread over systemic failures blamed for her suspected killing.

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Israel strikes south Beirut after intercepting Hezbollah launches

Israel strikes south Beirut after intercepting Hezbollah launches

Israel's military struck Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, hitting apartments in two buildings, after saying it had intercepted projectiles launched by Hezbollah into Israeli territory.

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