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McKeown beats Smith again for world backstroke double

New dad McEvoy adds 'unreal' world swimming gold to Olympic title

Walsh completes world butterfly double in riposte to Phelps

Turkey starts supplying Azerbaijani gas to boost Syria's power output

Thousands of young Catholics converge for grand Pope Leo vigil

SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station

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'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

Ex-NBA star Arenas arrested on charges of hosting illegal poker games

Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five others on charges of running illegal "high-stakes" poker games at his mansion in the Los Angeles suburbs, US prosecutors said.

Brazil Central Bank holds interest rate after seven straight hikes

Brazil's Central Bank on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady at 15 percent after seven straight hikes that had angered leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Shelton ends Mannarino jinx in Toronto

Ben Shelton earned his first career win over gritty Frenchman Adrian Mannarino on Wednesday, posting a 6-2, 6-3 victory to earn a third-round spot at the ATP Toronto Masters.

Swiatek cruises, Osaka battles through in Montreal

Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek cruised into the third round of the WTA Canadian Open on Wednesday as Naomi Osaka fought off two match points to advance with a three-set win over Liudmila Samsonova.

Meta beats expectations sending share price soaring

Meta reported robust second-quarter financial results Wednesday, with revenue jumping 22 percent year-over-year to $47.5 billion as the social media giant continues investing heavily in artificial intelligence.

Gaza civil defence says 30 killed in food queue by Israeli fire

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 30 people when they opened fire Wednesday on a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid in the north of the Palestinian territory.

Microsoft quarterly profits soar on AI and cloud growth

Technology giant Microsoft on Wednesday said its profit soared above expectations in the recently ended quarter, driven by its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) units.

Airbus first-half profit climbs 85% to $1.7 bn

European aerospace group Airbus posted an 85-percent rise in first-half profit Wednesday to $1.7 billion, even though it delivered fewer commercial planes compared with the same period last year.

TikTok launches crowd-sourced debunking tool in US

TikTok on Wednesday rolled out a crowd-sourced debunking system in the United States, becoming the latest tech platform to adopt a community-driven approach to combating online misinformation.

'Ours forever': would-be Israeli settlers march on Gaza

Within sight of Gaza, the devastated Palestinian enclave ravaged by nearly 22 months of war, hundreds of Israeli settlers marched Wednesday to stake their claim to the battered territory.

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