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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

Sevastova topples Pegula to book date with Osaka, Swiatek advances in Montreal

Former Olympic champion Mu-Nikolayev fails in worlds bid

Sensible and steely: how Mexico's Sheinbaum has dealt with Trump

Young leads at weather-hit PGA Wyndham Championship

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

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.

Tale of love, passion behind Mexico's 'boundary-pushing' Quintonil

Behind the growing international success of a Mexican restaurant named one of world's best is a love story between two gourmets with a passion for blending traditional and contemporary flavors.

Clock ticks on US tariff hikes as Trump broadens blitz

Time is running short for governments to strike deals with Washington to avert tariff hikes that Donald Trump has vowed against dozens of economies -- and the US president continues to expand his trade wars.

England and India set for final push in gripping Test series

Both England and India are set to field new-look teams when the decisive fifth and final Test of an enthralling, gruelling, and often spiky series gets underway at the Oval on Thursday.

Canada intends to recognize Palestinian state at UN General Assembly: Carney

Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, a dramatic policy shift that was immediately rejected by Israel.

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