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China’s cartel lifeline
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One woman confirmed dead in western Canada wildfire
Energy transition threatens to wipe Dutch village from map
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Self-taught Turkish 'linguist' keeps dead language alive
Mehmet Kusman did not spend very long at school, but he traced the ancient inscriptions chiselled into the black basalt rock and read: "Before me there was nothing. But by the power of the god Haldi I founded this city."
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Ithaca bets on hometown hero Odysseus for tourism boom
Standing on the ferry as it waits to dock on the Greek island of Ithaca, Giorgia Ongarato is only too keen to talk about the "Odyssey" -- the epic poem that inspired Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film.
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Shelton sweeps Fonseca to reach Montreal quarter-final
Defending champion Ben Shelton kept a clean slate at the ATP Montreal Masters on Sunday, holding off a challenge from Joao Fonseca to power 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) into the quarter-finals.
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Rybakina survives scare as Gauff, Osaka race into Toronto quarters
World number two Elena Rybakina survived a huge scare to battle into the Canadian Open quarter-finals on Sunday in Toronto, while fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised through.
Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in US
With two convictions and nearly $1 billion in damages already stacked up, Meta will face another trial starting this week about alleged harms to children in a case brought by four US states.
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Thirty years on, a trial finally opens in Tupac Shakur's killing
A former gang leader goes on trial Monday in Las Vegas over the decades-old murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, one of America's most high-profile unresolved murders.
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Shelton sweeps Fonseca to reach another Montreal quarter-final
Defending champion Ben Shelton kept a clean slate at the ATP Montreal Masters on Sunday, holding off a challenge from Joao Fonseca to power 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) into the quarter-finals.
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ABL Ascend Advanced Therapies Names Suman Subramanian as Chief Business Officer
ROCKVILLE, MD / ACCESS Newswire / August 10, 2026 / ABL Inc and Ascend Advanced Therapies today announced the appointment of Suman Subramanian as Chief Business Officer (CBO), further strengthening the Company's commercial leadership and its commitment to supporting customers with the development and manufacturing of viral vectors, vaccines, biologics and advanced therapies.
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Brennan captures Wyndham crown for second PGA win
Michael Brennan fired a six-under par 64 to win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, taking his second PGA Tour title in the final regular-season event before the FedEx Cup playoffs.
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Rybakina, Gauff advance to Toronto quarter-finals
World number two Elena Rybakina battled her way into the WTA Canadian Open quarter-finals on Sunday, while fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised into the last eight.
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Clay-courter Merida on hardcourt learning curve in Montreal
Daniel Merida smothered Tallon Griekspoor 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday as the Spaniard continued his rapid adjustment to hardcourt tennis at the ATP Montreal Masters.
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Rahm three-peats as LIV Golf season champ while Niemann wins at New York
Jon Rahm captured his third consecutive LIV Golf season crown on Sunday while Chile's Joaquin Niemann took a wire-to-wire victory at LIV Golf New York for a record ninth series title.
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NBA champion player and historic coach Nelson dead at 86
Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history and a five-time champion as a player with the Boston Celtics, died on Sunday, his family announced. He was 86.
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Vollering wins Tour de France Femmes after war of nerves
Dutch rider Demi Vollering took the Tour de France Femmes overall title in style on Sunday, winning the hilly final stage to extend her lead on nearest rival Kasia Niewiadoma, who finished second overall after a tense struggle.
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Arteta backs Guimaraes to 'ignite something different' at Arsenal
Mikel Arteta has backed Bruno Guimaraes to "ignite something different" in Premier League champions Arsenal.
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Como sign England defender Chalobah from Chelsea
Como have completed the signing of England centre-back Trevoh Chalobah from Chelsea for a reported fee of 30 million euros ($34.5 million), the Serie A club announced Sunday.
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PSG sign France full-back Digne from Villa
Aston Villa left-back Lucas Digne has joined Paris Saint-Germain on a three-year deal, the European champions announced Sunday.
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Demi Vollering wins Tour de France Femmes
Dutch rider Demi Vollering won the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday by winning the hilly final stage to extend her lead on nearest rival Kasia Niewiadoma, who finished second overall.
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Sinner withdraws from Cincinnati Open with knee injury
World number one Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open due to a right knee injury, the Italian announced Sunday.
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Iraola's first Anfield match as Liverpool manager ends in Monaco defeat
Andoni Iraola's first Anfield match as Liverpool manager ended in a 3-2 friendly defeat by Monaco on Sunday after his side squandered a two-goal lead for the second week in a row.
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Fernandez's 'perfect' race earns him British MotoGP Grand Prix win
Aprilia-Trackhouse's Spanish rider Raul Fernandez won the British MotoGP Grand Prix on Sunday, claiming just the second race victory of his career.
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Lionel Messi bids farewell to father who guided his glittering career
Argentina football icon Lionel Messi bid farewell Sunday to his father, the global star's emotional anchor and agent since childhood who passed away following a battle with cancer aged 68.
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Hogh's hat-trick inspires Celtic to 5-1 victory over Kilmarnock
Kasper Hogh scored a hat-trick, his first goals for Celtic, as the Scottish champions made light of the absence of manager Martin O'Neill with a 5-1 win away to Kilmarnock on Sunday.
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Raul Fernandez wins British MotoGP Grand Prix
Aprilia-Trackhouse's Spanish rider Raul Fernandez won the British MotoGP Grand Prix on Sunday, claiming just the second race victory of his career.
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Erasmus hopeful Kolisi hamstring injury not 'too bad'
South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus said on Sunday the injury sustained by captain Siya Kolisi in a 17-10 Test victory over Argentina in Buenos Aires "does not look too bad".
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Lion queen Werro focused on Euro medal, not 800m world record
In-form Swiss athlete Audrey Werro said she was focused on winning a medal in a loaded 800m field at the European championships and not on Jarmila Kratochvilova's 43-year-old world record.
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Students, teachers mourn girl killed in Thailand school shooting
Dozens of bereaved students, parents and teachers queued at a Buddhist temple in Thailand on Sunday to pray over the body of a 12-year-old girl, one of eight victims of a home and school shooting two days earlier.
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Jacobson to lead New Zealand for first time against Sharks
Luke Jacobson will captain New Zealand for the first time when they face the Sharks in Durban on Tuesday in the second match of the 'Greatest Rivalry' tour of South Africa.
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Messi absent after father's death as Miami lose in Leagues Cup
Lionel Messi was absent following the death of his father as Inter Miami lost 2-1 to visiting Monterrey on Saturday in a Leagues Cup match.
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Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads
Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there for nearly a week.
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Top-ranked Sabalenka, Pegula stunned in Toronto fourth round
World number one Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula were both upset in fourth-round matches on Saturday at the Toronto Masters.
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Afghanistan's gold rush upends lives and landscapes
In Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed.
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Messi missing after father's death as Miami lose in Leagues Cup
Lionel Messi was missing following the death of his father as Inter Miami lost 2-1 to visiting Monterrey on Saturday in a Leagues Cup match.
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Spanish teen Jodar ousts eighth seed Lehecka at Montreal
Spanish teen Rafael Jodar defeated Czech eighth seed Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Montreal Masters.
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World number one Sabalenka ousted in Toronto by Alexandrova
World number one Aryna Sabalenka was eliminated by Russian 16th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova on Saturday in a fourth-round match at the WTA Toronto Masters tournament.
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Angers mounts in US over vast network of car license plate cams
In only a few years, the surveillance start-up Flock has installed more than 100,000 license plate reader cameras across the United States.
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Olympic weightlifter hoists debris for Venezuela earthquake recovery
Venezuelan Olympic weightlifting silver medalist Julio Mayora hoisted 151 kilograms (330 pounds) to win two gold medals this weekend at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo.
Darderi to face Nakashima in Montreal quarter-finals
Italian Luciano Darderi fuelled himself with an expresso shot during a mid-match changeover in a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Nuno Borges on Saturday to reach the Montreal Masters quarter-finals.
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FIFA condemns 'concerted and ongoing effort' to weaken Infantino
FIFA on Saturday condemned "a concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine" the world game's governing body and its president Gianni Infantino as the controversy over his now shelved private investment plan rumbles on.
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Espresso power fires Darderi past Borges in Montreal
Italian Luciano Darderi fuelled himself with an expresso shot during a mid-match changeover in a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Nuno Borges on Saturday to reach the Montreal Masters quarter-finals.
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South Africa win after surviving late Argentina surge
World champions South Africa withstood a 15-phase post-hooter attack to edge Argentina 17-10 in a tense one-off Test in Buenos Aires on Saturday and stretch a winning streak to 12 internationals.