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The international rescue teams are packing up and heavy excavators are clearing rubble left by Venezuela's earthquakes.

But for Venezuelans the search goes on

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Washington was briefly the most polluted major city in the world after a massive Independence Day fireworks show.

The company hired by the White House's Freedom 250 organization had set a goal of breaking a world record by launching 850,000 fireworks

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Kylian Mbappe labelled a Paraguayan senator ‘despicable’ after she racially abused the France captain on social media after the World Cup last-16 clash between the countries at the weekend.
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Britain's Arthur Fery defeated fellow wildcard Grigor Dimitrov in a dramatic five-set match to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals. He bids to become only the fifth British man to reach the semi-finals in the Open era.
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Jihadists and their separatist Tuareg allies fought to control a key camp in northern Mali where Russian paramilitaries and junta forces have been holed up. It comes two months after the rebels killed the troubled west African country's defence minister.
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Prince Harry arrived in Britain for a five-day visit expected to go ahead mostly without his wife and children after they were reportedly refused police protection.
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Cuba suffered its third nationwide power outage since the start of the year, causing mounting despair in the face of an energy collapse precipitated by a US fuel blockade.
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The United States famously is less passionate about soccer than most countries, but with President Donald Trump in charge, the world's game has turned into another diplomatic battleground.
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French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Damascus for the first visit by a Western European head of state since Syria's new authorities took power in 2024. The presidency says Macron will advocate for ‘a free, pluralist Syria.’
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British politician Nigel Farage is facing mounting pressure over alleged undeclared financial support, an uncomfortable moment for his anti-immigration Reform UK party whose soaring rise appears to have stalled.
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Vast crowds gathered for the funeral procession of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, with authorities estimating millions were on the streets.

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"The FIFA Appeal Committee has rendered a request submitted by the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) as inadmissible in relation to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee's decision to suspend for one year the match suspension imposed on United States national-team player Folarin Balogun," FIFA said in a statement.

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#BREAKING: FIFA says Belgium's appeal against Balogun decision is 'inadmissible'

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Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar won the third stage of the Tour de France to snatch the ‘special’ leader's yellow jersey from rival Jonas Vingegaard. The two men are dead level on time but Pogacar is ahead by virtue of his better finishing positions.
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Microsoft is eliminating about 4,800 jobs in a cost-cutting move that will deliver a sweeping restructuring of its struggling Xbox gaming division. It is the latest in a string of mass layoffs by the technology giant as it spends massive amounts on AI.
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🇨🇩 🦠 More than 500 people have now died in the Ebola outbreak gripping the Democratic Republic of Congo, World Health Organization figures showed on Monday ➡️ https://t.co/7p2Neptrmy

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🎾 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇦🇺 Italy's Flavio Cobolli, seeded ninth, reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for a second successive year on Monday, defeating Australian fifth seed Alex De Minaur 7-5, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 ➡️ https://t.co/44EUMtHvbH

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⚽ 🏆 🇺🇸 President Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that he asked FIFA boss Gianni Infantino to review the "horrible" decision to hand a red card to star US striker Folarin Balogun, but said he did not request it be overturned ➡️ https://t.co/OhboCBpdnj

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⚽ 🏆 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 Spain and old rivals Portugal collide in an enticing World Cup clash in Texas on Monday with the quarter-finals and possibly Cristiano Ronaldo's international career on the line ➡️ https://t.co/3d3aJAtDT8

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#BREAKING Confirmed death toll from DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 500: WHO