Tour de France stage under threat due to forest fires: official
Forest fires ravaging a region in southern France are threatening a stage of the Tour de France cycling race, with a decision to be taken later in the day over whether the stage goes ahead, a top local official said Sunday.
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UK hard-right leader Farage faces new allegations over gifts
Hard-right British politican Nigel Farage on Sunday faced fresh allegations over non-disclosure of gifts after a newspaper reported a convicted fraudster paid for his security and staff before he became an MP.
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Real Madrid sign Dumfries from Inter Milan
Real Madrid signed Dutch defender Denzel Dumfries from Inter Milan on Sunday for a reported 20 million euros ($23 million).
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At the foot of Mount Olympus, a return to ancient Greek heritage
A man beats a drum while behind him women dressed in white slowly advance, holding torches and singing hymns to Zeus.
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Azam to captain Pakistan on West Indies and England Test tours
Pakistan on Sunday replaced struggling Test captain Shan Masood with Babar Azam, who will start a third stint as skipper on the tours of the West Indies and England starting later this month.
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Turkey eyes F110 fighter jet engines as Trump comes to town
US President Donald Trump's visit to Ankara for the NATO summit could help secure Turkey's acquisition of dozens of fighter jet engines, but won't resolve the F-35 dispute that has soured ties, analysts say.
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England, Mexico take centre stage in Azteca blockbuster
England face Mexico in a World Cup blockbuster at the Estadio Azteca on Sunday while Erling Haaland and Norway bid to ambush Brazil as the battle for quarter-final places heats up.
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Trump hails US, blasts 'communists' in 250th anniversary speech
US President Donald Trump hailed America on its 250th birthday Saturday as the "crowning achievement" of human history, even as he used the event to renew his attack on domestic opponents he branded communists.
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'Very dangerous' super typhoon nears US Pacific islands
People in Guam and the Northern Marianas moved to emergency evacuation centers and made last-minute preparations on Sunday, hours before a "super typhoon" was projected to bulldoze through the US Pacific territories.
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Taiwanese film hunters rescue ageing reels from bygone era
In a dimly lit red-brick house in central Taiwan, film hunter Wang Wei and his team haul out ageing film reels, salvaging the fragile remnants of a cinema boom that nearly vanished from history.
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