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US Quartet Smash 4x100m Medley Record At World Champs

The United States broke the world record for the mixed 4x100m medley relay at the world aquatic championships in...

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10 Kidnapped On Nigeria Oil Exploration Mission

Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram Islamists have kidnapped 10 members of an oil exploration team in northeast Nigeria,...

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Iran Will Respond In Kind To US Breaches of Nuclear Deal

President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran would respond in kind to any breach by the United States of the...

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26 Afghan Soldiers Killed In Taliban Attack On Kandahar Base

At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed and 13 wounded in a Taliban attack on a military base in Kandahar...

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US Sanctions Vote ‘hostile’, Says Top Iran Negotiator

Iran's top nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday that new sanctions approved by the US House of Representatives were "a...

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Antibody Helps Keep Man’s HIV At Bay For 10 Months

Antibody helps keep man’s HIV at bay for 10 months An experimental therapy has held back one man’s HIV infection...

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US Inmate To Be First Executed In Ohio In Three Years

The US state of Ohio planned to execute its first prisoner in more than three years Wednesday, putting to death a man...

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A Darling of Pop Culture, But Not Museums

Jean-Michel Basquiat enjoys a stratospheric following -- earlier this year, a 1982 oil painting by the late 20th...

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Fire, Smoke and Metal At North Korea Steel Plant

A crane moves a giant bucket brimming with 40 tonnes of molten steel towards a gangway in North Korea's Chollima Steel...

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Real Deal Promotions Signs On Duke Micah

Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Sports and Entertainment has signed Top Bantamweight Contender and 2012 Ghanaian...

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Open Letter To President Akufo-Addo And Ghanaians

Let me begin by borrowing the words of Martin Luther, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things...

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Motorsports Boom In China

Trailing enormous plumes of dust, the Silk Way rally cars tore through the Gobi Desert bound for China's Imperial city...

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EU Court To Rule On Hamas Terror Listing

The EU's top court rules Wednesday on whether Islamist movement Hamas should be taken off the bloc's terror black list,...

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White House Hails Israel For Removing Holy Site Metal Detectors

The White House welcomed Israel's decision to remove metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site on...

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Quirky US-French Museum To Offer Night On Orient Express

Visitors to a quirky rail museum in France's Burgundy region, the brainchild of US entrepreneur Gregory Marshall, will...

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Adam Peaty Targets 50m Breaststroke Record Yet Again

Britain's Adam Peaty warned the men's 50m breaststroke world record could fall again in a fierce battle over the sprint...

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Prominent Australian Aboriginal Singer Gurrumul Dies At 46

World-renowned indigenous singer Gurrumul has died after a "long battle with illness" aged 46, his management said...

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Barbara Sinatra, Last Wife of Frank Sinatra, Dies At 90

Former model Barbara Sinatra, a humanitarian activist who was Frank Sinatra's last wife, died Tuesday in California,...

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Tillerson Staying On As Top US Diplomat

Top US diplomat Rex Tillerson does not plan to step down, the State Department said Tuesday, quashing reports citing...