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The U.S. had a golden opportunity for a soccer breakthrough. Now it must wait four more years.
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Overseas voters moving to UK could face £100,000 donations cap for year
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Celebrities celebrate Fourth of July: Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nick Jonas, Kourtney Kardashian and more
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Woman, 22, dies in skydiving accident near airfield
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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ ‘Fatherland’ Lead Mubi-Madman Slate for Australia, New Zealand
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At least 11 killed in second Russian strikes on Kyiv in a week
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Girl trapped in Venezuela quake 'survived on ketchup and cheese'
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Sky To Takeover ITV In $2.1B Deal That Dramatically Reshapes British Television
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Sam Reid on how The Vampire Lestat episode 5 changes everything for the Brat Prince
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ITV sells media and entertainment arm to Sky for £1.6bn
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Why Americans are living longer again
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Donald Trump, In America 250 Speech, Salutes Veterans And Astronauts — And Attacks Communism
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BBC presenter back on air after train crash injury
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Driver arrested on suspicion of murder after fatal head-on collision
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Taylor Swift’s favorite teacher dies after cancer battle on same day as singer’s wedding to Travis Kelce
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Trump touts SAVE America Act during Salute to America 250 speech
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Farage denies rules broken after reports benefits from ally were not declared
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US marks 250th birthday with fireworks, flyovers and extreme weather
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Tech Now
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Why Gen Z bros are ditching their MAGA hats
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Starmer tells of 'intensely personal' decision to quit and warns Burnham in first interview since resigning
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I Witnessed The Magic Of This Stain Remover Firsthand, And I'm Telling You — The Hype Is Real
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The White House Mocked Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce’s Wedding Billboard, And People Think We’re Living Through “The Cringiest Collapse Of A Nation In Real Time”
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Iran begins public mourning for Ayatollah killed in February
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Drama, récords y penales: así se cerraron los dieciseisavos del Mundial 2026
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Keiko Fujimori declared winner of Peru's presidential election weeks after vote
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Woman denies consensual encounter in Top Boy actor rape trial
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Murals, flags and beef dishes - Messi mania takes hold in Miami
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Medicare is now offering $50 GLP-1 prescriptions. The US may never be the same.
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EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
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Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware
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What To Buy First In GTA Online
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“I Don’t Know How You Justify It”: This Latest Development In Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce’s Rumored Wedding Has Sparked Major Backlash
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Security staff to go on strike at Aberdeen Airport
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Ex-Olympian charged with vandalising Trump's $14m pool project
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