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Spain’s Thiago Alcantara quits football

Spanish international midfielder Thiago Alcantara announced his retirement on Monday at the age of 33, through a message on his social networks. “Thank you, football. And to all who accompanied me and
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Shopkeepers attend a phone call as they wait for customers at a medical store in Fenchuganj, in Sylhet on July 3, 2024. - Six people have been killed in floods precipitated by torrential rains across northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh that inundated the homes of more than a million others, officials said on July 3. (Photo by Mamun Hossain / AFP)

Floods kill nine in India, Bangladesh

Torrential rains and surging rivers across northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh have killed at least nine people, disaster officials said Thursday, with more than three million people affected. Monsoon rains cause widespread
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US President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland enroute Camp David on June 29, 2024. - Biden is heading to the Camp David presidential retreat where he was expected to spend the rest of the weekend. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

White House says zero chance Biden will withdraw

Joe Biden is “absolutely not” pulling out of the US presidential race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, as pressure mounted following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. Panic has gripped his Democratic
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A Palestinian youth sits in the shade, on the remains of a chair placed on the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israeli bombardment, in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City on July 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant Hamas group. - Israel's military said on July 3, it was conducting raids backed by air strikes in northern Gaza, killing "dozens" of militants in an area where it had declared the command structure of Hamas dismantled months ago. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Nine in 10 Gazans displaced since war began – UN

Around nine in every 10 people in the Gaza Strip have been displaced at least once since the war between Israel and Hamas began, the UN humanitarian agency said Wednesday. Andrea De
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Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on July 3, 2024. - Hezbollah said it fired "100 Katyusha rockets" at two Israeli positions on July 3 after an Israeli strike in south Lebanon killed a senior commander from the group. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Hezbollah fires rockets at Israeli positions after commander killed

Hezbollah said it fired more than 100 rockets at Israeli positions on Wednesday in retaliation for a strike that killed a senior commander in Lebanon, the movement’s second such loss in recent
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Turkey's defender #03 Merih Demiral makes a controversial hand gesture as he celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Austria and Turkey at the Leipzig Stadium in Leipzig on July 2, 2024. - UEFA said on July 3, 2024 it had opened a probe into Turkey defender Merih Demiral for celebrating a goal in the team's 2-1 win against Austria at Euro 2024 with an allegedly ultra-nationalist salute. The tournament organiser said in a statement it was investigating the player for "inappropriate behaviour" during the knockout game in Leipzig. The gesture, which Demiral made to the crowd after scoring his second goal of the game, is associated with Turkish ultra-nationalist group Grey Wolves. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)

UEFA investigates Turkey defender Demiral for far-right gesture

UEFA said Wednesday it had opened a probe into Turkey defender Merih Demiral for celebrating a goal in the team’s 2-1 win against Austria at Euro 2024 with an allegedly ultra-nationalist salute.
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EU approves Sanofi drug for chronic lung disease

The European Union has approved Sanofi’s blockbuster drug Dupixent for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the French pharmaceutical giant said on Wednesday. The debilitating disease, sometimes called “smoker’s lungs”,
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A newborn baby's feet. Photo: DIDIER PALLAGES/ Contributor/Getty Images

120,000 ‘stolen’ babies: Georgia’s trafficking scandal

Georgian student Elene Deisadze was browsing TikTok in 2022 when she stumbled across the profile of a girl, Anna Panchulidze, who looked exactly like her. Months later, after chatting and becoming friends,
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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul on July 3, 2024, following the third Doha meeting. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

Taliban discussed prisoner ‘exchange’ with US- Afghan govt

Two American prisoners were being held in custody in Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Wednesday, and an “exchange” for Afghans held in Guantanamo Bay had been discussed with the United States.
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