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US household incomes fall for third straight year: Census Bureau

US household incomes fall for third straight year: Census Bureau

US inflation-adjusted incomes fell for a third straight year in 2022, but overall income inequality decreased, according to new Census Bureau data.

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Leipzig's Olmo, Orban to miss several weeks with injury

Leipzig's Olmo, Orban to miss several weeks with injury

RB Leipzig will have to do without forward Dani Olmo and captain Willi Orban for several weeks after both players picked up knee injuries on international duty, the Bundesliga club confirmed on Tuesday.

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NFL Jets lose Rodgers for season with torn Achilles tendon

NFL Jets lose Rodgers for season with torn Achilles tendon

NFL superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers had suffered a season-ending torn left Achilles tendon in his New York Jets debut, the league announced Tuesday.

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Vingegaard earns Vuelta stage 16 win and cuts Kuss lead

Vingegaard earns Vuelta stage 16 win and cuts Kuss lead

Jonas Vingegaard soloed to victory in the Vuelta a Espana stage 16 on Tuesday to climb to second overall, 29 seconds behind team-mate and race leader Sepp Kuss.

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Top House Republican orders Biden impeachment inquiry

Top House Republican orders Biden impeachment inquiry

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, bowing to pressure from his party's hard right, gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for an impeachment investigation into US President Joe Biden.

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Romania builds air-raid shelters near Ukraine border

Romania builds air-raid shelters near Ukraine border

NATO member Romania announced Tuesday that it has begun building air-raid shelters for residents near the Ukraine border, after drone fragments were found there last week.

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Van Gogh paintings snatched then found

Van Gogh paintings snatched then found

Following the recovery of a Vincent van Gogh painting snatched from a Dutch museum during the Covid-19 lockdown, AFP looks back at some other heists involving works by the Dutch master:

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Ex world number one Halep gets four-year doping ban from tennis

Ex world number one Halep gets four-year doping ban from tennis

Former world number one Simona Halep has been given a four-year suspension from tennis following breaches of the sport's anti-doping programme, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday.

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At least 2,300 dead in Libya floods 'calamity', thousands missing

At least 2,300 dead in Libya floods 'calamity', thousands missing

At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods.

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Meat, milk alternatives could slash food system emissions a third: study

Meat, milk alternatives could slash food system emissions a third: study

Replacing half of the pork, chicken, beef and milk products we consume with plant-based alternatives could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and related land use by nearly a third, and virtually halt forest loss, according to research published on Tuesday.

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