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Bilbao ends Spanish wait on scorching Tour de France stage

Bilbao ends Spanish wait on scorching Tour de France stage

Pello Bilbao won a hot and hilly stage 10 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, becoming the first Spaniard in five years to win a stage on the world's biggest bike race.

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Vondrousova battles into Wimbledon semis after husband's pep talk

Vondrousova battles into Wimbledon semis after husband's pep talk

Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova said she had a pep talk from her husband during a rain break before roaring back to beat Jessica Pegula and reach her first Wimbledon semi-final on Tuesday.

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UK postal workers call off strikes

UK postal workers call off strikes

Postal workers at the UK's Royal Mail on Tuesday accepted a new pay deal to end a costly series of strikes.

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Rain on the radar as Wimbledon keeps eye on weather

Rain on the radar as Wimbledon keeps eye on weather

Tucked away at the heart of Wimbledon sits an unassuming office that is one of the most critical cogs in the entire machine -- the weather room.

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Bullish De Laurentiis keen to keep hold of Napoli stars

Bullish De Laurentiis keen to keep hold of Napoli stars

Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis insists that there is no need to sell star players Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia as the Italian champions begin preparations for their Serie A title defence.

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Stock markets rise on China support, pound rallies

Stock markets rise on China support, pound rallies

Major stock markets mostly rose Tuesday as China moved to boost its flagging economy, while the pound hit a 15-month high against the dollar on expectations of more aggressive UK interest rate hikes.

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Biden thanks Erdogan for Sweden decision, backs F-16s sale

Biden thanks Erdogan for Sweden decision, backs F-16s sale

US President Joe Biden thanked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for his "courage" in dropping opposition to Sweden's entry to NATO.

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Romanian man jailed in UK for Vietnamese migrants deaths

Romanian man jailed in UK for Vietnamese migrants deaths

A Romanian man who was part of a people-smuggling gang responsible for the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in the UK was jailed for nearly 13 years on Tuesday.

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Israel protesters up resistance after judicial clause voted through

Israel protesters up resistance after judicial clause voted through

Israeli protesters blocked highways and converged on the Tel Aviv airport Tuesday, stepping up resistance to the hard-right government's judicial overhaul package opponents say threatens democracy.

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Suspect in 1982 US Tylenol murders dies at 76

Suspect in 1982 US Tylenol murders dies at 76

The longtime suspect in the cyanide poisonings of Tylenol tablets that killed seven people in the United States four decades ago has died at age 76, police in Massachusetts said.

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