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Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China

Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China

Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to eastern China on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations even as the storm weakened and some cities resumed public transport.

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Asian stocks track Wall St higher after US job losses ease rate fears

Asian stocks track Wall St higher after US job losses ease rate fears

Stocks rose Monday as investors pared their bets on a US interest rate hike after data showed thousands of jobs were lost in July, though sentiment was dented by another spike in oil prices as hopes for an end to the Middle East crisis fade.

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Pakistan brickmakers scorched by sun above and fire below

Pakistan brickmakers scorched by sun above and fire below

As dark plumes billow from overhead smokestacks, brickmakers at a kiln in Pakistan's Sheikhupura district crush coal through small holes beneath their feet into the fiery chambers below.

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Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor

Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor

Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the EU's global warming monitor said Monday.

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Ithaca bets on hometown hero Odysseus for tourism boom

Ithaca bets on hometown hero Odysseus for tourism boom

Standing on the ferry as it waits to dock on the Greek island of Ithaca, Giorgia Ongarato is only too keen to talk about the "Odyssey" -- the epic poem that inspired Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film.

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Shelton sweeps Fonseca to reach Montreal quarter-final

Shelton sweeps Fonseca to reach Montreal quarter-final

Defending champion Ben Shelton kept a clean slate at the ATP Montreal Masters on Sunday, holding off a challenge from Joao Fonseca to power 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) into the quarter-finals.

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Rybakina survives scare as Gauff, Osaka race into Toronto quarters

Rybakina survives scare as Gauff, Osaka race into Toronto quarters

World number two Elena Rybakina survived a huge scare to battle into the Canadian Open quarter-finals on Sunday in Toronto, while fourth-ranked Coco Gauff cruised through.

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Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in US

Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in US

With two convictions and nearly $1 billion in damages already stacked up, Meta will face another trial starting this week about alleged harms to children in a case brought by four US states.

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Thirty years on, a trial finally opens in Tupac Shakur's killing

Thirty years on, a trial finally opens in Tupac Shakur's killing

A former gang leader goes on trial Monday in Las Vegas over the decades-old murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, one of America's most high-profile unresolved murders.

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Shelton sweeps Fonseca to reach another Montreal quarter-final

Shelton sweeps Fonseca to reach another Montreal quarter-final

Defending champion Ben Shelton kept a clean slate at the ATP Montreal Masters on Sunday, holding off a challenge from Joao Fonseca to power 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) into the quarter-finals.

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