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Women's soccer enters new era with huge World Cup audiences

FIFA says it expects the competition to reach a total of 1 billion viewers across all platforms worldwide.

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Over 2,700 miles in four months: One fox's sprint stuns researchers

Researchers say it's one of the longest migrations of an Arctic fox ever documented in such a short time.

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Trump's Asia trip highlights daughter Ivanka's prominent, and controversial, role

"This seemed to be a moment where she came even further from the margins to center stage," said former White House staffer Peter Feaver.

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Euroviews. The killer robots are coming. Here's our best chance at stopping them ǀ View

The US shouldn't propel the killer robot arms race by building bigger, faster, deadlier machines of our own. It should cut it short.

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Trump's foreign aid policies endanger women, experts say

"If it was done at the end of a gun, it would be denounced before the International Criminal Court," the U.N. human rights commissioner said.

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Body found in London garden is a stowaway who fell from plane

A bag, water and food were discovered in the plane's landing-gear compartment after it landed.

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Iran uranium stockpile breaches 2015 nuclear deal, state media report

Iran has warned it would soon breach the terms of the 2015 pact if European signatories did not act to prevent tough sanctions being imposed by the U.S.

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Japan resumes commercial whaling after three decades

The country withdrew from the International Whaling Commission last year in a move that sparked global condemnation.

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Hong Kong protesters clash with police on anniversary of Chinese rule

The clashes flared outside a flag-raising ceremony marking 22 years since the then British colony was given back to Beijing.

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Jailed British-Iranian aid worker ends hunger strike, husband says

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ended a hunger strike in Tehran, with her husband saying it served the purpose of raising awareness of her plight.

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Palestinians release businessman who attended U.S. peace conference

The Palestinian Authority boycotted last week's Bahrain conference, saying the U.S. is unfairly biased toward Israel.

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Trump must use sanctions to force Kim Jong Un on nukes, former diplomat says

"North Korea is delivering a different image to the world that it is not North Korea begging or demanding a meeting, but it is America that wanted to have that meeting," the former diplomat said

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Tourists forced to adapt as Europe waits for relief from record-breaking heat

France saw its hottest day ever reaching 114.4 degrees on Friday while records were broken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

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Migrant aid ship captain detained after trying to forcibly dock at Italian port

Carola Rackete, the 32-year-old ship captain from Germany, had been engaged in a standoff with Italian authorities that reignited a fierce debate over the country's draconian migration laws.

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Euroviews. Is an emotional support animal serving a person's needs or their narcissism? ǀ View

There can be significant fallout for other people when you bring a poorly trained animal into a public area. The question is whether you care.

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Trump's Iran policy is deepening mistrust in North Korea, experts say

Analysis: One expert said that "from the North Koreans' perspective, the Americans just can't be trusted — full stop."

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Alleged organizer in David Ortiz shooting arrested in Dominican Republic

Authorities said that the man paid for a hit on his cousin but that Ortiz was shot in a case of mistaken identity.

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Russia's Putin declares liberalism in Europe 'obsolete'

"The liberal idea... has come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population," Putin said.

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Raging wildfire in Spain's suspected cause is combustion of manure in heat wave

Hundreds of firefighters struggled to contain the blaze that has spread over 13,590 acres and forced the evacuation of 53 residents.

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Paris' workers persevere as extreme heat wave hits Europe

Temperatures in the French capital soared to 93 degrees — and felt more like 102 degrees — as the heat intensifies across the continent.