Today: September 20, 2024
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Need a hotel in the US for Graduation Day? Good luck

If you think getting tickets to a Taylor Swift concert or the World Series is tough, try booking a hotel room in an American college town for Graduation Day.

Need a hotel in the US for Graduation Day? Good luck
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Korean Air in talks to buy Boeing 777X jets, sources say

Korean Air is in talks over the purchase of at least 10 Boeing 777X jetliners in a potential tilt back towards its traditional U.S. supplier

Korean Air in talks to buy Boeing 777X jets, sources say
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Klarna to offer payment services on Uber's platform

Sweden's Klarna on Wednesday partnered with Uber Technologies to offer its payment services across the company's ridesharing and food delivery platforms in a few markets, including the

Klarna to offer payment services on Uber's platform
Entertainment|Travel

Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day

Are you ready for some movies this summer

Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day
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Hamas issues video showing Israeli-American hostage Goldberg-Polin

The Islamist movement Hamas published a video on Wednesday apparently showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American seized during Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel and taken

Hamas issues video showing Israeli-American hostage Goldberg-Polin
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Italy says to sign deal to rebuild Ukraine's Odesa and its cathedral

Italy will sign an agreement with Ukraine and the United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO to rebuild the city of Odesa and its cathedral which was badly damaged by a Russian attack,

Italy says to sign deal to rebuild Ukraine's Odesa and its cathedral
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Portugal's democracy turns 50: big crowd commemorates Carnation Revolution

Tens of thousands of people marched through Lisbon on Thursday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Portugal's "Carnation Revolution" that

Portugal's democracy turns 50: big crowd commemorates Carnation Revolution
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Mercedes-Benz to launch luxury electric van for Chinese market

Mercedes-Benz is planning to launch a luxury electric van for the Chinese market based on its VAN.EA platform, the head of the carmaker's vans division told German magazine

Mercedes-Benz to launch luxury electric van for Chinese market
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France's air traffic control strikes ground flights across Europe

Delays and flight cancellations were set to impact swathes of Europe on Thursday, after authorities failed to reach a deal with some French air traffic control workers to

France's air traffic control strikes ground flights across Europe
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Windmill sails fall from Paris cabaret club Moulin Rouge

The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, the most celebrated cabaret club in Paris, fell to the ground overnight in the early hours of Thursday

Windmill sails fall from Paris cabaret club Moulin Rouge
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China's largest auto show showcases all-electric future, local brands dominate

China's largest auto show opened in Beijing on Thursday with the biggest names showing off their latest electric vehicles (EVs

China's largest auto show showcases all-electric future, local brands dominate
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Factbox-Italian tourist hotspots start to raise defences against overcrowding

Venice became the first city in the world on Thursday to introduce a payment system for visitors in an experiment aimed at dissuading tourists from arriving during peak periods.

Factbox-Italian tourist hotspots start to raise defences against overcrowding
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Southwest Airlines counts the cost of Boeing's delivery delays

Southwest Airlines is reeling from Boeing's ongoing safety crisis.

Southwest Airlines counts the cost of Boeing's delivery delays
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Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens

Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa over the past month.

Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens
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Myanmar warlord at centre of battle for key border town

Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of southeastern Myanmar's frontier town of Myawaddy, as troops of the ruling junta and rebels jostle for control of the outpost

Myanmar warlord at centre of battle for key border town
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Explainer-Mass graves in Gaza: what do we know?

The discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals, said by Palestinian authorities to contain hundreds of bodies, have triggered

Explainer-Mass graves in Gaza: what do we know?
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Paris crowns a new king of the crusty baguette in its annual bread-baking prize

Paris has a new king of the crusty baguette

Paris crowns a new king of the crusty baguette in its annual bread-baking prize
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Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates

A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an

Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates
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Kenya Airways says Congo is harassing airline after its staff detained

Kenya Airways on Friday accused authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of harassment over the continued detention of two of the airline's staff for alleged

Kenya Airways says Congo is harassing airline after its staff detained
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Foreign automakers eager for Chinese partners at Beijing auto show

Global automakers including Volkswagen and Toyota came to this year's Beijing auto show looking to catch up to surging China EV makers that are

Foreign automakers eager for Chinese partners at Beijing auto show
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Fire at Brazil guesthouse leaves at least 10 dead, 11 injured

At least 10 people died and 11 were injured in the early hours of Friday morning in a major fire at a guesthouse in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre, said the Rio Grande do

Fire at Brazil guesthouse leaves at least 10 dead, 11 injured
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Porsche AG posts Q1 profit drop on ramp-up costs

Porsche on Friday reported a 30% drop in first-quarter operating profit, citing higher investments in what the German luxury carmaker has called its biggest year of product

Porsche AG posts Q1 profit drop on ramp-up costs
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Stranded ships exit Baltimore port via temporary channel

Four cargo ships, stuck for about a month at the Port of Baltimore by the ruins of the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge, have exited this week via a

Stranded ships exit Baltimore port via temporary channel
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Gaza aid from Cyprus resumes after pause following aid worker killings

Aid shipments to Gaza from Cyprus resumed late on Friday, a Cypriot source and a UAE official said, with a ship carrying food to the besieged Palestinian enclave after a pause

Gaza aid from Cyprus resumes after pause following aid worker killings
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Olympics-Paris 2024 Olympics flame sets sail for France in final relay leg

The Paris 2024 Olympic flame sailed for France on Saturday on board a three-masted ship to mark the final sprint of preparations ahead of the Olympic Games opening ceremony on July

Olympics-Paris 2024 Olympics flame sets sail for France in final relay leg

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