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Novak Djokovic grinds out a victory over wild card Jacob Fearnley at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic says he wouldn’t have been surprised if his second-round match against young Jacob Fearnley at Wimbledon went to a fifth set, but he's "very glad it didn’t.”

Novak Djokovic grinds out a victory over wild card Jacob Fearnley at Wimbledon
Environment

Brazil court orders environmental workers to resume licensing, fire prevention despite strike

Workers at Brazil's environmental agency Ibama must resume licensing and forest fire prevention activities despite being on strike, Og Fernandes, acting

Brazil court orders environmental workers to resume licensing, fire prevention despite strike
News|Political

Mexico's Sheinbaum taps Garcia Harfuch as security minister in bid to tackle crime

Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday named Omar Garcia Harfuch to be her security minister in a bid to repeat the successes in fighting crime

Mexico's Sheinbaum taps Garcia Harfuch as security minister in bid to tackle crime
News|Political

China rejects key Western calls for human-rights reforms at U.N. meeting

China on Thursday rejected Western-led recommendations for human-rights reforms including calls for greater freedoms in Hong Kong and for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, but

China rejects key Western calls for human-rights reforms at U.N. meeting
Business|Economy

Saks owner to buy luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in $2.65-billion deal

Saks Fifth Avenue parent HBC will acquire department-store chain Neiman Marcus in a $2.65-billion deal, the companies said on Thursday, giving them stronger negotiating power with vendors

Saks owner to buy luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in $2.65-billion deal
News|Political|Sports

Mbappe calls far-right election win catastrophic and urges action

France captain Kylian Mbappe said gains by the far-right National Rally party in last weekend’s first round of French parliamentary elections were

Mbappe calls far-right election win catastrophic and urges action
News|Political|World

Saudi Arabia's Gaza aid threatened by Rafah closure, aid official says

Saudi Arabia's main humanitarian agency said on Thursday the Israeli closure of Rafah and other crossings into Gaza was hampering its aid efforts to send

Saudi Arabia's Gaza aid threatened by Rafah closure, aid official says
Sports

Irvin allows 1 hit over 8 innings, Winker homers as the Nationals beat the Mets 1-0

Jake Irvin allowed just one hit and issued one walk in eight innings, Jesse Winker hit a pinch-hit home run and the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 1-0 in the traditional 11 a.m. Fourth of July game in the nation’s capital

Irvin allows 1 hit over 8 innings, Winker homers as the Nationals beat the Mets 1-0
News|Political

Fears mount over election-linked violence in France after government spokesperson attacked on campaign trail

Fears mount over election-linked violence in France after government spokesperson attacked on campaign trail

Fears mount over election-linked violence in France after government spokesperson attacked on campaign trail
News|Political|World

Netanyahu authorizes negotiators to enter detailed talks for ceasefire deal with Hamas

Netanyahu authorizes negotiators to enter detailed talks for ceasefire deal with Hamas

Netanyahu authorizes negotiators to enter detailed talks for ceasefire deal with Hamas
Entertainment|News

Prominent director targeted in French cinema's #MeToo wave charged with rape, assault of actors

Authorities in France say a prominent French film director accused of sexual assault and violent, controlling behavior has been handed preliminary charges of rape, sexual assault and violence by a French judge investigating the case

Prominent director targeted in French cinema's #MeToo wave charged with rape, assault of actors
Entertainment|Health

Kris Jenner learns her ovaries will need to be removed because of tumor on ‘The Kardashians’

Kris Jenner learns her ovaries will need to be removed because of tumor on ‘The Kardashians’

Kris Jenner learns her ovaries will need to be removed because of tumor on ‘The Kardashians’
News|Opinion|Political

Kylian Mbappé calls first round of French elections ‘catastrophic’ after country’s lurch to the far-right

Kylian Mbappé calls first round of French elections ‘catastrophic’ after country’s lurch to the far-right

Kylian Mbappé calls first round of French elections ‘catastrophic’ after country’s lurch to the far-right
Lifestyle|Opinion

SEEKING BROTHERHOOD: Tri-war veteran seeks connection with fellow veterans

SEEKING BROTHERHOOD: Tri-war veteran seeks connection with fellow veterans

SEEKING BROTHERHOOD: Tri-war veteran seeks connection with fellow veterans
News|Political

Biden heads into a make-or-break stretch for his imperiled presidential campaign

President Joe Biden is opening a critical stretch in his effort to salvage his imperiled reelection campaign

Biden heads into a make-or-break stretch for his imperiled presidential campaign
Environment|News

Millions swelter under dangerous Fourth of July heat wave

The National Weather Service says that around 134 million people in the U.S. are under alerts as an extremely dangerous and record-breaking heat wave broils much of the country

Millions swelter under dangerous Fourth of July heat wave
News|Political

French far right likely to fall short of absolute majority, poll shows

France's far-right National Rally party is set to fall short of an absolute majority in Sunday's parliamentary election run-off, an opinion poll showed on Thursday, suggesting efforts

French far right likely to fall short of absolute majority, poll shows
Travel|World

Gaza church opens doors to injured and sick as hospitals fill

St. Philip's church once offered a haven of devotion to Gaza's small Christian community.

Gaza church opens doors to injured and sick as hospitals fill
News|World

Russia jails US citizen Robert Woodland for 12-1/2 years in drug trafficking case

A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to 12-1/2 years in a maximum security penal colony after finding him guilty of attempting to sell drugs,

Russia jails US citizen Robert Woodland for 12-1/2 years in drug trafficking case
Environment|Sports

Olympics-Seine water quality improving, Paris authorities say

Water pollution levels in Paris' Rive Seine have improved, data showed on Thursday, three weeks before the Olympics in which the French capital’s landmark waterway is meant to be one

Olympics-Seine water quality improving, Paris authorities say
News|Political|World

US citizen Robert Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court

Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, has been convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison

US citizen Robert Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court
Arts|Entertainment

Ellen DeGeneres cancels some shows on her 2024 tour

Ellen DeGeneres cancels some shows on her 2024 tour

Ellen DeGeneres cancels some shows on her 2024 tour
Science

High-speed hippos can get airborne, says new study

High-speed hippos can get airborne, says new study

High-speed hippos can get airborne, says new study
News|Political

Poland eyes border guard help from Germany, Greece, Finland

Poland hopes to bring in border guards and police from Finland, Germany and Greece to help patrol its frontier with Belarus, a senior official said on Thursday, amid mounting

Poland eyes border guard help from Germany, Greece, Finland
Health|Lifestyle|News|Travel

Indian mother delivers baby on boat as her river island is inundated by floodwaters

A blue tarp covered a mother and her newborn daughter from the incessant rain on their boat journey

Indian mother delivers baby on boat as her river island is inundated by floodwaters

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