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Wallabies lose veteran prop Alaalatoa for third Lions Test

Wallabies lose veteran prop Alaalatoa for third Lions Test

Veteran Australia prop Allan Alaalatoa was ruled out of the third British and Irish Lions Test Tuesday, the Wallabies' second injury blow in as many days.

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Stock fluctuate as trade relief fades, eyes on data and earnings

Stock fluctuate as trade relief fades, eyes on data and earnings

Stocks were mixed Tuesday as the positivity sparked by recent US trade deals dissipated, with investors now focused on the release of key data and earnings, and the Federal Reserve's next policy meeting.

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Hong Kong activists face tough compromise over LGBTQ rights blueprint

Hong Kong activists face tough compromise over LGBTQ rights blueprint

Hong Kong's LGBTQ community has reluctantly rallied behind a government plan to expand rights for some same-sex couples, with activists ditching their idealism in hope of a rare legislative win.

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'This is no vacation': young Poles do summer army bootcamp

'This is no vacation': young Poles do summer army bootcamp

Sweating and out of breath, young Poles throw grenades and practise evacuating the wounded at a training ground outside Warsaw.

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Fighting on Thai-Cambodia border halts amid shaky truce

Fighting on Thai-Cambodia border halts amid shaky truce

A shaky ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be holding Tuesday, as military commanders met despite Bangkok's allegations the truce had been breached with overnight skirmishes.

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Over 30 dead as northern China hit by heavy rain, landslides

Over 30 dead as northern China hit by heavy rain, landslides

Heavy rain killed more than 30 people and forced authorities to evacuate tens of thousands as swathes of northern China were lashed by torrential downpours that sparked deadly landslides, state media said Tuesday.

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Turkey's glaciers fall victim to climate change

Turkey's glaciers fall victim to climate change

Kemal Ozdemir looked up at the bare peaks of Mount Cilo in Turkey's Kurdish majority southeast: "There were glaciers 10 years ago," he recalled under a cloudless sky.

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'Happy people': folk festivals punctuate Greek summer life

'Happy people': folk festivals punctuate Greek summer life

It's midnight in the Aegean Sea but on the Greek island of Ikaria, in the courtyard of the church of St Elijah, the revelry was barely getting started.

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Afghans show solidarity as migrant returns from Iran surge

Afghans show solidarity as migrant returns from Iran surge

At the border with Iran, Fatima Rezaei distributes food and hygiene products to Afghans forced to return, unable to passively stand by as the deportation crisis grows.

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O'Callaghan closes on more world gold to banish post-Paris blues

O'Callaghan closes on more world gold to banish post-Paris blues

Olympic champion Mollie O'Callaghan safely negotiated her way into the semi-finals of the 200m freestyle at the swimming world championships on Tuesday as she attempts to shake off the post-Paris blues.

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