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Lukaku completes loan to Roma from Chelsea

Lukaku completes loan to Roma from Chelsea

Romelu Lukaku completed his season-long loan move to Roma from Chelsea on Wednesday after being welcomed as a hero by supporters.

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China developer Country Garden reports $6.7 bn half-year losses

China developer Country Garden reports $6.7 bn half-year losses

China's debt-hit real estate giant Country Garden reported half-year losses of 48.9 billion yuan ($6.7 billion) in a stock exchange filing Wednesday, as it flirts with a potentially catastrophic default.

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UK criminals to be forced to attend their sentencing

UK criminals to be forced to attend their sentencing

Judgescould be given the power to order criminals to attend their sentencing under planned legislation announced Wednesday by the UK's justice ministry.

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Lyles and Richardson headline stellar Zurich Diamond League meet

Lyles and Richardson headline stellar Zurich Diamond League meet

Track "rock stars" Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson are two of 13 newly-crowned world champions who headline a stellar line-up at Thursday's Diamond League meet in Zurich.

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'I stand by my opinion': Russian on trial for critical Ukraine interview

'I stand by my opinion': Russian on trial for critical Ukraine interview

A Russian man prosecuted for giving a spontaneous street comment criticising the Kremlin's Ukraine offensive to foreign media said he stood by his words during his trial Wednesday, despite facing up to 10 years in prison.

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Kremlin says possible Prigozhin crash was 'premediated'

Kremlin says possible Prigozhin crash was 'premediated'

The Kremlin said Wednesday that investigators were probing all possible scenarios surrounding the death last week of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash, including premeditated murder.

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Climate change boosts risk of extreme wildfires 25%: study

Climate change boosts risk of extreme wildfires 25%: study

Climate change has sharply boosted the risk of fast-spreading wildfires, according to a Californian study published Wednesday that offers lessons for prevention after recent disasters in Canada, Greece and Hawaii.

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EU study slams big tech firms over Russian disinformation

EU study slams big tech firms over Russian disinformation

Tech titans, including TikTok and Twitter, failed to effectively tackle Russian disinformation online during the first year of the war in Ukraine, according to a study published Wednesday by the EU.

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Man City 'reach agreement' to sign Wolves midfielder Nunes

Man City 'reach agreement' to sign Wolves midfielder Nunes

Manchester City have reached a verbal agreement with Wolves on a fee for Portugal midfielder Matheus Nunes, according to reports on Wednesday.

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Fearing 'pillaging', news outlets block an OpenAI bot

Fearing 'pillaging', news outlets block an OpenAI bot

A growing number of media outlets are blocking a webpage-scanning tool used by ChatGPT creator OpenAI to improve its artificial intelligence models.

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