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After a pause, US Fed likely to hike interest rates to 22-year high

After a pause, US Fed likely to hike interest rates to 22-year high

After pausing in June, the US Federal Reserve is widely expected to hike interest rates again on Wednesday, adopting its most restrictive monetary stance for 22 years despite recent signs of slowing inflation.

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Twitter challenger Threads struggles for traction

Twitter challenger Threads struggles for traction

After a wildly successful first few days, Threads popularity has waned in the weeks since Meta launched its challenge to Twitter, which lives on despite its problems.

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'No limits' for New Zealand after historic Women's World Cup win

'No limits' for New Zealand after historic Women's World Cup win

New Zealand "set a new standard" for themselves by winning a Women's World Cup match for the first time, defender CJ Bott said Sunday, as the co-hosts eye a landmark place in the knockout stages.

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UK band The 1975 nix Indonesia gig after Malaysia LGBTQ uproar

UK band The 1975 nix Indonesia gig after Malaysia LGBTQ uproar

British indie-rock band The 1975 cancelled a concert in Indonesia Sunday, after Malaysia axed a festival over a same-sex kiss and tirade against the country's anti-LGBTQ laws by their frontman.

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Spain to choose between Sanchez or return of the right

Spain to choose between Sanchez or return of the right

Spain votes Sunday on whether to hand Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez a fresh four-year mandate or, as polls suggest, bring the right back to power with its far-right ally.

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Mudryk on target as Chelsea beat ten-man Brighton 4-3

Mudryk on target as Chelsea beat ten-man Brighton 4-3

Mykhailo Mudryk finally found the net for Chelsea and new signings Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson also scored in a 4-3 friendly win over Brighton in Philadelphia on Saturday.

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Netanyahu to have pacemaker fitted ahead of vote on judicial reforms

Netanyahu to have pacemaker fitted ahead of vote on judicial reforms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would undergo surgery to implant a pacemaker on Sunday, with lawmakers set to debate a controversial judicial reform bill that has brought tens of thousands of protesters to the streets.

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'As long as we have AC': Phoenix heat shows gap between US rich, poor

'As long as we have AC': Phoenix heat shows gap between US rich, poor

Melanie Floyd took her kids to the zoo in Phoenix in the morning, when temperatures in the heat wave roasting the city and much of the US southwest were still bearable.

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Wounded US veterans accept new mission: healing coral reefs

Wounded US veterans accept new mission: healing coral reefs

Billy Costello walks the deck of a ship wearing his scuba gear and fins, as well as a prosthetic right leg, before dropping into the sea.

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Within sight of New York City, a despoiled river comes back to life

Within sight of New York City, a despoiled river comes back to life

He is not a lawyer, finance guy or a politician, but activist Bill Sheehan has moved mountains to clean up the Hackensack River in New Jersey just outside Manhattan, which for decades has been a dumping ground for industrial chemicals.

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