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Cardinals to vote anew for pope after second black smoke

Cardinals to vote anew for pope after second black smoke

Cardinals prepared to cast fresh votes Thursday for the next head of the Catholic Church, after sending up a second round of black smoke to signal they had again failed to elect a pope.

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Arsenal fall short again as striker woes haunt Arteta

Arsenal fall short again as striker woes haunt Arteta

Arsenal fell short on the big stage again as their painful Champions League semi-final exit against Paris Saint-Germain left Mikel Arteta to rue his club's failure to provide him with enough attacking options.

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Inter turn attentions to fading Serie A title defence after Barca triumph

Inter turn attentions to fading Serie A title defence after Barca triumph

Inter Milan come back down to earth on Sunday when they travel to Torino, hoping to relaunch their Serie A title defence, still buzzing from one of the greatest nights of European football in their history.

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Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years as plan wins funding

Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years as plan wins funding

Elk could roam the English countryside for the first time in 3,000 years after funding was approved to explore plans for their eventual reintroduction into the wild.

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Trump announces 'full and comprehensive' trade deal with UK

Trump announces 'full and comprehensive' trade deal with UK

US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a "full and comprehensive" trade agreement with Britain, which would be the first such deal since he launched his global tariffs blitz.

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Putin and Xi rail against West as Ukraine reports truce violations

Putin and Xi rail against West as Ukraine reports truce violations

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping put on a display of defiance against the West in Moscow on Thursday ahead of the Kremlin's Victory Day celebrations, while Ukraine accused Russia of violating a supposed three-day truce Putin had ordered for the occasion.

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England's Itoje to captain British and Irish Lions rugby team in Australia

England's Itoje to captain British and Irish Lions rugby team in Australia

England's Maro Itoje will captain the British and Irish Lions rugby union team on their upcoming tour of Australia, it was announced Thursday.

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Gates Foundation to spend $200 bn through 2045 when it will shut down

Gates Foundation to spend $200 bn through 2045 when it will shut down

The Gates Foundation plans to spend more than $200 billion over the next 20 years, accelerating its public health mission and shutting down in 2045, the organization said Thursday.

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Swiatek makes fast start at Italian Open

Swiatek makes fast start at Italian Open

Iga Swiatek dismissed Elisabetta Cocciaretto in just 52 minutes as she opened her account at the Italian Open on Thursday.

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Israel's aid blockade to Gaza 'unacceptable': Red Cross

Israel's aid blockade to Gaza 'unacceptable': Red Cross

The Red Cross on Thursday denounced the human cost of the war raging in Gaza, slamming Israel's "unacceptable" full blockade on aid into the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory.

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