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World Cup 2026: Spain ex-players, fans cautiously embrace favourites tag
Euro 2024 champions will feel the pressure of a football-mad nation as they aim to clinch World Cup-Euro double.
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Ebola outbreak: When will a vaccine be developed for the new strain?
The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has a fatality rate of up to 50 percent and no approved vaccine as yet.
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Iran reviews US proposal to end war as Pakistan steps up mediation efforts
Pakistan military chief Asim Munir to travel to Tehran for talks, according to Iranian media reports.
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The crises caused by the Iran war will hit the world in four waves
The impact of the conflict will not stop at energy price hikes. It will spread to various sectors and last years.
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Hard hats, AI and a fake pandemic: the group of former world leaders practising to save the world
With uncanny timing amid hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks, a group set up by Nelson Mandela known as The Elders, met in Ke...
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Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch
MP says current system is unfair and his idea would result in a ‘wealth tax that works’UK politics live – latest updates...
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EasyJet summer holiday bookings down on last year amid Iran war uncertainty
Budget airline, which took £25m hit on jet fuel in March, says passengers are waiting later to book tripsBusiness live –...
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Mohamed Salah to captain Egypt as squad announced for FIFA World Cup 2026
Versatile Nantes forward Mostafa Mohamed is a significant omission from the 27-man preliminary squad.
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Rachel Reeves tells foul-mouthed Reform UK heckler good manners matter
Chancellor wins support from Conservative Mel Stride, while Farage says he’d ‘like to buy man a pint’UK politics live –...
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Buddhist hall housing ‘eternal flame’ burns down in Japan
Buddhist hall housing ‘eternal flame’ burns down in Japan
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Taiwan’s President Lai says he would be happy to speak with Donald Trump
US and Taiwan leaders have not spoken since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979.
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DR Congo cancel World Cup training camp in Kinshasa over Ebola outbreak
DRC's public sendoff in the capital was also cancelled before their departure for the FIFA World Cup.