Arteta 'pain' as Arsenal fall short in Premier League title race
Mikel Arteta says seeing Liverpool win the Premier League has been "painful" after Arsenal fell short in the title race for a third successive season.
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Hard-right romps across UK local elections slapping down main parties
Hard-right upstarts Reform UK snatched a parliamentary seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour party Friday and seized control of several regional councils dealing a major blow to Britain's two establishment parties.
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US ends duty-free shipping loophole for low-cost goods from China
The United States on Friday ended a tariff exemption for goods shipped from China worth less than $800, dealing a major blow to popular e-commerce sites such as Shein and Temu, whose cheap items consumers have come to rely on.
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Renewables sceptic Peter Dutton aims for Australian PM's job
Former policeman Peter Dutton, the rival for the Australian prime minister's job in Saturday's election, is a self-professed sceptic of the rush to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy.
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Australians vote in election swayed by inflation, Trump
Australians will cram voting booths on Saturday to pick their next government, deciding a hard-fought election shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and Trump tariffs.
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Syria slams Israeli Damascus strike as 'dangerous escalation'
Syria's Islamist rulers on Friday denounced an air strike near the presidential palace as a "dangerous escalation", as Israel called it a "clear message" not to harm the Druze minority.
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Grand Theft Auto VI release postponed to May 2026
The creative team behind the popular Grand Theft Auto videogame series postponed the launch of the latest installment by several months to May 2026, hitting shares of parent Take-Two Interactive.
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Lawyers probe 'dire' conditions for Meta content moderators in Ghana
Lawyers are probing "dire" workplace conditions for Meta content moderators in Ghana, attorneys involved in the investigation told AFP, in what could turn into the latest dispute over the social media giant's labour practices in Africa.
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Maresca confident Chelsea can close gap to Liverpool
Enzo Maresca believes his Chelsea team can get closer to Liverpool next season as he prepares to welcome the newly crowned Premier League champions to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
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Watchdog accuses papal contenders of ignoring sex abuse
As cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, campaigners warned Friday that neither of the frontrunners, Pietro Parolin nor Luis Antonio Tagle, would protect children and stamp out clerical sex abuse.
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