Andy Murray suffers earliest Wimbledon exit
Andy Murray suffered his earliest-ever defeat at Wimbledon on Wednesday, beaten 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 by big-serving John Isner in the second round.
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Ecuador protesters seek reopening of talks
Indigenous Ecuadorans marched in central Quito Wednesday to call for a restart of negotiations suspended by the government more than two weeks into disruptive and often violent daily protests against rising living costs.
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Marcos Jr to be sworn in as Philippine president
The son of the Philippines' late dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be sworn in as president Thursday, completing a decades-long effort to restore the clan to the country's highest office.
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Garcia, Westwood insist LIV Golf move shouldn't cost Ryder Cup spots
European Ryder Cup stars Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer insisted Wednesday they saw no reason why their jump to LIV Golf should rule them out of the trans-Atlantic match play showdown.
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R. Kelly, the top-selling R&B star who dodged sex allegations for years
A Chicago native who soared to global celebrity on a burst of megahits in the 1990s, for years R. Kelly endured as one of R&B's top stars, even as he faced a slew of sex abuse allegations.
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Salah Abdeslam: Paris attacker facing rest of life in jail
Salah Abdeslam, handed a life sentence on Wednesday for his role in the November 2015 attacks on Paris, is the sole surviving member of the terror cell that massacred 130 people in the French capital.
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Singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years over sex crimes
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex.
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Paris attacker sentenced to whole life in prison
The sole surviving member of an Islamic State terror cell that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015 was handed a whole-life sentence by a French court on Wednesday, the toughest punishment possible.
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Toll in migrant trailer tragedy rises to 53
The number of migrants who died in San Antonio, Texas after they were abandoned in a red-hot trailer rose to 53 Wednesday, US immigration authorities said.
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Copenhagen gives Tour de France rapturous reception
Raucous crowds at the Copenhagen Tivoli theme park gave the Tour de France the kind of reception organisers could only have dreamed of on Wednesday.
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