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Roche says will invest $50 bn in US over next five years

Roche says will invest $50 bn in US over next five years

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche on Tuesday announced plans to invest $50 billion in the United States over the next five years.

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Fleeing Pakistan, Afghans rebuild from nothing

Fleeing Pakistan, Afghans rebuild from nothing

Pushed out of Pakistan where she was born, Nazmine Khan's first experience of her country, Afghanistan, was in a sweltering tent at a border camp.

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US Supreme Court to hear case against LGBTQ books in schools

US Supreme Court to hear case against LGBTQ books in schools

The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court is slated to hear a case on Tuesday about whether parents have the religious right to pull their children from classes when books containing LGBTQ-related content are read or discussed.

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Pistons snap NBA playoff skid, vintage Leonard leads Clippers

Pistons snap NBA playoff skid, vintage Leonard leads Clippers

The Detroit Pistons snapped their record 15-game NBA playoff losing streak with a 100-94 victory over the New York Knicks on Monday to level their Eastern Conference first-round series at one game apiece.

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Migrants mourn pope who fought for their rights

Migrants mourn pope who fought for their rights

Latin American migrants paid tribute on Monday to Pope Francis as a staunch defender of their rights who gave them much-needed encouragement on their long and dangerous journeys fleeing poverty and violence.

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Duplantis kicks off Diamond League amid Johnson-led changing landscape

Duplantis kicks off Diamond League amid Johnson-led changing landscape

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis heads up a stellar cast of athletes kicking off the 16th Diamond League season in Xiamen on Saturday amid a changing landscape that has seen Michael Johnson launch his Grand Slam track series.

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Taliban change tune towards Afghan heritage sites

Taliban change tune towards Afghan heritage sites

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan's millennia-old heritage, including pre-Islamic relics.

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Kosovo's 'hidden Catholics' baptised as Pope Francis mourned

Kosovo's 'hidden Catholics' baptised as Pope Francis mourned

Around the time the Vatican announced the death of Pope Francis, music floated out from a church in a Kosovo valley where dozens of Muslims were participating in an unusual ceremony: they were converting to Catholicism.

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Global warming is a security threat and armies must adapt: experts

Global warming is a security threat and armies must adapt: experts

From responding to weather disasters to rising competition in the fast-warming Arctic, militaries are exposed to climate change and cannot let it become a strategic "blind spot", security experts say.

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Can Europe's richest family turn Paris into a city of football rivals?

Can Europe's richest family turn Paris into a city of football rivals?

Paris has everything -- stunning architecture and arguably the best food and fashion in the world. But the French capital lacks one essential element of a modern metropolis: it has no football rivalry.

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