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Man Utd revenue falls as Champions League absence bites

Man Utd revenue falls as Champions League absence bites

Manchester United suffered a £14 million ($17.6 million) drop in total revenue to £143.1 million, taking a hit from their absence from the lucrative Champions League, first-quarter results showed Tuesday.

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Russia vows reply after Ukraine strikes again with US missiles

Russia vows reply after Ukraine strikes again with US missiles

Moscow on Tuesday vowed to retaliate after announcing Ukraine had struck Russian military installations with US-supplied weapons, after President Vladimir Putin had warned Kyiv and the West against the missile attacks.

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Trump threatens trade war on Mexico, Canada, China

Trump threatens trade war on Mexico, Canada, China

Donald Trump threatened to begin his presidency with a massive trade war -- and diplomatic crisis -- as he demanded China, Canada and Mexico stop illegal immigration and drug smuggling into the United States or face punitive US import tariffs.

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Motta's injury-hit Juve struggling to fire ahead of Villa trip

Motta's injury-hit Juve struggling to fire ahead of Villa trip

Juventus head into Wednesday's Champions League clash at Aston Villa in the midst of an injury crisis and as yet unconvincing form under new coach Thiago Motta.

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Cycling chiefs seek WADA ruling on carbon monoxide use

Cycling chiefs seek WADA ruling on carbon monoxide use

Cycling chiefs on Tuesday requested that the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) "take a position" on the controversial but legal carbon monoxide breathing method used by top riders.

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Israel pounds Beirut as security cabinet to discuss ceasefire

Israel pounds Beirut as security cabinet to discuss ceasefire

Israel's security cabinet was set to discuss a proposed ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon Tuesday afternoon, as a hail of air strikes encircled south Beirut in what state media called a "belt of fire".

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Fewest new HIV cases since late 1980s: UNAIDS report

Fewest new HIV cases since late 1980s: UNAIDS report

Fewer people contracted HIV last year than at any point since the rise of the disease in the late 1980s, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that this decline was still far too slow.

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4 security forces killed as ex-PM Khan supporters flood Pakistan capital

4 security forces killed as ex-PM Khan supporters flood Pakistan capital

Pakistani protesters demanding the release of ex-prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday killed four members of the nation's security forces, the government said, as the crowds defied police and closed in on the capital's centre.

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Four bodies, four survivors recovered from Egypt Red Sea sinking: governor

Four bodies, four survivors recovered from Egypt Red Sea sinking: governor

Rescuers on Tuesday recovered four bodies and four survivors a day after a diving boat capsized off Egypt's eastern coast, Red Sea governor Amr Hanafi said, with eight people still missing.

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Ayub century helps Pakistan crush Zimbabwe, level series

Ayub century helps Pakistan crush Zimbabwe, level series

Saim Ayub struck an unbeaten 113 as Pakistan crushed Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in Bulawayo on Tuesday to level a one-day international series with one match to come.

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