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'Mind-blowing': Astronomers spot most distant radio burst yet

'Mind-blowing': Astronomers spot most distant radio burst yet

Eight billion years ago, something happened in a distant galaxy that sent an incredibly powerful blast of radio waves hurtling through the universe.

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US inflation is 'still too high': Fed Chair Powell

US inflation is 'still too high': Fed Chair Powell

US inflation is "still too high" despite a recent slowdown, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday, leaving the door open for a new interest rate hike.

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Biden to rally Americans on Israel, Ukraine support

Biden to rally Americans on Israel, Ukraine support

US President Joe Biden is set to deliver a rare Oval Office speech Thursday urging Americans to back Israel and Ukraine at what he says is a perilous moment for democracy around the globe.

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Speeding boats risk killing off North Atlantic right whales: study

Speeding boats risk killing off North Atlantic right whales: study

An overwhelming majority of large boats off the US East Coast are speeding through slow-zones designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 340 remain.

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UN chief calls for 'sustained' humanitarian access to Gaza

UN chief calls for 'sustained' humanitarian access to Gaza

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged "rapid, unimpeded humanitarian access" to the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday, as Israel kept up its retaliation for Hamas's deadly attacks.

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Medics recount shocking toll of child deaths in Gaza war

Medics recount shocking toll of child deaths in Gaza war

Eight sleeping children killed in one strike, doctors fighting but failing to save an unborn child -- such were the stories recounted by Gaza medics on Thursday as Israel stepped up its air strikes.

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From Uber Eats to World Cup feast for 'fast bowling delivery guy' Van Meekeren

From Uber Eats to World Cup feast for 'fast bowling delivery guy' Van Meekeren

Netherlands fast bowler Paul van Meekeren has been part of two shock World Cup victories but just three years ago was making ends meet delivering food for Uber Eats.

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Paralyzed US House scrambles for exit from leadership crisis

Paralyzed US House scrambles for exit from leadership crisis

Republicans looked set to move on from hardline conservative Jim Jordan in their search for a new US House speaker Thursday, as lawmakers mulled appointing a temporary leader to steer them out of a civil war engulfing the party.

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Ton-up Kohli stars as India overwhelm Bangladesh in World Cup

Ton-up Kohli stars as India overwhelm Bangladesh in World Cup

Virat Kohli's unbeaten century sealed India's fourth win from four World Cup matches as the hosts defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in Pune on Thursday.

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Stocks slide as investors worry over Middle East crisis

Stocks slide as investors worry over Middle East crisis

European and US stock markets fell Thursday as investors worried over rising US Treasury yields and the Israel-Hamas crisis potentially growing into a wider conflict in the Middle East.

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