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Racist abuse of Vinícius Júnior highlights entrenched problem in soccer
The vicious, relentless and high-profile racist insults directed at Brazilian soccer player Vinícius Júnior underscore an entrenched and decades-old issue that refuses to go away in the world's most popular sport
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Error in signaling system led to train crash that killed 275 people in India, official says
An Indian railway official says the derailment that killed 275 people and injured hundreds more was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train
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Australian mother imprisoned 20 years pardoned and freed because of doubt she killed her 4 children
An Australian woman who spent 20 years in prison was pardoned and released based on new scientific evidence that her four children died by natural causes as she had insisted
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Virginia State Police: Rescuers have located plane that crashed after flying over nation’s capital, no survivors found
Virginia State Police: Rescuers have located plane that crashed after flying over nation’s capital, no survivors found
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Australian official pardons woman who has spent 20 years in prison for killing her 4 children
Australian official pardons woman who has spent 20 years in prison for killing her 4 children
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Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi calls on US audience to stand up for 'modern India'
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pressed criticism of his country’s leadership during a speech in New York on Sunday
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Russia says it thwarted attack in Donetsk; unclear if this was start of Ukrainian counteroffensive
Russia says it thwarted a large Ukrainian attack in the eastern province of Donetsk, though it’s unclear if this was the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive
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US, UK navies say they responded to distress call as Iran's Revolutionary Guard 'harassed' ship
The U.S. Navy says its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it
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China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
China has tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on the anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests
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Chuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show 'Meet the Press' and being replaced by Kristen Welker
Chuck Todd says he's leaving “Meet the Press” after a tumultuous near-decade of moderating the NBC political panel show and will be replaced by Kristen Welker
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