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Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coast

Four killed after Storm Debby hits Florida coast

At least four people were killed as Tropical Storm Debby drenched Florida on Monday, threatening southeastern US states with heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding.

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France beat Egypt to set up Olympic men's football final against Spain

France beat Egypt to set up Olympic men's football final against Spain

Jean-Philippe Mateta scored twice and Michael Olise added a third as France came from behind to beat Egypt 3-1 after extra time on Monday and set up an Olympic men's football final showdown with Spain.

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US personnel injured in rocket attack on Iraq base

US personnel injured in rocket attack on Iraq base

A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded multiple US personnel on Monday, officials said, adding to already heightened regional tensions over an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel.

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Record-breaker Duplantis soars to Olympic pole vault gold, Hodgkinson wins 800m

Record-breaker Duplantis soars to Olympic pole vault gold, Hodgkinson wins 800m

Armand Duplantis soared over his rivals in clinching back-to-back Olympic pole vault crowns on Monday with a new world record as Keely Hodgkinson won Britain's first gold of the Paris Games on the track with a sensational 800m final victory.

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Duplantis soars to world record as Biles exits Paris Games with silver

Duplantis soars to world record as Biles exits Paris Games with silver

Armand Duplantis fulfilled a childhood dream as he broke his own pole vault world record in retaining his Olympic crown on Monday but Simone Biles showed she is human after all.

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Hodgkinson in 'life changing' moment with Olympic 800m Olympic title

Hodgkinson in 'life changing' moment with Olympic 800m Olympic title

Britain's Keely Hodgkinson said becoming women's Olympic 800m champion on Monday after a succession of silver medals in major finals was a "life changer".

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X's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, US officials say

X's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, US officials say

Five US states sent an open letter Monday to Elon Musk, urging him to fix his social media platform X's AI chatbot after it shared misinformation about the upcoming presidential election.

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Reigning US Open champion Gauff tops field at WTA Toronto event

Reigning US Open champion Gauff tops field at WTA Toronto event

Reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff will be the top seed at this week's WTA Toronto event, a hardcourt tuneup for the year's last Grand Slam showdown, in New York.

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Ugly day for global stocks across Wall Street, Europe, Nikkei

Ugly day for global stocks across Wall Street, Europe, Nikkei

Global markets were a sea of red Monday, with Japan's Nikkei suffering an historic drop and New York falling hard in a pullback attributed to economic unease and fallout from recent monetary policy shifts.

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Sinner hopes to complete his healing in Montreal return

Sinner hopes to complete his healing in Montreal return

Jannik Sinner will test his form after a month of illness which culminated in the bronchitis that forced him to skip the Paris Olympics.

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