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Venus Williams given singles wildcard to play Toronto

Venus Williams given singles wildcard to play Toronto

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams has been handed a wildcard entry to the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto in August, Tennis Canada said Wednesday.

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Tesla profits top estimates despite China production hit

Tesla profits top estimates despite China production hit

Elon Musk's ambitious electric vehicle company scored about twice the profits in the just-finished quarter as that of the year-ago period.

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Trumps bid farewell to Ivana at funeral in New York

Trumps bid farewell to Ivana at funeral in New York

Ex-president Donald Trump and his eldest children gathered at a church in New York on Wednesday to say goodbye to his first wife Ivana who died last week aged 73.

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Mercosur trade bloc denies Zelensky request to address summit

Mercosur trade bloc denies Zelensky request to address summit

South America's Mercosur trade bloc has declined a request by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address its upcoming summit, host Paraguay said on Wednesday.

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Eight ex-officials to face trial for Mexico metro collapse

Eight ex-officials to face trial for Mexico metro collapse

Eight former officials will face prosecution over a Mexico City metro crash that left 26 people dead and dozens injured last year, a lawyer said Wednesday.

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Fissette calls halt to coaching Osaka

Fissette calls halt to coaching Osaka

Belgian tennis coach Wim Fissette said on Wednesday he was calling a halt to working with Japan's four-time Grand Slam title winner Naomi Osaka.

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Webb telescope may have already found most distant known galaxy

Webb telescope may have already found most distant known galaxy

Just a week after its first images were shown to the world, the James Webb Space Telescope may have found a galaxy that existed 13.5 billion years ago, a scientist who analyzed the data said Wednesday.

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Iraq PM blames Turkey after Kurdistan shelling kills 9 civilians

Iraq PM blames Turkey after Kurdistan shelling kills 9 civilians

Nine civilians including children were killed in a park in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Wednesday by artillery fire that Baghdad blamed on neighbouring Turkey, a country engaged in a cross-border offensive.

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Biden vows climate action as heat waves slam US, Europe

Biden vows climate action as heat waves slam US, Europe

US President Joe Biden unveiled a series of executive measures Wednesday to combat climate change and pledged more to follow, seeking to advance his environmental agenda stalled by unsupportive lawmakers and a conservative Supreme Court.

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Sunak, Truss ready for battle to be Britain's next PM

Sunak, Truss ready for battle to be Britain's next PM

Conservative rivals Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, offering competing answers to Britain's multiple crises, will duel in the coming weeks to become the next prime minister after the party's lawmakers held a concluding vote Wednesday.

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