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    Ellen DeGeneres opened the 18th season of her talk show Monday by addressing allegations of toxic workplace culture under her watch, saying "I take responsibility for what happens at my show"

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    President Donald Trump said Monday that he was imposing sanctions on Iranians for violating a UN arms embargo and demanded enforcement by US allies, who roundly dispute that he has any such authority

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    Arctic summer sea ice minimum second lowest on record: US researchers

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    Left's candidate claims victory in Italy's Tuscany region

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    Britain's government on Monday handed further financial support to the country's privatised railway sector badly derailed by the coronavirus pandemic, while also ending a franchise system that existed for nearly a quarter of a century

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    Preliminary probe opened into suspected doping, official sources tell 📷

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    A deal to restructure ownership of the popular video app TikTok was thrown into doubt Monday by President Donald Trump, who vowed to block any deal that allows its Chinese parent firm to retain any control

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    Irish pubs reopened after a six-month shutdown on Monday but many in the capital Dublin remained under heightened coronavirus restrictions because of a surge of infections

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    Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden gives a thumbs up as he boards a plane in Duluth, Minnesota as he departs after a full day of campaigning during there first day or early voting.

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    Former Tottenham and England forward Les Ferdinand says taking the knee before football matches has lost its power - "It is now not dissimilar to a fancy hashtag or a nice pin badge"

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    Despite virus, no letup in migrant arrivals in Canaries 📸

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    Palantir listing may shine light on secretive Big Data firm via

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    This aerial view by photographer shows a burnt area of the Pantanal, near the Transpantaneira park road which crosses the world's largest tropical wetland, in Mato Grosso State, Brazil.

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    "An inspiration to follow for all the younger talents" Sporting rename their academy after former member Cristiano Ronaldo Here:

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    Eight Indian lawmakers have been suspended from parliament for "unruly behaviour" after opposition to contentious new farming legislation sparked some of the most chaotic scenes in recent years

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    The road over the Bidwell Bar Bridge seemed to run straight into the heart of the flames", writes photographer whose pictures have been used by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to describe the wildfires.

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    Ruth Bader Ginsburg to lie in state at Supreme Court, US Capitol: official

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    VIDEO: 🇦🇺 Scientists are trying to rescue 250 whales that are stranded in a remote bay on the Australian island of . At least 25 of the animals, believed to be pilot whales, have died

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    Sec. of State Pompeo says Europe must enforce contested 'UN' sanctions on Iran announced by US

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    US announces sanctions on Iran's defense ministry, Venezuela's Maduro under contested 'UN' authority

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