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Ryanair losses widen on Covid travel restrictions

25 Jul 2021, 11:23 PM PDT

With travel restrictions easing, Ryanair earlier this month announced plans to hire more than 2,000 pilots

One down, six to go at Olympics for US swim star Dressel

25 Jul 2021, 11:08 PM PDT

Caeleb Dressel swam the first leg for the USA's victorious 4x100m freestyle relay team at the Tokyo Olympics

Early honours for Titmus in Olympic pool battle with Ledecky

25 Jul 2021, 11:08 PM PDT

Australia's Ariarne Titmus celebrates winning gold in the women's 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics

Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US

25 Jul 2021, 10:17 PM PDT

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Life in the crossfire of Venezuela’s slums

25 Jul 2021, 9:52 PM PDT

The neighborhood of Cota 905 in Caracas shares a name with the gang that runs it with impunity

1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died

25 Jul 2021, 8:03 PM PDT

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Champ scrambles on challenging 18 to capture third PGA Tour title

25 Jul 2021, 5:08 PM PDT

Cameron Champ poses with the trophy after earning $1.2 million for winning the 3M Open at the Twin Cities course in Blaine, Minnesota

California’s largest fire burns homes as blazes scorch West

25 Jul 2021, 3:33 PM PDT

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Collins clinches first title after tough year

25 Jul 2021, 3:23 PM PDT

First title for Danielle Collins

FirstEnergy to pay $230M in agreement in Ohio bribery case

25 Jul 2021, 3:02 PM PDT

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Airports in the US West dealing with shortage of jet fuel

25 Jul 2021, 12:38 PM PDT

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Israel launches direct flights to Morocco after normalisation

25 Jul 2021, 11:13 AM PDT

An Israeli worker in full hazmat suit sprays disinfectant on the stairs of an Israir airplane at Ben Gurion airport near Israel's Tel Aviv, in this file picture taken on June 14, 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Western wildfires: California blaze crosses into Nevada

25 Jul 2021, 10:55 AM PDT

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New M. Night Shyamalan horror flick ‘Old’ tops NAmerica box office

25 Jul 2021, 10:12 AM PDT

The cast of "Old," which was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan (center), attends its New York premiere at Lincoln Center on July 19, 2021

Divine transformation: Ex-Alaska strip club becomes church

25 Jul 2021, 9:07 AM PDT

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Japan celebrates gold rush on day of upsets at Olympics

25 Jul 2021, 8:42 AM PDT

History-seeker Simone Biles in training on Thursday

Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze

25 Jul 2021, 7:23 AM PDT

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Spaniards put faith in COVID-19 vaccines even as cases surge

25 Jul 2021, 6:22 AM PDT

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History-seeking Biles makes flawed entrance at Tokyo Games

25 Jul 2021, 4:43 AM PDT

Simone Biles - rare mistakes at start of her gold-medal hunt in Tokyo

Israeli airlines launch first direct flights to Morocco

25 Jul 2021, 4:22 AM PDT

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California’s largest fire torches homes as blazes lash West

24 Jul 2021, 11:03 PM PDT

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Kalisz snares America’s first gold of Tokyo Games

24 Jul 2021, 9:38 PM PDT

Chase Kalisz competes in the final of the men's 400m individual medley in Tokyo

Going electric: Carmakers make the switch

24 Jul 2021, 9:08 PM PDT

French carmaker Renault, one of the first to offer an electric vehicle, expects EVs to account for more than 65 percent of its cars by 2025

DeChambeau out of Olympics golf after positive virus test: PGA Tour

24 Jul 2021, 8:53 PM PDT

US golfer Bryson DeChambeau is out of the Tokyo Olympics

Pooran powers West Indies past Australia in ODI series

24 Jul 2021, 8:53 PM PDT

Nicholas Pooran and Alzarri Joseph of West Indies are congratulated by Adam Zampa (right) of Australia for winning the 2nd ODI between West Indies and Australia at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Europe to boost battery production as electric shift accelerates

24 Jul 2021, 8:52 PM PDT

Batteries have become the key component of tomorrow's vehicles

Uber driver independence a bumpy road

24 Jul 2021, 7:53 PM PDT

A rideshare driver demonstrates in Los Angeles against Proposition 22, which effectively overturned a state law requiring Uber, Lyft and other app-based, on-demand delivery services to reclassify their drivers and provide employee benefits

Boeing set to face investor scrutiny as problems plague jets

24 Jul 2021, 7:52 PM PDT

Boeing has reduced production of the 787, the latest in a series of operational problems limiting the company's recovery

Tringale survives difficult 18 to take one shot lead at 3M Open

24 Jul 2021, 7:08 PM PDT

American Cameron Tringale plays his shot from the 18th tee during the third round of the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota

With first posthumous album, Prince pierces the American condition

24 Jul 2021, 6:22 PM PDT

A new album from the late Prince, shown here performing during the Super Bowl halftime show in 2007, is set for release July 30

Fed to meet as inflation, virus variants complicate US recovery

24 Jul 2021, 6:22 PM PDT

Analysts are watching for signs of hawkishness from the Federal Reserve and its chair Jerome Powell

Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg dies at 88

24 Jul 2021, 5:48 PM PDT

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Wildfires blasting through West draw states to lend support

24 Jul 2021, 5:33 PM PDT

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A month after Florida Surfside building collapse, recovery mission nears end

24 Jul 2021, 4:07 PM PDT

The death toll in the collapse of a Florida apartment building has reached 86

Imprisoned ‘Dating Game Killer’ Alcala dies in California

24 Jul 2021, 1:33 PM PDT

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PG&E will spend at least $15 billion burying power lines

24 Jul 2021, 1:04 PM PDT

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Health care for older immigrants sees momentum among states

24 Jul 2021, 11:22 AM PDT

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Carbon-capture pipelines offer climate aid; activists wary

24 Jul 2021, 9:23 AM PDT

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Taylor Swift releases alternate version of ‘The Lakes’

24 Jul 2021, 8:32 AM PDT

Taylor Swift releases alternate version of 'The Lakes'

Germany’s Merkel says pipeline deal with US good for Ukraine

24 Jul 2021, 7:54 AM PDT

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