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Taylor Swift led the way at the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards in Manchester on Sunday, picking up four awards on a night dominated by female artists, including Tyla and Sabrina Carpenter.The ceremony’s 30th edition, which brought the biggest names in world music to northwest England, saw Swift take home trophies for best artist, best …

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Germany’s embattled Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday he would be ready to ask for a confidence vote this year to pave the way for snap elections.Scholz, whose coalition collapsed on Wednesday, said that “asking for the vote of confidence before Christmas, if all sides agree, is no problem at all for me”.Previously, he had spoken …

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Russia and Ukraine both launched record drone attacks on each other overnight, despite a phone call reported by the Washington Post from US president-elect Donald Trump urging Russian President Vladimir Putin not to escalate the conflict.Trump’s election to the White House has the potential to upend the almost three-year conflict and has thrown into question …

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Israeli air strikes killed dozens of people in Lebanon and Gaza Sunday, rescuers and authorities said, ahead of a US deadline for improved aid delivery to the Palestinian territory.Another strike south of the Syrian capital Damascus killed nine people including a Hezbollah commander, a war monitor said.Rescuers in the Gaza Strip said 13 children were …

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Arsenal and Chelsea are nine points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool after their 1-1 draw on Sunday, while Ipswich stunned Tottenham 2-1 for their first Premier League victory in 22 years.Manchester United signed off Ruud van Nistelrooy’s temporary stint in charge with a 3-0 win over Leicester and Nottingham Forest dropped out of the top …

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Lionel Messi’s goal of winning the MLS Cup title came to an abrupt end on Saturday with his Inter Miami suffering a shock first-round elimination from the playoffs after a 3-2 home defeat to Atlanta United.Miami had won the regular season campaign with a record points total but after losing twice in the best-of-three series, …

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Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in this week’s US presidential election, US TV networks projected on Saturday, completing the Republican’s sweep of all seven swing states.After four days of counting in the southwest state with a large Hispanic population, CNN and NBC projected Trump had obtained its 11 electoral votes as he defeated …

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Joe Biden will meet with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday after the US leader pledged an orderly transfer of power back to the Republican he beat in elections just four years ago. Trump — who never conceded his 2020 loss — sealed a remarkable comeback to the presidency in the November 5 …

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Qatar has suspended its role as a key mediator for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal until Hamas and Israel show “seriousness” in talks, the foreign ministry said Saturday.The Gulf emirate, which has hosted Hamas’s political leadership since 2012 with US blessing, has been involved in months of protracted diplomacy aimed at ending the …

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An Afghan delegation will attend the upcoming UN climate change summit in Azerbaijan, the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Saturday, marking a first since the Taliban government came to power.Afghanistan is ranked as the country sixth most vulnerable to climate change and Taliban authorities have pushed to participate in COP summits, saying their political isolation …

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