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“Our business today is not healthy,” a memo from Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma says.
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Microsoft slashes 4800 jobs including many at Xbox

The cuts will include many workers in the tech giant’s Xbox video game division.

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Villagers celebrate an Ebola survivor's recovery in the Congo, left, as nurses dress in PPE in Berlin's Department of Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine.

‘Very bad’: Ebola outbreak hits Europe as African cases soar

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There have been at least 30 deaths at a displacement camp in north-eastern Congo.

Deadly virus spreads as symptomatic patients refuse testing

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Security incidents have complicated matters for Ebola medics in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Armed attackers remove Ebola patients from DRC clinic

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The Ebola death toll in the Congo is climbing towards 200.

Ebola cases and violence increase as contact tracing lags

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Americas

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A Mexican man has been shot dead at a traffic stop by ICE in Houston, Texas.

ICE fatally shoots Mexican man during traffic stop

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The death toll from powerful twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela on June 24 continues to rise.

Death toll continues to soar from Venezuela quakes

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Taylor Swift and husband Travis Kelce had the plans so locked down that obvious attendees refused to confirm they were going.

How Taylor Swift pulled off the wedding she wants us to see

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Search-and-rescue operations in Venezuela are winding down.

Staggering number missing in Venezuela as death toll climbs

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Asia Pacific

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A senior Taiwanese official released an image of the apparent flight path of the Chinese submarine launched ballistic missile, showing the warhead hitting waters near Tuvalu and Nauru.
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China’s spy ship operation before missile test exposed

Australia
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Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province is home to the stunning Masjid Raya Baiturrahman mosque.

‘Excessive’: Sharia court punishes Aceh’s TikTok kiss couple

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Social media images appear to show the aftermath of the truck crash into the group of Thai monks.

Eight dead after Boy, 11, crashes truck into Thai monks

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese witn Prime Minister of Vanuatu Jotham Napat at Parliament House.

‘Knife fight’ for Pacific influence heats up as pact signed

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Europe

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Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage announces his resignation.

Farage’s gambit on re-election ‘stunt’ to quiet critics

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The TezJet flight was travelling domestically in Kyrgyzstan.

Nightmare as plane malfunctions mid-air, tail rips off

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Ukraine has been warding off a full-scale Russian invasion since February 2022.

Trump makes big claim about Russia-Ukraine war

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Ukrainian firefighters evacuate an elderly woman from the scene of an attack as Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv overnight on Monday.

Deadly Russian strikes rock Kyiv ahead of key NATO meeting

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Barnaby Joyce blames nationwide Telstra outage on China.
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Joyce blames China as PM calms Telstra fears

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Anthony Albanese says he does not want to see actions that are destabilising in the Pacific.

RECAP: Albanese lashes China’s ‘provocative’ missile testing

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Mourners gather to pay final respects to Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the third day of his funeral ceremonies on July 6, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Crowd chants ‘Death to America’ in Ayatollah’s funeral march

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China has massively expanded its nuclear arsenal over the past six years. IMAGO

‘Very concerned’: China fire sea-based missile in Pacific

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A Mexican man has been shot dead at a traffic stop by ICE in Houston, Texas.

ICE fatally shoots Mexican man during traffic stop

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Erika Kirk was in court for the preliminary hearing.

Video shows sniper in position as Charlie Kirk shot

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Tilly Norwood, an AI creation, has been cast in a feature film.

‘Stupid robot’: Shock as AI ‘actor’ to make film debut

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Erika Kirk leaves the Fourth District Courthouse, Monday, July 6, 2026, in Provo, Utah, after a hearing for Tyler Robinson, accused in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Widow and Trump Jr in court for Charlie Kirk murder hearing

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Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage announces his resignation.

Farage’s gambit on re-election ‘stunt’ to quiet critics

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Prince Harry has lost his privacy lawsuit against the publishers of the Daily Mail.

Prince Harry calls privacy suit dismissal a 'whitewash'

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced he is quitting and seeking re-election.

UK's Farage quits, seeks re-election after gift scandal

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Prince Harry and other famous Britons who sued the Daily Mail's publisher will soon learn the result

Harry prepares to learn fate amid accommodation turmoil

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