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It’s all over for Pliskova as a star is born – French Open day five: Meanwhile, Cameron Norrie seeks success after a Swede ended Dan Evans’ dreams.
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It’s all over for Pliskova as a star is born – French Open day five
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Dan Evans has no regrets after his French Open challenge ends: The British number two lost in four sets to Swede Mikael Ymer,
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Dan Evans has no regrets after his French Open challenge ends
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Alexander Zverev admits he felt ‘depressed’ this year amid social media ‘hatred’: Zverev has spoken about the scrutiny players face on a daily basis
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Alexander Zverev admits he felt ‘depressed’ this year amid social media ...
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It’s all over for Pliskova as a star is born – French Open day five: Meanwhile, Cameron Norrie seeks success after a Swede ended Dan Evans’ dreams.
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It’s all over for Pliskova as a star is born – French Open day five
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Dan Evans has no regrets after his French Open challenge ends: The British number two lost in four sets to Swede Mikael Ymer,
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Dan Evans has no regrets after his French Open challenge ends
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Alexander Zverev admits he felt ‘depressed’ this year amid social media ‘hatred’: Zverev has spoken about the scrutiny players face on a daily basis
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Alexander Zverev admits he felt ‘depressed’ this year amid social media ...
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Joy Behar reveals Catherine Deneuve thought she was ‘a lesbian’: Joy Behar admits she may have taken things a bit too far with Catherine Deneuve ...
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Joy Behar reveals Catherine Deneuve thought she was ‘a lesbian’
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French parliament condemns 1961 Paris massacre of Algerians: PARIS: The French parliament’s lower house on Thursday approved a resolution condemning as “bloody ...
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French parliament condemns 1961 Paris massacre of Algerians
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Harvard library removes Frenchwoman's skin from book binding: French authorities are consulting with Harvard university about the "respectful ...
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Harvard library removes Frenchwoman's skin from book binding
Quick Glance: Harvard University Removes Human Skin Binding from Infamous Library Book
  • Harvard University has removed the human skin binding from the infamous book 'Des Destinées de l’Ame,' housed in the Houghton Library of the university.

  • The 19th-century text by Arsène Houssaye was bound using stolen skin from a deceased female medical patient.

  • The university is working to research the patient's origins and collaborating with authorities to determine a respectful disposition of these human remains.

  • Harvard apologized for past failures and emphasized the removal of the skin binding as part of recommendations from the Report of the Harvard University Steering Committee on Human Remains in University Museum Collections.
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Blond vs pink: French-Swiss battle for 'fourth' chocolate: A fourth chocolate -- "blond" -- has been slowly making inroads into French confectionary ...
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Blond vs pink: French-Swiss battle for 'fourth' chocolate
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France studies a bill against hair discrimination | Africanews: “It's about time ,” exclaims Estelle Vallois , a 43-year-old consultant who gets her short ...
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France studies a bill against hair discrimination | Africanews
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Bulldogs are prone to health problems. New Hampshire could limit their breeding: French bulldogs have soared in popularity, but they and other short-nosed dogs ...
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Bulldogs are prone to health problems. New Hampshire could limit their ...
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Dachshund ban threatens: “That can’t be healthy for the spine, the animals suffer enormously from it” - Video - WORLD
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Dachshund ban threatens: “That can’t be healthy for the spine ...
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French school principal’s resignation over headscarf death threats sparks uproar: French politicians from across the political spectrum Wednesday denounced what ...
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French school principal’s resignation over headscarf death threats sparks ...
Quick Glance: Resignation Following Headscarf Incident: Politicians Condemn 'Islamist' Attack on Education
  • After an incident involving a student where a headmaster faced death threats, he resigned from his position at a high school and college in eastern Paris.

  • Secularism and religion are contentious topics in France, leading to deep tensions in the country.

  • Politicians from various political spectrums expressed shock over the resignation, labeling the incident as a collective failure.

  • A 26-year-old man has been arrested for making death threats against the principal on the internet and is set to stand trial in April.
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Independent to take control of BuzzFeed and HuffPost in UK and Ireland: Media companies to combine publishing and advertising platforms to target gen Z and ...
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Independent to take control of BuzzFeed and HuffPost in UK and Ireland
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Zelensky meets European parliamentary leaders to discuss assistance for Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky held meetings with the European Parliament's ...
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Zelensky meets European parliamentary leaders to discuss assistance for ...
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Marine Le Pen to go on trial in September for embezzling EU funds: Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, her father and their party Rassemblement National ...
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Marine Le Pen to go on trial in September for embezzling EU funds
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Bad food but good culture: What the French really think of the UK: They might not love British cuisine but the UK remains a very popular destination for French ...
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Bad food but good culture: What the French really think of the UK
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Haiti: France evacuates French and EU citizens: More than 1,000 French nationals reside in Haiti, many of whom hold dual citizenship. Haiti faces a security and ...
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Haiti: France evacuates French and EU citizens
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'Disturbing': Rough sleepers removed from Paris ahead of Olympics : Hundreds of migrants and rough sleepers have been relocated from Paris to regional ...
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'Disturbing': Rough sleepers removed from Paris ahead of ...
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The Brief – A more French EU around the corner?: Editorialists can sometimes feel bad if they read columns they wrote a couple of years ago or even a couple of
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The Brief – A more French EU around the corner?
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Americans in France: Changes for motorists and French tax breaks: From changes to French driving laws to tax guides and how the French celebrate Easter ...
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Americans in France: Changes for motorists and French tax breaks
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PODCAST: Is France heading for a Greek-style debt crisis and the most beautiful French train journeys
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PODCAST: Is France heading for a Greek-style debt crisis and the most ...
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Labour to have buffer zones to stop protests outside schools, Starmer announces: The Opposition leader said on Thursday: 'I think we should be a buffer ...
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Labour to have buffer zones to stop protests outside schools ...
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School principal resigns after receiving death threats in hijab row: French politicians from across the spectrum Wednesday expressed dismay over the resignation ...
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School principal resigns after receiving death threats in hijab row
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Olympic flame to burn in front of Louvre museum during Paris 2024 Games: The Olympic flame is set to burn in the Tuileries Garden in front of the Louvre museum ...
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Olympic flame to burn in front of Louvre museum during Paris 2024 Games
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Parisians get ready to leave city with rental cash in pocket: Like many Parisians, Martin Cassan will be heading the other way when the tidal wave of Olympics ...
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Parisians get ready to leave city with rental cash in pocket
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Budget deficit: France's government has a financing problem: The French budget deficit is significantly higher than expected. Domestic political pressure on ...
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Budget deficit: France's government has a financing problem
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UAE: Missing French teenage girl found in desert, father confirms - News | Khaleej Times
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UAE: Missing French teenage girl found in desert, father confirms - News | ...
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French and Italian wines set to lose out to British vineyards, claims study: English wines could benefit at the expense of French and Italian vines as climate ...
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French and Italian wines set to lose out to British vineyards ...
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President hosts dinner for Clinton, French Foreign Minister: President Irfaan Ali hosted dinner for former US President Bill Clinton, the French Minister of the ...
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President hosts dinner for Clinton, French Foreign Minister
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What are the 10 most popular French regional words you need to know?: Here are the most frequently used regional terms that you won’t have learned in French ...
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What are the 10 most popular French regional words you need to know?
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Laurent de Brunhoff, artist who made Babar the elephant famous, dies at 98: He popularized a character imagined by his mother and drawn by his father when he was ...
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Laurent de Brunhoff, artist who made Babar the elephant famous, dies at 98
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An Irishwoman in Marrakesh: ‘Many Moroccans are obsessed by Riverdance’: Down woman set up travel company Boutique Souk, then moved to Marrakesh and ...
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An Irishwoman in Marrakesh: ‘Many Moroccans are obsessed by Riverdance’
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French Expression of the Day: Avoir la latche: This French expression probably won't come up in your English-French dictionary.
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French Expression of the Day: Avoir la latche
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France launches several anti-drug raids across country in major crackdown ahead of elections
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France launches several anti-drug raids across country in major crackdown ...
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Hurry up and wait: Servers speed-walk through Paris, reviving a century-old race: Some 200 servers speed-walked through Paris balancing trays of beverages and ...
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Hurry up and wait: Servers speed-walk through Paris, reviving a ...
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Climate disasters cost French insurers €6.5bn in 'worrying uptick': Climate disasters in France cost insurers €6.5 billion in 2023 – a worrying increase in ...
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Climate disasters cost French insurers €6.5bn in 'worrying uptick'
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What changes in France in April 2024: From a day off from work and practical jokes to extended café terraces, plus changes for motorists and spring festivals to ...
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What changes in France in April 2024
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Isabelle Huppert: ‘I was never the woman behind the man… the only place I could take was the main place’
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Isabelle Huppert: ‘I was never the woman behind the man… the only place I ...
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Japanese chocolatier conquers Belgium: When Yasushi Sasaki moved from Japan to Belgium at the age of 19, he spoke not a word of French and had no clue what he ...
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Japanese chocolatier conquers Belgium
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ATP: Hamburg tournament directly before the French Open from 2025: The ATP Tour 500 tournament in Hamburg will move up a few weeks in the tennis calendar again ...
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ATP: Hamburg tournament directly before the French Open from 2025
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France to charter evacuation flights for citizens stranded in Haiti: France will provide special flights for its "most vulnerable" citizens to leave Haiti ...
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France to charter evacuation flights for citizens stranded in Haiti
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French Expression of the Day: Avoir la banane: This usually has nothing to do with fruit.
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French Expression of the Day: Avoir la banane
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Andy Murray ruptures ankle ligaments in blow to farewell retirement plans: Andy Murray has revealed that he ruptured ankle ligaments in his Miami Open defeat on ...
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Andy Murray ruptures ankle ligaments in blow to farewell retirement plans
Quick Glance: Murray bids farewell with impressive display in Miami
  • In his final appearance at the Miami Open, Andy Murray delivered an impressive performance against Tomas Machac.

  • Despite ultimately losing the match, Murray showcased his heart and determination that led him to three Grand Slam titles.

  • Despite an ankle injury, Murray bravely continued to fight but could not secure a victory.

  • Murray leaves Miami with positive memories and boosted confidence after strong performances in previous matches.
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It's time to honour the late Kiptum with Olympic medals: French sports envoy Ducroquet says Miramas is yearning to welcome Team Kenya.
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It's time to honour the late Kiptum with Olympic medals
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Faltering French right-wing party slams Macron and Le Pen ahead of EU elections: France’s right-wing Les Républicains (EPP) party took aim at President Emmanuel ...
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Faltering French right-wing party slams Macron and Le Pen ahead of EU ...
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Race is on to make Paris Olympics mosquito-free: France is scrambling to make sure that virus-carrying tiger mosquitos, a growing menace in Europe ...
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Race is on to make Paris Olympics mosquito-free
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Where to go for a long overdue catch-up with friends: Been batting “it’s been too long!” back and forth for a while? Here’s where to put the world to rights
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Where to go for a long overdue catch-up with friends
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War of the ski instructors in the French Alps: In the French ski resort of Courchevel, foreign ski instructors report attacks by French colleagues ...
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War of the ski instructors in the French Alps
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Report: French police put migrants at risk with aggressive tactics against small boats
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Report: French police put migrants at risk with aggressive tactics against ...
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Haiti’s ‘deal with the Devil’: A malicious tale that emerges each crisis: Blaming Haiti’s struggles on a Faustian bargain diminishes its Black-led revolution and ...
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Haiti’s ‘deal with the Devil’: A malicious tale that emerges each crisis
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Massive meltdown as French town breaks world raclette record: What do you get if you combine 620kg of cheese, 350kg of charcuterie and a tonne of potatoes? The ...
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Massive meltdown as French town breaks world raclette record
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900.care secures $22.7 million for its refillable products: The French startup wants to make refillable products the norm in the beauty and hygiene industry.
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900.care secures $22.7 million for its refillable products
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A British woman and a French man met on the Channel Tunnel train. Here’s what happened next
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A British woman and a French man met on the Channel Tunnel train ...
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France open women's Six Nations campaign with victory over Ireland: France got their Women's Six Nations campaign off the mark with a five-try 38-17 bonus-point ...
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France open women's Six Nations campaign with victory over Ireland
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France Pushes Law to Curb Devastating Impacts of Fast Fashion: French lawmakers advanced a bill that seeks to rein in fast fashion’s impact on the climate ...
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France Pushes Law to Curb Devastating Impacts of Fast Fashion
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The Chef Behind Martha Stewart’s Truly Unholy “Chobster” Dish Explains Why He Did It
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The Chef Behind Martha Stewart’s Truly Unholy “Chobster” Dish Explains Why ...
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Amazon appeals $34.6 mln fine by French regulator over staff monitoring: E-commerce giant Amazon.com said on Friday it has appealed French regulator CNIL's ...
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Amazon appeals $34.6 mln fine by French regulator over staff monitoring
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France now face the question of the striker: Marcus Thuram is not convincing as a French striker, and the Equipe Tricolore have hardly been able to challenge ...
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France now face the question of the striker
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Abel Prize goes to mathematician who “tamed chance”: Random processes are omnipresent. The French mathematician Michel Talagrand contributed to a better ...
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Abel Prize goes to mathematician who “tamed chance”
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Google balks at $270M fine after training AI on French news sites’ content: Google agrees to end sketchy negotiations based on flat rates and limited data.
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Google balks at $270M fine after training AI on French news sites’ content
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Viggo Mortensen warns Real Madrid: They don't need Mbappe, it's only for Florentino's ego
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Viggo Mortensen warns Real Madrid: They don't need Mbappe ...