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'So happy': Relief as boats resume on DR Congo's war-torn Lake Kivu

'So happy': Relief as boats resume on DR Congo's war-torn Lake Kivu

Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern DR Congo's Lake Kivu, the first sailing between the lake's two main ports for weeks after fighting disrupted the service.

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Sinner case 'a million miles from doping': WADA

Sinner case 'a million miles from doping': WADA

Jannik Sinner's three-month ban for a pair of positive drug tests has been defended by the World Anti-Doping Agency after claims the world number one's punishment was too lenient.

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Global stocks mixed as US and Russia hold talks

Global stocks mixed as US and Russia hold talks

Global stock markets traded mixed Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of the first meeting between top US and Russian diplomats since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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UK court backs £3 bn loan for indebted Thames Water

UK court backs £3 bn loan for indebted Thames Water

A court on Tuesday approved a £3 billion ($3.8 billion) emergency loan for Britain's largest water supplier Thames Water, offering it a lifeline as it buckles under a mountain of debt.

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Israel withdraws but keeps five positions in south Lebanon

Israel withdraws but keeps five positions in south Lebanon

Israeli troops withdrew from all but five points in south Lebanon on Tuesday, allowing displaced residents to return to border villages largely destroyed in more than a year of hostilities.

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Liverpool can handle title tension: Slot

Liverpool can handle title tension: Slot

Arne Slot insists Liverpool can handle the mounting pressure of the Premier League title race after the leaders were hampered by nerves in their tense win against Wolves.

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US and Russia hold talks in Saudi, no seat for Ukraine

US and Russia hold talks in Saudi, no seat for Ukraine

Top US and Russian diplomats met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting their fractured relations, the first such discussions since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Meta plans undersea cable to link five continents

Meta plans undersea cable to link five continents

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing artificial intelligence.

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Turkey arrests 282 despite reconciliation bid with PKK

Turkey arrests 282 despite reconciliation bid with PKK

Turkey has detained 282 people in a nationwide swoop on those with suspected "terror" ties, the interior minister said Tuesday, despite a parallel government bid to end the bloody four-decade Kurdish conflict.

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Philippine Coast Guard slams 'dangerous' China helicopter manoeuvres

Philippine Coast Guard slams 'dangerous' China helicopter manoeuvres

The Philippine Coast Guard condemned "dangerous" manoeuvres by a Chinese Navy helicopter Tuesday as it flew within three metres (10 feet) of a surveillance flight carrying a group of journalists over the contested Scarborough Shoal.

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