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Russian frigate docks in S.Africa ahead of military drills

 

Russian frigate docks in S.Africa ahead of military drills  

A Russian military frigate docked in Cape Town harbour on Monday ahead of controversial military drills with South Africa and China, coming as Moscow is about to mark one year since its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

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Women's Premier League auction 'weird' for England on World Cup match day

Women's Premier League auction 'weird' for England on World Cup match day

England captain Heather Knight admitted Monday that the distraction of the Indian Women's Premier League auction on the day of a Women's T20 World Cup match was "weird".

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UK Queen Consort Camilla tests positive for Covid again

UK Queen Consort Camilla tests positive for Covid again

Britain's Queen Consort Camilla, the wife of King Charles III, has tested positive for coronavirus, Buckingham Palace said Monday, the second time she has caught the disease.

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Portugal's Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 5,000 minors: inquiry

Portugal's Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 5,000 minors: inquiry

Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of victims' accounts.

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Kyiv mayor Klitschko says Russian athletes must denounce war to compete at Olympics

Kyiv mayor Klitschko says Russian athletes must denounce war to compete at Olympics

Russian athletes should publicly denounce the war if they are to be allowed to participate in the 2024 Olympics, Kyiv mayor and former world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko told AFP Monday.

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'Are we going to die?': Trauma haunts Turkish kids after quake

'Are we going to die?': Trauma haunts Turkish kids after quake

Serkan Tatoglu is haunted by the question his six-year-old keeps asking since their house collapsed in last week's earthquake in Turkey.

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European, US stocks climb on hopes of inflation slowdown

European, US stocks climb on hopes of inflation slowdown

European and US stock markets rose Monday as investors set aside Asian losses and focused on expectations of slowing inflation in Britain and the United States, dealers said.

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Woman's remains found in bag in Paris park: security source

Woman's remains found in bag in Paris park: security source

Paris city workers discovered the dismembered lower torso of a woman in a bag in a popular park in the northeast of the French capital on Monday, security sources said.

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England take control of group with convincing win over Ireland

England take control of group with convincing win over Ireland

England took control of Group Two in the Women's T20 World Cup when they beat Ireland by four wickets at Boland Park in Paarl on Monday, for a second successive win.

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Search for survivors slows as Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 35,000

Search for survivors slows as Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 35,000

Rescue teams began to wind down the search for survivors on Monday, a week after an earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria leaving more than 35,000 dead and millions in dire need of aid.

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