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Bolivia's Paz appoints new economy minister amid bailout talks

LIV Golf to lay off majority of staff

US designates UK-based Palestine Action as foreign 'terrorist group'

How narwhal 'scientists' track Arctic warming

Hundreds missing after Nepal-Tibet flood kills at least 160

'Rocky Horror Picture Show' star Tim Curry dead at 80

Iran says US sanctions will achieve nothing

American Moll wins women's pole vault at Zurich city event

Hundreds missing after Nepal-Tibet flood kills more than 100

Essential Dolly: five key Parton songs

As Canada takes on US tariffs, what's behind the David and Goliath fight?

Veteran promoter Warren says it's Joshua's job to agree Fury fight

UEFA 'likely' to drop threat to boycott FIFA tournaments: source

Ex-champ Wawrinka gets last-minute wildcard to US Open

Iran films show 'parallel reality' on women: director at Cannes

An Iranian director, who unsettled Cannes with a film about a serial killer "cleansing" the holy city of Mashhad of prostitutes, on Monday criticised the way women are represented in Iranian films.

'Care and understand': Tsurenko says 'only five players' asked about Ukraine war

Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko on Monday pleaded with her fellow professionals "to care and understand" and claimed that only "four or five players" had asked about the three-month war being waged in her country.

Four million people hit by floods in Bangladesh: UN

At least four million people have been affected by the worst floods in Bangladesh's northeast for nearly two decades, the United Nations said Monday.

Iraq sandstorm grounds flights, sends 1,000 to hospitals

Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm -- the ninth since mid-April -- hit the country.

Dortmund name Terzic as new head coach, sign Ozcan from Cologne

Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund have continued rebuilding for next season by naming Edin Terzic as head coach and signing Turkey midfielder Salih Ozcan on Monday.

Man City's Mendy pleads not guilty to nine sex offences

Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy denied nine sexual offences against six young women as he appeared in court on Monday.

Osaka says she may skip Wimbledon over ranking points row

Former world number one Naomi Osaka said Monday she may skip Wimbledon over the decision to strip the Grand Slam tournament of ranking points.

Greece says blocks hundreds of migrants from crossing Aegean

Greece said on Monday it had prevented around 600 migrants from crossing the Aegean Sea into its territorial waters from neighbouring Turkey, in the largest attempted entry this year.

New Man Utd boss Ten Hag aims to smash Liverpool-City duopoly

Manchester United's new manager Erik ten Hag believes it is possible to end the dominance of Manchester City and Liverpool despite taking over a struggling side that finished a lowly sixth in the Premier League.

Pfizer Covid vaccine for under-fives effective with three doses

The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine is safe and effective for children aged six months to under five years when given in three doses, the companies said in a statement Monday.

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