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Spanish rider Landa returns home for 'long recovery' after Giro crash

Spanish rider Landa returns home for 'long recovery' after Giro crash

Spanish cyclist Mikel Landa has been transferred home for an expected "long recovery" after fracturing a vertebra in a high speed fall on the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia, his team confirmed on Monday.

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Kurdish militant group PKK ends decades of armed struggle

Kurdish militant group PKK ends decades of armed struggle

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday announced its dissolution and the end of its armed struggle, drawing a line under its deadly four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state.

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Trump says would be 'stupid' to reject Qatari Air Force One gift

Trump says would be 'stupid' to reject Qatari Air Force One gift

US President Donald Trump on Monday furiously rejected ethics concerns over his plans to receive a jet from Qatar to be used as Air Force One, saying it would be "stupid" not to accept such a gift.

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Uruguay's ex-president Mujica receiving palliative care: wife

Uruguay's ex-president Mujica receiving palliative care: wife

Uruguay's leftist ex-leader Jose "Pepe" Mujica, who became a cult figure partly due to his modest lifestyle, was in a "terminal" phase of cancer and receiving palliative care, his wife said.

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Remainder of IPL to be held between May 17-June 3 after ceasefire

Remainder of IPL to be held between May 17-June 3 after ceasefire

The remainder of the Indian Premier League will be played between May 17 and June 3 across six venues, the country's cricket board announced Monday.

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Hamas frees US-Israeli hostage

Hamas frees US-Israeli hostage

The armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over a US-Israeli hostage held in Gaza since October 2023 on Monday, ahead of a regional visit by US President Donald Trump.

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Trump defends resettling white South Africans as refugees in US

Trump defends resettling white South Africans as refugees in US

President Donald Trump on Monday defended the decision to resettle a group of white Afrikaners in the United States as refugees, saying they were fleeing a "terrible situation" in South Africa.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs was 'coercive and criminal,' jury hears

Sean 'Diddy' Combs was 'coercive and criminal,' jury hears

A prosecutor painted Sean "Diddy" Combs at his trial Monday as an "unfaithful, jealous, and at times, angry" offender who used violence and threats to control women he abused over many years.

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Nazi files found in champagne crates in Argentine court basement

Nazi files found in champagne crates in Argentine court basement

A hoard of World War II-era Nazi propaganda and membership documents has been unearthed in the basement of Argentina's Supreme Court, where it has lain, stashed in champagne crates, since 1941.

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Myanmar junta airstrike kills 22 at school: witnesses

Myanmar junta airstrike kills 22 at school: witnesses

A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school Monday killing 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said, despite a purported humanitarian ceasefire called to help the nation recover from a devastating earthquake.

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