Back from the grave: Partizan Belgrade rebound into Euroleague playoffs
With sold-out crowds, an ignited fan base and a late season rally, Partizan Belgrade's return to the Euroleague playoffs on Tuesday marks an end to a 13-year postseason drought for the club in basketball-crazed Serbia.
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Drought-hit Spain braces for early heat wave
Drought-hit Spain was bracing Monday for an unusually early heat wave, prompting fears for wildfires in a nation already so dry that some farmers have opted not to plant crops.
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson exits in shock move
Fox News star host Tucker Carlson is leaving the influential conservative TV network, it was announced Monday, in a surprise move days after the outlet was forced to pay a huge financial settlement to end a defamation case.
Read moreDeath toll in Kenya starvation cult case climbs to 73
The death toll in a case involving a Kenyan cult that practised starvation climbed to 73 Monday, police sources told AFP as investigators unearthed more corpses from mass graves in a forest near the coast.
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UAE probe offers unprecedented view of Mars moon
The United Arab Emirates' Hope space probe on Monday revealed Mars' smaller moon Deimos in unprecedented detail, shedding new light on the origin of the mysterious lumpy satellite.
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France refuses to halt Indian Ocean migrant expulsions
France on Monday refused to halt a controversial planned operation to expel migrants from its Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte, despite opposition from the neighbouring Comoros and clashes between locals and security forces sent by Paris.
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India to pass China this week as world's most populous nation: UN
India will overtake China as the world's most populous country in the coming week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations said Monday.
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Scientists develop mobile printer for mRNA vaccine patches
Scientists said Monday they have developed the first mobile printer that can produce thumbnail-sized patches able to deliver mRNA Covid vaccines, hoping the tabletop device will help immunise people in remote regions.
Read moreUN warns Sudan on 'edge of abyss' as battles spark foreign exodus
Foreign nations pushed on Monday with evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan which, the UN chief warned, is on "the edge of the abyss" after 10 days of brutal fighting between rival forces.
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US envoy tells Lavrov at UN to release US journalist
Washington's United Nations ambassador made a direct plea to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday to release a detained US journalist and a former US Marine.
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