Rolls-Royce champions energy transition at Farnborough
British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce is "championing" the energy transition and the decarbonisation of aviation, its outgoing chief executive Warren East told AFP on Tuesday at the Farnborough airshow.
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India's mango man, father of 300 varieties
Every day, Indian octogenarian Kaleem Ullah Khan wakes at dawn, prays, then ambles about a mile to his 120-year-old mango tree, which he has coaxed into producing more than 300 varieties of the beloved fruit over the years.
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China to fine ride-hailing giant Didi more than $1 bn: reports
China is preparing to hit ride-hailing giant Didi with a fine of more than $1 billion to wrap up a long-running probe, media reports said, boosting investor hopes that the country's tech crackdown is winding down.
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Aussie Patterson soars to high jump gold
Australia's Eleanor Patterson soared to victory in the women's high jump at the World Championships in Oregon on Tuesday.
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Warholm wilts as Brazil's Dos Santos wins world 400m hurdles
Brazil's Alison Dos Santos ran the third fastest time of all time to win the world 400m hurdles on Tuesday as Norwegian prodigy Karsten Warholm wilted at Hayward Field.
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No further sanction for Irish prop Porter's bone-breaking tackle
The citing complaint against Ireland prop Andrew Porter for the high tackle which broke the cheekbone of All Blacks' lock Brodie Retallick has been dismissed by a disciplinary committee.
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Britain's Wightman upstages Ingebrigtsen to win world 1500m gold
Britain's Jake Wightman upstaged Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win a thriller of a men's 1500m at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday.
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Raising temperatures: Pakistan climate catastrophist Sherry Rehman
When Sherry Rehman speaks it seems as though the world is ending.
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Kerley sprint double dream over, Lyles marches on
Newly-crowned 100m champion Fred Kerley saw his hopes of a world sprint double go up in smoke Tuesday as he failed to advance from the semi-finals of the 200m.
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Crunch time as Italy's Draghi faces parliament
Italy's political crisis comes to a head Wednesday as Prime Minister Mario Draghi discovers whether his fractured grand coalition can be saved or if snap elections are unavoidable.
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