Odermatt wins Switzerland's first men's overall World Cup title for 12 years
Marco Odermatt became the first Swiss man to win the overall World Cup alpine skiing title since 2010 on Wednesday while Mikaela Shiffrin stretched her lead in the women''s standings.
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Head of Russia's Yandex resigns after being hit by EU sanctions
The head of Russia's tech giant Yandex, Tigran Khudaverdyan, has resigned after being placed on a list of European sanctions.
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UK-Iranian woman held since 2016 'on way home': MP
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran since 2016, was on Wednesday handed over to the UK authorities in Tehran, with her local MP in London saying she was on her way home.
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Odermatt wins Switzerland's first overall World Cup ski title for 12 years
Marco Odermatt became the first Swiss man to win the overall World Cup alpine skiing title since 2010 on Wednesday.
Read moreUkraine rejects Russian neutrality idea as US steps up aid
Ukraine on Wednesday dismissed Russian proposals to turn it into a neutral state, as the United States readied a huge package of military aid ahead of a historic address to Congress by Kyiv's defiant leader.
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Russia faces debt payment amid default fears
Russia is due to make an interest payment on its foreign debt Wednesday as sanctions over the Ukraine conflict have raised concerns that Moscow could default.
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Switzerland's Marco Odermatt wins overall World Cup ski title
Marco Odermatt became the first Swiss man to win the overall World Cup alpine skiing title since 2010 on Wednesday.
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Somalia delays election process again as deadline lapses
Somalia has again pushed back the deadline for completing lower house elections, delaying until March 31 a process that is already more than a year overdue and has resulted in political sanctions.
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Morgues overflowing as Hong Kong suffers deadly Covid wave
Workers in PPE gear in Hong Kong carted the bodies of coronavirus victims into refrigerated shipping containers on Wednesday, as the city's morgues run out of space from a deadly Omicron surge.
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Russian pianist calls for power to be cut to Kyiv
Famed Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky has shocked the classical world after calling for pressure to be increased on Ukraine by cutting power to the capital Kyiv.
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