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Magnussen returns to replace sacked Mazepin at Haas

Magnussen returns to replace sacked Mazepin at Haas

Kevin Magnussen on Wednesday returned to the Haas Formula One team to replace Russian driver Nikita Mazepin who was sacked following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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New Facebook tools target misinformation in users' groups

New Facebook tools target misinformation in users' groups

Facebook on Wednesday began letting groups automatically reject posts identified as containing false information, taking aim at a part of the massive network that has drawn particular concern from misinformation watchdogs.

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Russian forces close in on Kyiv on eve of talks

Russian forces close in on Kyiv on eve of talks

Russian troops closed in on Ukraine's capital Wednesday as the two countries prepared for their first high-level talks since Moscow launched its deadly invasion two weeks ago.

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Danish PM says sorry to Inuits forcibly moved to Denmark

Danish PM says sorry to Inuits forcibly moved to Denmark

Denmark's prime minister apologised in person Wednesday to six Greenlandic Inuits removed from their families and taken to Copenhagen more than 70 years ago as part of an experiment to create a Danish-speaking elite.

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Israel, Turkey hail new era after years of broken ties

Israel, Turkey hail new era after years of broken ties

Israel and Turkey proclaimed a new era in relations on Wednesday following more than a decade of diplomatic rupture, as Israeli President Isaac Herzog made a landmark visit to Ankara.

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Volunteers drop everything, cross borders, to help Ukraine refugees

Volunteers drop everything, cross borders, to help Ukraine refugees

For Simon Massey, a British freelance event coordinator, helping to manage the inflow of refugees from war-torn Ukraine to Poland is very similar to what he does at work, only on a larger scale.

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Leicester's Vardy faces 'weeks' out with knee injury

Leicester's Vardy faces 'weeks' out with knee injury

Jamie Vardy will be out of action for "a few weeks" due to a knee injury, Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers said on Wednesday.

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Bairstow leads England past 300 against West Indies

Bairstow leads England past 300 against West Indies

Jonny Bairstow was last out for 140 as England extended their first innings by another 43 runs to be dismissed for 311 on the second morning of the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua on Wednesday.

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Two years on, WHO warns pandemic 'far from over'

Two years on, WHO warns pandemic 'far from over'

The pandemic is far from over, the WHO's leader insisted Wednesday, two years after he first used the term to wake the world up to the emerging threat of Covid-19.

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Kenya launches bid to save wild bongos from extinction

Kenya launches bid to save wild bongos from extinction

The first mountain bongos have been released into a sanctuary beneath Mount Kenya under a world-leading programme to save the extremely rare forest antelopes from certain extinction in the wild.

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