European stocks steady after robust gains for Chinese equities
Europe's main stock markets held broadly steady on Monday after strong gains for Chinese indices, as trading entered a traditionally weak month for Wall Street.
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UK fintech Revolut valued at $75 bn: source to AFP
British fintech company Revolut has been valued at $75 billion in a secondary share sale, placing it in the leagues of Europe's biggest traditional banks, a source told AFP Monday.
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Olympic champion boxer Khelif challenges gender test at CAS: statement
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, at the centre of a row at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has turned to sport's top court to attempt to overturn the introduction of a gender test, the court said on Monday.
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Bangladesh crush Netherlands to clinch T20 series
Spinner Nasum Ahmed returned figures of 3-21 to help Bangladesh thrash the Netherlands by nine wickets in the second T20 international on Monday as the hosts clinched the three-match series.
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'Partnership not pants': Motorsport boss candidate seeks culture change
The only candidate to take over the stewardship of motorsport has called for a change of culture after several high-profile clashes between Formula One drivers and incumbent boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
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Former British heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner dies aged 75
Former British heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner, who took Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier the distance in the 1970s, has died at the age of 75.
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Venice heralds Hitchcock heroine Novak with lifetime achievement award
The Venice Film Festival celebrated Hollywood actress Kim Novak on Monday, bestowing a lifetime achievement award to the reluctant star and platinum blonde heroine of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo", now 92.
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French Top 14 chief calls R360 rebel league an 'abomination'
French Top 14 president Yann Roubert said on Monday the reported rebel club rugby league, R360, would be an "abomination" to the sport.
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'The Rock' finds new range in Venice debut 'The Smashing Machine'
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said Monday he had turned his heavily muscled back on action movie roles to be able to express himself as an actor in his latest film "The Smashing Machine", set to premiere later in Venice.
Read moreAfghanistan earthquake kills more than 800, flattens villages
A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan on Monday, after a strong earthquake collapsed homes onto sleeping families in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people with the toll expected to rise, Taliban authorities said.
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