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Rapinoe double takes US past France into semi-finals
Rapinoe scores twice after spat with Trump Renard reduces the deficit late on France have penalty appeal turned down in closing minutes PARIS: Megan Rapinoe struck twice as the United States beat hosts France 2-1 in the women’s World Cup quarter-finals at the Parc des Princes on Friday to set up a last-four clash with England. Rapinoe, who...
Trump jokes to Putin: ‘Don’t meddle in the election, please’
OSAKA, JAPAN: President Donald Trump came face to face with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday for the first time since the special counsel found extensive evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 US election. When asked if he would warn Russia not to meddle in the next election, Trump wore a bit of a smile, pointed his finger at Putin...
Man City’s Zinchenko extends contract until 2024
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Varying vaccine trust leaves populations vulnerable, global study finds
LONDON: Trust in vaccines – one of the world’s most effective and widely-used medical products – is highest in poorer countries but weaker in wealthier ones where scepticism has allowed outbreaks of diseases such as measles to persist, a global study found on Wednesday. France has the least confidence of any country in the world in the...
Selfie on a cliff!
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MiG-29s
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Death toll rises to 19 in Danube tour boat crash
BUDAPEST: The death toll from last week’s Danube River crash between a sightseeing boat and a cruise ship has risen by four to 19, Hungarian police said Thursday. Police said the body of a female South Korean tourist was found in Budapest, while the remains of one of the two Hungarian crewmen was found at the town of Erd, 21 kilometres (13...
HBO show success drives Chernobyl tourism boom
CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE: The success of a US television miniseries examining the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl has driven up the number of tourists wanting to see the plant and the ghostly abandoned town that neighbors it for themselves. A visitor takes a picture of gas masks at a former base of the Soviet army, near the Chernobyl...
Nipah virus resurfaces in India’s Kerala after killing 17 last year
NEW DELHI: The deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus has resurfaced in the southern Indian state of Kerala a year after it killed 17 people, state officials said on Tuesday. A 23-year-old student tested positive for the virus, which is transmitted to humans through direct contact with infected bats, pigs or other people. Kerala Health Minister KK...
Serena, Osaka exits open Paris boulevard for Halep
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