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Ukraine suffers major setback after fall of Sievierodonetsk
Ukrainian shelling on Saturday forced Russian troops to suspend the evacuation of people from a chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk, just hours after Moscow's forces took the city, Tass news agency quoted local police as saying.
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Indonesia president to visit Ukraine, Russia on peace-building mission
"War has to be stopped and global food supply chains need to be reactivated," Jokowi, as the president is popularly known, said before leaving for Germany to attend the G7 summit on Monday.
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G7 nations announce gold export ban on Russia
The three-day summit takes place against an even darker backdrop than last year, when British, Canadian, French, German, Italian, Japanese and US leaders met for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fresh protests as new US abortion reality takes shape
The deeply polarised country grappled with a new level of division: between states that will now or soon deny the right to abortion, enshrined since 1973, and those that still allow it.
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At least 22 people found dead in South African nightclub
Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said police were alerted by members of the public to the incident at Scenery Park, about three kms from the city centre.
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Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices as US delegation arrives
Official sources said the island's remaining fuel supply was sufficient for about two days, but that authorities were saving it for essential services.
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Fresh train, airline strikes hit Britain and mainland Europe
Britain, like much of Europe, is suffering from rocketing inflation and stagnant economic growth, raising the prospect of a summer of strikes across the continent.
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VIDEO: Omani man rescues two children from certain death
In a heroic scene, an Omani man rescued two children from certain death in the Sultanate of Oman on Friday, after they were swept away by violent surface run-off in a valley in Bahla.
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Warehouse421 Abu Dhabi hosts Jill Magi’s ‘The Weft in Pencil’ show
On the opening night, Magi and Jolaine Frizzell came together to discuss abstraction in art and its political resonances.
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Why Peter Tarr believes in always living in the present
Life has a habit of passing so many people by because they are too busy thinking about what’s going to happen in the future or how they could have done things differently in the past.
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India captain Sharma has Covid ahead of deciding England Test
The right-handed batsman had been playing in a four-day warm-up match against Leicestershire but did not bat in their second innings on Saturday's third day. He scored 25 in the first innings on Thursday.
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Kvitova wins Eastbourne to bolster Wimbledon prospects
Petra Kvitova warmed up for Wimbledon by winning the Eastbourne singles title for the first time with a 6-3, 6-2 rout of Jelena Ostapenko on Saturday.
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