Risking damage to Ukraine’s Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is “unacceptable,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated on Thursday. Kiev and Moscow must negotiate on making it off-limits for any military action, he emphasized. “I urge the parties to withdraw any military personnel and equipment from the plant and refrain from any …
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Switzerland cannot represent Ukraine’s diplomatic interests in Russia as it has given up its neutral status by joining anti-Russia sanctions, Moscow said on Thursday. Russian Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Ivan Nechayev explained that Bern has asked whether it can represent Ukraine in Russia and vice versa, and that in response, …
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More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a “monster” wildfire in the south-western France that has already destroyed nearly 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) of forest, officials say. The raging blaze near the city of Bordeaux has gutted a number of homes and forced 10,000 residents to flee. “It’s an ogre, it’s …
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Scientists are tracking a new, animal-derived virus in eastern China that has infected at least several dozen people. The novel Langya henipavirus (LayV) was found in 35 patients in the Shandong and Henan provinces. Many had symptoms such as fever, fatigue and a cough. They are thought to have contracted …
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Sikandar Raza’s golden run ended with a golden duck as his Zimbabwe side lost by 105 runs to Bangladesh on Wednesday in the third one-day international in Harare. An unbeaten 85 by Afif Hossain lifted Bangladesh to 256-9 in 50 overs when put in to bat and Mustafizur Rahman then …
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“Football didn’t start in 1992.” It did not, but it did change forever. Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the English Premier League replacing the Football League First Division at the top of the English football tree. Here is what has happened in those 30 years and how the …
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China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan on Thursday in its biggest-ever drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a solidarity trip to the self-ruled island. China’s military confirmed multiple firings of conventional missiles in waters off …
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A Russian court has sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drug charges. She was also ordered to pay a fine of one million roubles (£13,430; $16,300). Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges but has denied deliberately breaking the law. The 31-year-old Olympic gold medallist …
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A plane carrying Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan. Beijing, which considers Taiwan an integral part of its territory under the One China policy, has been vigorously protesting the possible trip, threatening the US with “unbearable consequences” if it happens. Taiwan wasn’t mentioned among the official destinations of the speaker’s …
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The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed. He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday. Mr Biden said Zawahiri had “carved a trail of …
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