Beneath the blazing Egyptian sun, crowds at the Giza Pyramids gazed up at the ancient wonders, but some had their eyes peeled for a new attraction.”There he is,” one Polish tourist told his wife as they spotted a scrappy dog perched on one of the stones.They were talking about Apollo, a stray who became an …
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Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal will cap his emotional farewell from tennis at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga this week even if he admits he may not make it onto the courts.Nadal, 38, has battled injuries over the past few years and the extent to which he can compete for his country is unknown, but …
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Israeli strikes killed dozens of people in Gaza Sunday, civil defence rescuers said, most of them in northern Gaza where the UN and others have decried disastrous humanitarian conditions.In Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed 11 people in the south and six in Beirut — including Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif.Vowing to stop Hamas from regrouping in northern …
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US House speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday insisted that the chamber’s ethics committee should not release a report on alleged sexual improprieties by Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, even as Democrats castigated Gaetz as unqualified and “a troll.””It should not come out,” Johnson told CNN. “And why? Because Matt Gaetz resigned from …
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Australia coach Joe Schmidt said he was not getting carried away about thoughts of a Grand Slam sweep of the home nations after his team thrashed Wales 52-20 in Cardiff on Sunday.The Wallabies notched up eight tries, including a hat-trick each for Tom Wright and Matt Faessler, at the Principality Stadium with Wales managing just …
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War, interrogations and a journey lasting days are not enough to stop Anna visiting her parents and beloved little brother in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.She left her family behind in the months after Russia’s invasion of her homeland and, like several million other Ukrainians, has been living in Europe since. The 25-year-old has twice made a massively …
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England blew away 10-man Republic of Ireland 5-0 to wrap up promotion to the Nations League top flight as four players netted their first international goals on Sunday, while Adrien Rabiot scored twice as France beat Italy.Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick to help Norway also top their group in League B.Euro 2024 runners-up England secured …
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US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been pictured sharing a McDonald’s meal with his future boss, days after they promised to “make America healthy again.”Kennedy flew with Trump aboard his plane to an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout in New York on Saturday along with Tesla CEO Elon Musk …
US President Joe Biden’s decision to authorize Ukraine to use long-range American missiles against targets inside Russia is a bold shift in position in the final months before he hands over power to Republican Donald Trump.Despite repeated pleas for a greenlight from Ukraine, Biden had long resisted calls for a change from within the US …
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US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine’s power grid in a deadly barrage.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, was confirming reports from The New York Times and The Washington Post that the …
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