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Mongolians wait hours for fuel as reliance on Russia bites

Mongolians wait hours for fuel as reliance on Russia bites

After a five-hour wait for petrol, Mongolian pensioner Nasanjargal is still 10 places from the pump, with dozens of cars behind him in a queue snaking into the arid steppe.

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Blockx first Belgian man to reach US Open quarter-finals

Blockx first Belgian man to reach US Open quarter-finals

Alexander Blockx beat Francisco Cerundolo in four sets on Monday to become the first Belgian man ever to reach the US Open quarter-finals.

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Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo

Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo

Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those having to endure them.

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Comeback queen Zheng reaches US Open quarter-finals, Rybakina and Gauff advance

Comeback queen Zheng reaches US Open quarter-finals, Rybakina and Gauff advance

Zheng Qinwen pulled off another US Open stunner Monday, rallying to beat Iga Swiatek and reach the quarter-finals as Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff advanced.

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Former champ Gauff holds off  Jovic to reach US Open quarter-finals

Former champ Gauff holds off Jovic to reach US Open quarter-finals

Coco Gauff bested rising US star Iva Jovic on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time since winning the title three years ago.

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Rybakina tops Osaka, sets US Open quarter-final clash with Zheng

Rybakina tops Osaka, sets US Open quarter-final clash with Zheng

World number two Elena Rybakina swept past four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-4 on Monday to line up a US Open quarter-final against China's Zheng Qinwen.

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Osaka seeks answers to nagging achilles injury after US Open exit

Osaka seeks answers to nagging achilles injury after US Open exit

Two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka says she'll try to get to the bottom of a lingering left Achilles tendon injury that hindered her in a fourth-round loss to Elena Rybakina on Monday.

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Comeback queen Zheng reaches US Open quarter-finals, Belgian history for Blockx

Comeback queen Zheng reaches US Open quarter-finals, Belgian history for Blockx

Zheng Qinwen pulled off another US Open stunner Monday, rallying to beat Iga Swiatek and reach the quarter-finals as Alexander Blockx made history for Belgium.

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Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino

Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino

The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather pattern, the new administrator of the waterway told AFP on Monday.

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Flight data recorders recovered from Amazon cargo plane crash

Flight data recorders recovered from Amazon cargo plane crash

Officials have recovered the flight data recorders from an Amazon cargo plane that overran the runway in Miami and slammed into two vehicles, killing five people, authorities said Monday.

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