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Bank of Japan hikes interest rate to 31-year high

Tunisia sack coach Lamouchi after one World Cup game

Stocks extend rally, oil flat as peace optimism builds

Chess legend Carlsen backs Norway to go far at World Cup

Singer Bonnie Tyler out of coma

Vast areas of coral reef could resist climate change: study

Deadline looms for UniCredit's hostile bid for Commerzbank

Prayer, psalms -- and rap: Kinshasa priest engages youth

Iran 'most oppressed team in whole World Cup' - coach

'All the way': Egypt dare to dream after gritty Belgium draw

Bank of Japan hikes rate to 31-year high

India's Sooryavanshi, 15, loses cool in on-field spat

Fifteen-year-old cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi blew his fuse in an India A game in Sri Lanka and pushed an opposition player after a heated on-field exchange.

Scientist confronting the rising global threat of mosquitoes

Growing up in Tahiti, Anna-Bella Failloux saw first-hand the threat posed by mosquitoes: nearly a third of adults on the picturesque island once had swollen limbs from elephantiasis caused by their bites.

'Anger, disbelief and worry': Stokes saga overshadows England's revival

Ben Stokes' absence will cast a long shadow over England's bid to clinch a series victory against New Zealand when they face the Black Caps without their controversial captain this week.

Scaling up key as French firm bets on sterile mosquitoes

Inside a factory in southern France, millions of tiger mosquitoes are being bred, not to have them spread, but to stop them from reproducing -- though scaling up such efforts poses a mighty challenge.

Iran snatch draw in World Cup opener, Spain stunned by Cape Verde

Iran came from behind to snatch a 2-2 draw against New Zealand in their long-awaited opening game at the World Cup on Monday as European heavyweights Spain were frustrated in a shock stalemate by tiny tournament debutants Cape Verde.

India eyes biofertilisers after Mideast war stoked supply fears

Under a shed in north India, women scoop cow dung, lumps of unrefined sugar and flour to produce biofertiliser -- part of a growing effort to tackle anxieties over the supply of chemical fertilisers.

Iran begin fraught World Cup with 2-2 New Zealand draw

Iran twice battled back for a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday in their frenetic opening match of a World Cup campaign that has been utterly overshadowed by war, politics and protests.

Uruguay's Bielsa says 'I'm not a model' after World Cup exchange

Marcelo Bielsa was involved in an awkward exchange with a reporter at the World Cup on Monday which concluded with the Uruguay coach saying: "I'm not a model."

Most stocks rise, oil flat following peace deal-fuelled rally

Equities mostly rose Tuesday and oil prices held losses following the previous day's euphoric rally sparked by the US-Iran peace deal that will reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Toxic 'time bomb' threatens Mekong river basin

Thai fisherman Somdet Singthong steered his metal skiff across the brown waters of the Mekong river, resigned to the pollution that has put his health and lifelong source of livelihood at risk.

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