Drought hits Bishkek, where taps are running dry
For the past month, Bishkek resident Kanychai Bakirova has lived with her family of 11, including young children, in a home with only a trickle of water running from the tap.
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India, Australia fined heavily for slow WTC over rates
India have been fined 100 percent and Australia 80 percent of their match fees for slow over rates in the World Test Championship final, the International Cricket Council said Monday.
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Scientists puzzled by killer whale boat attacks off Spain
Groups of killer whales have rammed hundreds of small boats off the coast of Spain in recent years in "terrifying" behaviour that has baffled scientists.
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Markets mixed as traders move cautiously ahead of Fed decision
Investors traded cautiously Monday as they awaited key US inflation data and the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision later this week.
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The painstaking task of identifying WWI dead
At least 600,000 soldiers who died in France during the First World War are still officially missing, their resting places unknown and unmarked.
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Hearing for Abe murder suspect cancelled over suspicious object
A pre-trial hearing for the man accused of killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was cancelled Monday after a suspicious object was delivered to the court, local media said.
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Dogs die as South Africa snake antivenom shortage bites
Zarza, a much-loved Staffordshire terrier, ended up at a South African animal hospital with a bite from a Mozambique spitting cobra on her snout.
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First post-Covid jab claims land in German courts
German courts will from Monday begin examining a series of claims over adverse effects suffered after coronavirus vaccinations, more than two years after one of the world's fastest and most extensive innoculation campaigns.
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Hearing for Abe murder suspect cancelled over suspicious object: Japan media
A pre-trial hearing for the man accused of killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was cancelled Monday after a suspicious object was delivered to the court, local media said.
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Ten highlights from 2023 French Open
The French Open ended on Sunday with Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek crowned champions after two weeks which featured geopolitics, controversies over sportsmanship as well as marathon matches.
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