Mongolia's child jockeys ready to race in annual festival
Six-year-old Hurts Gantumur raced across the Mongolian grasslands astride a galloping horse, training to become a child jockey in the country's biggest cultural festival.
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Noskova moves into WTA Top 10 after Wimbledon triumph
Czech Linda Noskova moved into the WTA Top 10 on Monday after winning her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon at the weekend.
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Thailand probes Bangkok bar fire that killed 27, injured dozens
Investigators combed on Monday through the wreckage of a huge fire at a Bangkok bar that killed least 27 people and injured dozens, Thailand's worst such incident for almost two decades.
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Planes fight fire in Fontainebleau forest near Paris
Firefighting aircraft battled to contain a wildfire raging in a forest south of Paris for a second day on Monday, with the blaze forcing some residents from their homes as the region baked in a latest heatwave.
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'Jurassic Park' star Sam Neill dies aged 78
"Jurassic Park" star Sam Neill died in Australia on Monday aged 78, his family said in a statement that described the beloved actor's death as "sudden and unexpected".
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Mulling ban, EU gets expert verdict on social media for children
To ban or not to ban children from all social media? That is the big question facing the European Union in its bid to protect minors from harmful content.
Read moreHuge fire in Bangkok bar kills at least 27
A huge fire in a Bangkok bar killed at least 27 people and injured dozens, officials and witnesses said Monday, the deadliest such incident in Thailand for almost two decades.
Read moreHuge fire rages in Fontainebleau forest near Paris
French officials rushed two firefighting planes to the Paris region Sunday, after a fire erupted south of the French capital, disrupting traffic during a busy summer travel weekend and piling more misery on a region sweltering through its latest heatwave.
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Oil prices spike on fresh US-Iran attacks, tech weighs on stocks again
Oil prices jumped more than four percent Monday after another flare-up between the United States and Iran that threatened their already fragile truce, while Seoul led losses in most Asian stock markets as tech firms suffered another selloff.
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'Indispensable' Xiaohongshu app fuels Chinese tourism
Competition is fierce for professional photographers at Beijing's tourist hotspots, including a scenic lake where women in flowy traditional robes pose for snaps to share on Xiaohongshu, China's massively popular lifestyle app.
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