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Hundreds mourn Russian nationalist's daughter killed in car bomb

Hundreds mourn Russian nationalist's daughter killed in car bomb

Hundreds gathered Tuesday for the Moscow funeral of Daria Dugina, the daughter of a prominent ultranationalist intellectual who was killed in a car bombing that Russia blames on Ukraine.

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New silo collapse in blast-ravaged Beirut port: AFP

New silo collapse in blast-ravaged Beirut port: AFP

Eight more grain silos at Beirut port toppled Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third such collapse in a month, AFP correspondents reported.

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Ivory Coast's 'Pearl of Lagoons' loses its lustre

Ivory Coast's 'Pearl of Lagoons' loses its lustre

It was once a jewel of West Africa -- the "Pearl of Lagoons," people liked to call it.

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Russian tourists' luxury cars fill up Helsinki airport

Russian tourists' luxury cars fill up Helsinki airport

Porsches, Bentleys and other luxury cars with Russian licence plates are filling up the parking garage at Helsinki's airport as Finland becomes an important transit country for Russian tourists flying to Europe.

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Life in exile 'really hard' for Ukrainian badminton player Ulitina

Life in exile 'really hard' for Ukrainian badminton player Ulitina

Ukrainian badminton player Maria Ulitina has been living in Hungary since Russia invaded her country and says focusing on matches is "really hard when you don't have a home".

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Asian markets track Wall St plunge on growing rate fears

Asian markets track Wall St plunge on growing rate fears

Asian markets fell again Tuesday and the dollar held gains as traders grow increasingly worried that the Federal Reserve will continue to ramp up interest rates to fight inflation.

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Tears and team spirit: high-school baseball grips Japan

Tears and team spirit: high-school baseball grips Japan

Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani matched a Babe Ruth record this summer in the United States and scooped an award for a top male athlete, but back home, everyone has been glued to the high-school tournament where he started out.

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Songs of praise: Rohingya sing Myanmar anthem 5 years after exodus

Songs of praise: Rohingya sing Myanmar anthem 5 years after exodus

Every morning in his refugee camp school, Mohammad Yusuf sings the national anthem of Myanmar, the country whose army forced his family to flee and is accused of killing thousands of his people.

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Gaza women seek outdoors escape on summer nights

Gaza women seek outdoors escape on summer nights

From card games to horse rides, women in Gaza are spending their summer nights outdoors to seek solace from daily hardships in the Palestinian enclave.

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After 'doomsday' floods, Sudanese fear worse to come

After 'doomsday' floods, Sudanese fear worse to come

In the Sudanese village of Makaylab, Mohamed Tigani picked through the pile of rubble that was once his mud-brick home, after torrential rains sparked heavy floods that swept it away.

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