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Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:42:12 GMT
Alcaraz youngest entrant into ATP top 10 since Nadal
Alcaraz climbed two places to ninth in the world due to his straight-sets victory over Pablo Carreno Busta in the Barcelona Open final on Sunday. Britain's Cameron Norrie drops out of the top 10 to number 11. It was the third title of the season fo...

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:39:07 GMT
Macron re-elected: 'It's a triumph of democracy!'
Emmanuel Macron was elected to a second term as French president on April 24. 'It's a triumph of democracy!', one of his supporters said.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:38:10 GMT
Kohli 'anxious' and 'fried' but will battle out of alarming slump
It is the first time in the Indian's stellar career that he has got out on the opening ball twice in a row and has scored just 119 runs in eight matches this season for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Pictures of "King Kohli" talking to West Indian gr...

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:06:11 GMT
Reinach ruled out for rest of season in blow for Montpellier
The 32-year-old scrum-half suffered the injury a fortnight ago in the 40-26 Champions Cup last 16 first leg win over English champions Harlequins. "Cobus will undergo an operation on his shoulder on Wednesday in South Africa," said Montpellier head...

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:04:11 GMT
Lebanon rescue teams search for migrant boat disaster survivors
At least seven people died as a result of the disaster, which occurred late Saturday and ignited widespread rage just three weeks before May 15 parliamentary elections. The body of a woman was retrieved from the water on Monday morning, bringing to...

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:56:30 GMT
France - June parliamentary vote: 'We are very open to dialogue'
Sophie Rauszer, member of the France Unbowed party, was our guest. France 24 asked her: 'Do you see any possibility of bringing the Socialists into your camp?'

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:56:12 GMT
World's oldest person dies in Japan at 119
Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Tanaka was in relatively good health until rec...

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:51:50 GMT
Live: World hails Macron victory as French rivals vow fight over June legislative vote
Emmanuel Macron was re-elected as the president of France on Sunday with more than 58 percent of the vote. As international leaders offered their congratulations, rival political parties say they are preparing to do battle ahead of French ...

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:43:34 GMT
France: Opposition turns focus to June parliamentary vote
Flora Bolter, member of the Socialist Party, was our guest. 'I hope that there will be a chance to bring more progressive and left-wing values to France', she said.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:39:52 GMT
Le Pen, leftist Mélenchon eye June legislative polls to counter Macron
Within hours of polls closing in the second round of the French presidential election, the runners-up set their sights on the “third round”: legislative elections in June, which will decide how much of President Emmanuel Macron’s agenda he is ...

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:37:29 GMT
French presidential election: Hard-left Mélenchon asks voters to elect him as PM
'Do not give up! On the contrary, now is the time to act, all together', hard-left Mélenchon said. He came third in the first round.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:34:37 GMT
French election: Marine Le Pen failed again - What went wrong?
Max Begon, UK representative of the National Rally, was our guest. 'Every five years, millions of people vote for Marine Le Pen', he says.

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:32:10 GMT
Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers killed in Indonesia
Rampant deforestation has reduced the tigers' natural habitat and increasing conflict with humans has left only several hundred of the endangered species remaining in the wild, according to estimates. Two of the dead tigers were first found by loca...

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:20:16 GMT
El Salvador extends state of emergency to curb gang violence
The measures were initially enacted March 27 after a weekend in which 87 people were killed in gang-related violence, expanding police powers so that they could arrest members without a warrant. Since then, more than 16,000 people have been arreste...



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