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Sun, 29 May 2022 08:22:26 GMT
O'Gara trumps Sexton in Euro final subplot
La Rochelle's first-ever piece of silverware is the latest feather in the cap for O'Gara, who is fast establishing himself as one of world rugby's most successful coaches. The nail-biting 24-21 victory in Marseille on Saturday saw O'Gara become jus...

Sun, 29 May 2022 08:15:57 GMT
Passanger plane goes missing with 22 on board in Nepal
A passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing in Nepal on Sunday, the operating airline and officials said, as poor weather hampered a search operation.

Sun, 29 May 2022 08:08:11 GMT
Koroibete stars in end to stop-start Japanese rugby season
The Wallabies player scored a first-half try as Saitama edged All Black Damian McKenzie's Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath 18-12 in the Japan Rugby League One final on a sweltering afternoon at Tokyo's Olympic stadium. The match gave league chiefs the big ...

Sun, 29 May 2022 07:42:12 GMT
Nepal flight missing with 22 on board
Nepal's air industry has boomed in recent years, carrying goods and people between hard-to-reach areas as well as foreign trekkers and climbers. But it has a poor safety record. The Twin Otter aircraft operated by Tara Air took off from the western...

Sun, 29 May 2022 06:42:11 GMT
Pacific 'very positive' on Australian re-engagement: PM
The comments from Anthony Albanese -- aired Sunday in an interview with Sky News -- came as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Fiji for closely watched meetings with the island nation's leaders and other Pacific foreign ministers. Wang, who b...

Sun, 29 May 2022 06:10:21 GMT
Ex-mayor eyes historic leftist conquest of Colombian presidency
The vote takes place in a tense atmosphere, a year after a brutal security crackdown on street protests that were fueled by deepening socioeconomic woes. Polls show that many Colombians are pinning their hopes on Gustavo Petro, an ex-guerrilla and ...

Sun, 29 May 2022 06:06:27 GMT
US expresses concern after UN human rights chief visits China
The United States expressed concern on Saturday over China's "efforts to restrict and manipulate" the UN human rights chief's visit to the Xinjiang region where Beijing is accused of detaining over a million people in indoctrination camps.

Sun, 29 May 2022 05:30:21 GMT
Market day on Ukraine front charts Russia's advance
The Russians had pushed a lot closer to her town of Soledar since Tetyana Barshchevska last set out her stall on the opposite side of the street from an already-destroyed grocery store. The local salt mine now had a chunk of it smashed in by a miss...

Sun, 29 May 2022 05:14:17 GMT
Toxic smoke and suspicious plastic plant fires in Turkey
Experts and activists suspect it's not a coincidence, believing that some entrepreneurs want to get rid of unwanted rubbish sometimes imported from Europe. In Kartepe, an industrial town in the country's north-west, one of these sites was closed by...

Sun, 29 May 2022 05:12:16 GMT
Decline in North Sea puffins causes concern
But conservationists are concerned about dwindling numbers of one of the island's most distinctive visitors -- the Atlantic puffin. "The population was really booming in the 80s and 90s and then suddenly, a crash," David Steel, a manager at the nat...

Sun, 29 May 2022 05:09:37 GMT
Live: Fighting intensifies in Sievrodonetsk as Russia makes gains East of Ukraine
Fighting for the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk continues with Russian forces conducting assault operations on Saturday, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on Sunday. Russia claimed to have overrun a key rail hub while its t...

Sun, 29 May 2022 04:32:09 GMT
Football fans allowed for China's Covid-delayed kick-off
The season will finally see action three months later than usual in three neutral cities, as China sticks to a strict zero-Covid strategy that has meant tens of millions of people have been locked down in cities such as business hub Shanghai. Analy...

Sun, 29 May 2022 04:12:09 GMT
US 'concerned' after UN human rights chief visits China
Michelle Bachelet's long-planned trip this week took her to the far-western Xinjiang region, where the United States has labeled China's detention of a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities a "genocide." "We are concerned the conditions Beiji...

Sun, 29 May 2022 03:24:30 GMT
Traffic jams just a maths problem, says Israeli AI firm
ITC, or Intelligent Traffic Control, was one of the artificial intelligence players at Tel Aviv's recent EcoMotion showcase where high-tech and AI firms hope to make transport more efficient and cleaner. Its AI software collects real-time data from...

Sun, 29 May 2022 03:04:19 GMT
UK companies to trial four-day workweek
The 36-year-old brewer plans to use the time to get involved in charity work, start a long-overdue course in particle physics, and spend more time with family. He and colleagues at the Pressure Drop brewery are taking part in a six-month trial of a...



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