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Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:50:14 GMT
Norway's Waerenskjold wins men's U23 world time-trial title
The 22-year-old blitzed the 28.8 kilometre (17.8 mile) course around the coastal city of Wollongong, south of Sydney, in 34mins 13secs to take gold. He finished 16.34secs ahead of Belgium's Alec Segaert. Britain's Leo Hayter was third, making amen...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 06:46:10 GMT
France's Garcia eyes Paris Olympics after past 'disaster'
Garcia was suspended by the French team for "unacceptable" behaviour at the 2016 Rio Olympics and crashed out in the first round of both the women's singles and doubles competitions last year in Tokyo. But the world number 10 is looking forward to ...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 06:44:09 GMT
Republican movements catch wind in Caribbean after queen's death
The queen's death has put the wind at the back of republican movements in a region once dominated by the British empire, analysts say, as calls continue for the crown to apologize for the slave trade and atone for the sins of colonization. The idea...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 06:14:09 GMT
Wounded Australia write to World Rugby over refereeing concerns
French referee Mathieu Raynal sparked uproar in Australia after reversing a penalty awarded to the hosts in the dying seconds of their Rugby Championship clash against the All Blacks in Melbourne last week. He penalised Bernard Foley for time-wasti...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:52:11 GMT
'It's massive, a final' - All Blacks eye Rugby Championship title
New Zealand play the Wallabies in Auckland having already secured the Bledisloe Cup for the 20th straight season following a last-gasp 39-37 win over Australia in Melbourne last Thursday. The Rugby Championship will be decided by this weekend's nai...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:40:14 GMT
Iran president demands US 'guarantees' on nuclear deal
With Western hopes fading for restoration of the landmark 2015 agreement with world powers, the hardline cleric said in a US television interview that he would still back a "good deal and a fair deal" But he said: "It needs to be lasting. There nee...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:28:10 GMT
Struggling Osaka aiming to break slump as Pan Pacific Open returns
The former world number one and four-time Grand Slam champion has plummeted to 48 in the women's tennis world rankings after a wretched run that has seen her crash out in the first round of her last three tournaments. The Japanese 24-year-old has n...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 04:18:10 GMT
Iran to open UN fight to free billions frozen in US
The case before the International Court of Justice comes as hopes fade of reviving a landmark deal -- which former US president Donald Trump withdrew from in 2018 -- that sought to tame Iran's nuclear ambitions. Tehran took Washington to the Hague-...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 04:04:14 GMT
China lifts weeks-long lockdown on southwest megacity Chengdu
With a population of 21 million, southwest China's Chengdu is the largest Chinese city to shut down since global finance hub Shanghai imposed a strict two-month lockdown in April, leaving many residents scrambling for food. China is the last major ...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 04:00:22 GMT
Evacuation warnings after typhoon makes landfall in Japan
The powerful system has weakened since arriving on land Sunday evening around Kagoshima city in the southwestern region of Kyushu, but it has still uprooted trees, smashed windows and left rivers close to overflowing. National broadcaster NHK said ...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 03:56:17 GMT
Anti-immigrant rhetoric belies Italy's foreign labour dependence
Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni and the League's Matteo Salvini have pursued a nationalist "Italians First" agenda that looks set to propel them to power, with pledges to end mass migration a central part of their programme. One of Salvini'...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 03:34:38 GMT
Russian torture claims haunt recaptured east Ukraine
"One person was holding my hand and another one was beating my arm with a metal stick. They were beating me up two hours almost every day. "I lost consciousness at some point. I lost a lot of blood. They hit my heels, back, legs and kidneys," he s...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 03:10:12 GMT
Rattled Taiwan hit by more aftershocks
The latest quake hit around 10 am (0200 GMT), 66 kilometres (41 miles) south-southwest of the coastal city of Hualien at a depth of 13 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. Taiwan's central weather bureau put the magnitude at...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 03:08:21 GMT
Royal funerals: pomp, pageantry and sometimes privacy
Queen Elizabeth II's on Monday will be no exception. 1952: King George VI On February 6, 1952, King George VI died suddenly after a long illness at the age of 56. At his funeral on February 15, his coffin was carried to Paddington station in west L...

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 02:58:12 GMT
Five things to know about the queen's coffin procession
Hauled by the Royal Navy Royal Navy sailors will use ropes to pull the queen's lead-lined coffin mounted on a gun carriage from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey. Their comrades in a team of 142 sailors will walk alongside to act as a brake if ne...



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