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Fri, 06 May 2022 08:00:15 GMT
Jacobs makes 100m return in stellar Nairobi sprint field
Jacobs and silver medallist Fred Kerley will go head-to-head for the first time since the Olympics. Their clash comes six weeks since Jacobs stormed to victory to take the world indoor 60m gold in Belgrade when the Italian chased down the American ...

Fri, 06 May 2022 07:50:14 GMT
Indian climber dies on Himalayan peak
Narayanan Iyer, 52, died Thursday at an altitude of 8,200 metres (26,900 feet), near the top of Mount Kanchenjunga. "He was slower than others and we had two guides assist him. He was very exhausted, couldn't continue and collapsed," Nivesh Karki o...

Fri, 06 May 2022 07:28:20 GMT
Battered war trophies incite raw emotions in Ukraine's capital
"I'm happy," he said with a grin after inspecting the pockmarked tail of a downed Russian fighter jet. "The more destroyed enemy vehicles we have, the closer victory is," said Stavichenko, who stumbled on the bits and pieces of the Russian war mac...

Fri, 06 May 2022 07:26:17 GMT
Closing the 'escape valve': Venezuela pursues de-dollarization
The aim is to incorporate $3 billion circulating on the streets of the South American country into its financial system, but experts warn it is a risky gamble. Distrust in the bolivar due to severe devaluations, demonetization and four years of hyp...

Fri, 06 May 2022 07:12:19 GMT
Villagers decry UK plan to house 1,500 asylum seekers
In mid-April, 43-year-old Steve says he was walking his dog in the village in North Yorkshire when he learnt of the proposal from visiting reporters. They "asked what I thought of what was going on" Steve tells AFP. It was then he found out that m...

Fri, 06 May 2022 07:04:21 GMT
Thirsty birds struggle to survive in scorching Indian heat
An early start to summer has brought record temperatures and made life a misery for human and animal alike, with experts warning that climate change is making such conditions more intense and more frequent. One animal hospital in the western city o...

Fri, 06 May 2022 06:50:20 GMT
Asian Games postponed as China battles Covid
No reason was given for the delay, but China is racing to extinguish its largest outbreak of Covid-19 since the early days of the pandemic. "The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 19th Asian Games, originally scheduled to be held in Han...

Fri, 06 May 2022 06:50:20 GMT
Dirty tricks allegations mar last days of Philippine election campaign
After months of fierce campaigning marked by relentless misinformation and an online whitewashing of the country's violent history, rivals Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Leni Robredo implicated each other in underhand tactics. Marcos Jr -- the son of the ...

Fri, 06 May 2022 06:50:19 GMT
Bulgaria industry on tenterhooks after Russia gas cut
"We are already on the brink. We'll have to raise our prices further," said Valery Krastev, who owns a bread factory in the northern town of Montana. "How will people pay for this bread?" he worried. The government has insisted Bulgaria has "alter...

Fri, 06 May 2022 06:48:10 GMT
Communication blackout: more pain for Mariupol
"I tried calling them and messaging them on various apps. I also tried reaching them through volunteers", the 22-year-old student told AFP. He didn't succeed. "Perhaps their houses burned down? Perhaps they don't have a phone anymore?" Zarubin sa...

Fri, 06 May 2022 06:26:09 GMT
Asian Games 2022 in China postponed: organisers
No reason was given for the delay, but China is racing to extinguish its largest outbreak of Covid-19 since the early days of the pandemic. "The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 19th Asian Games, originally scheduled to be held in Han...

Fri, 06 May 2022 06:06:09 GMT
National strike in Sri Lanka to demand govt step down
Months of blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and pharmaceuticals have seen widespread suffering across the South Asian island nation. Public anger has sparked sustained protests demanding the government step down over its mismanagement of ...

Fri, 06 May 2022 04:54:09 GMT
Fears mount for China's economy as leaders dig in on zero-Covid
Leaders have taken a hardline approach to stamping out virus outbreaks, locking down Shanghai -- the country's economic dynamo and biggest city -- and slowly restricting movement in Beijing over dozens of new cases. Authorities have refused to ben...

Fri, 06 May 2022 04:40:14 GMT
Dirty tricks allegations mar last days of Philippine election campaign
After months of fierce campaigning marked by relentless misinformation and an online whitewashing of the country's violent history, rivals Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Leni Robredo implicated each other in underhand tactics. Marcos Jr -- the son the lat...

Fri, 06 May 2022 04:08:10 GMT
War in Ukraine: Latest developments
-Mariupol factory ceasefire in doubt - The Russian military had announced a three-day ceasefire starting Thursday at the besieged Azovstal steelworks in the southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces are making a last stand. But a comm...



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