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Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:56:49 GMTUS 'not certain' who is to blame for burst Ukraine dam
The United States is "not certain" who is to blame for a burst dam in Ukraine, but it would not make sense for Ukraine to have done this to its own people and territory, Deputy US Ambassador to the United Nations, Robert Wood has said, as Ukraine an...
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:49:43 GMTPGA Tour, LIV Golf announce surprise merger to end golf's 'civil war'
The PGA Tour has announced a shock merger with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit, rocking the golfing world with a bombshell deal aimed at ending the sport's two-year civil war. "After two years of disruption and distraction, this is a historic day ...
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:45:20 GMTNew York shrouded in smog as Canada wildfires rage
Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The smoke has traveled into the United States as far south as New York City, resulting in a number of ...
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:42:13 GMTUkraine nuke plant safe for now after dam break: IAEA
Ukraine's Kakhovka hydroelectric dam was breached on Tuesday following an attack that Moscow and Kyiv have blamed on each other.
The Kakhovka dam sits on the Dnipro river, which feeds a reservoir providing cooling water for the Russian-occupied Zap...
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:23:13 GMTAcclaimed French painter Françoise Gilot, who loved and left Picasso, dies aged 101
France's Françoise Gilot, who died Tuesday aged 101, survived what she called the 'hell' of being Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's mistress and muse to become a renowned artist in her own right.
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Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:42:13 GMTUkraine nuke plant safe for now after dam break: IAEA
Ukraine's Kakhovka hydroelectric dam was breached on Tuesday following an attack that Moscow and Kyiv have blamed on each other.
The Kakhovka dam sits on the Dnipro river, which feeds a reservoir providing cooling water for the Russian-occupied Zap...
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:02:13 GMTEU approves first vaccine against common respiratory virus
The United States approved the drug, named Arexvy, last month, while the vaccine is the culmination of a decades-long hunt to protect vulnerable people from the common illness.
RSV normally causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but can be serious for in...
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 07:44:12 GMTTurkish lira hits new dollar low after election
The currency, which was propped up by the central bank before the presidential election, fell five percent to 22.77 lira per dollar at around 0645 GMT.
Erdogan was sworn in on Saturday after winning a historic election runoff on May 28 and named a ...
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 07:44:12 GMTChinese snooker vows crackdown after match-fixing scandal
Snooker is reeling from its biggest match-fixing scandal and China is at the heart of it, with Liang Wenbo and Li Hang banned for life on Tuesday.
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) also issued shorter bans to eight ot...
Wed, 07 Jun 2023 07:42:10 GMTKuwait elects opposition-led parliament featuring one woman
The vote on Tuesday came after Kuwait's constitutional court in March annulled the results of last year's election -- in which the opposition made significant gains -- and reinstated the previous parliament elected in 2020.
Opposition lawmakers won...
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