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UN mission arrives in Karabakh, first visit in 30 years
AFP, Published on 01/10/2023
» BAKU: A United Nations mission arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, Azerbaijan said, after almost the entire ethnic-Armenian population fled since Baku recaptured the breakaway enclave.
Europe burns as heatwave breaks temperature records
AFP, Published on 19/07/2022
» LONDON: A fierce heatwave in western Europe has left much of the continent wilting under a scorching sun, feeding ferocious wildfires and threatening to smash more temperature records on Tuesday.
Swiatek grew up a 'fighter' on Warsaw's tennis courts
AFP, Published on 03/06/2022
» WARSAW - Iga Swiatek, the world number one who on Saturday could win her second French Open title, has displayed a fighting spirit since her early days hammering balls on Warsaw's tennis courts.
Rookie Tomala wins 'crazy' walk gold as Felix targets Olympic history
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» TOKYO - Poland's Dawid Tomala won an astonishing 50km walk Olympic gold on Friday despite only completing the distance once before as US sprint great Allyson Felix sets her sights on track and field history in Tokyo.
Two Belarus coaches kicked out of Olympics over Tsimanouskaya removal
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» TOKYO - Two Belarusian coaches have been stripped of their Tokyo Olympics accreditations over an alleged attempt to force a sprinter to fly home, an incident that drew international condemnation.
Biles on five-gold Tokyo mission as 'King' Kohei plots triumphant farewell
AFP, Published on 23/07/2021
» TOKYO - American gymnastic goddess Simone Biles and Japan's national sporting deity Kohei Uchimura begin their quests for Olympic immortality in Tokyo this weekend.
Azerbaijan extends Armenian pullout deadline from disputed area
AFP, Published on 15/11/2020
» KALBAJAR, Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan said Sunday it had agreed to extend a deadline for Armenia to withdraw from a disputed district as part of a peace accord that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Spain electoral board disqualifies Catalan president from office
AFP, Published on 04/01/2020
» MADRID - Spain's electoral board ordered Friday that Catalan separatist president Quim Torra be disqualified from being a member of Catalonia's regional parliament, meaning he would lose his presidential post.
Biles wins record 13th world gold but denied clean sweep
AFP, Published on 02/11/2018
» DOHA - Superstar Simone Biles became the first ever gymnast to win 13 world championship gold medals with victory in the individual vault competition in Qatar on Friday.
Simone Biles claims record 13th world gold medal
AFP, Published on 02/11/2018
» DOHA - Superstar Simone Biles became the first ever gymnast to win 13 world championship gold medals with victory in the individual vault competition in Qatar on Friday.