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Australia hits out at threatened UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef

Australia said Tuesday it will strongly oppose a UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as being "in danger" over deterioration caused by climate change.

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Gabon paid for protecting forests, in African first

Gabon has become the first African nation to receive a financial reward for protecting its forests as part of international efforts to fight climate change, the government announced Tuesday.

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Sri Lanka's belated #MeToo movement starts from its newsrooms

Sri Lanka's government ordered an investigation Tuesday into sexual harassment in the media after a string of #MeToo allegations from female newsroom staff.

22/06/2021 - 12:06

Tornado kills one, injures others near Montreal

A tornado that tore into a town near Montreal killed one person and injured two others, Canadian authorities said.

22/06/2021 - 12:06

Court cuts Burundi activist's 32-year jail term to one

A human rights activist in Burundi who was jailed for 32 years after protesting against the late president has had his sentence reduced to just one year, a rights group and judicial source said.

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Campaigners urge UK to probe death of Emirati activist

Campaigners have called on Britain to investigate the death of a young Emirati woman who headed a London-based activist group that probes human rights abuses by Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia.

21/06/2021 - 18:06

Dressel, Ledecky lead bevy of new kids on the blocks on US Olympic swim team

Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky head a new-look US swimming team that will travel to Tokyo aiming to maintain dominance in the Olympic competition pool.

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Cambodia charges environmentalists over royal insults, plotting

A Cambodian court has charged four environmental activists with insulting the king and plotting against the government, an official said Monday, after three of them were arrested for documenting waste run-off into a river.

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Volvo, Northvolt team up for electric battery factory

Volvo and Sweden's Northvolt have joined forces to build a new battery factory in Europe as the automaker aims to sell only fully electric cars by 2030, the companies said Monday.

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Three things we learned from England v Czech Republic at Euro 2020

England clinched first place in Euro 2020 Group D with a 1-0 win against the Czech Republic on Tuesday.

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Coming out in sport: NFL's Nassib adds momentum

American football player Carl Nassib made history on Monday by becoming the first NFL player to come out as gay during his career.

22/06/2021 - 22:06

Coming out in sport: NFL's Nassib adds momentum

American football player Carl Nassib made history on Monday by becoming the first NFL player to come out as gay during his career.

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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang to miss Olympics after four-year doping ban

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang will miss the Tokyo Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday handed him a ban of four years and three months for violating anti-doping rules.

22/06/2021 - 20:06

Carmaker pledges to halt combustion engines

Several automobile manufacturers have made pledges in recent months to halt or drastically reduce producing cars with internal combustion engines between 2030 and 2035.

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Yastremska cleared to play after doping ban squashed

Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska was on Tuesday cleared of doping after a failed test last November that ruled her out of the Australian Open.

22/06/2021 - 16:06

Wembley to host more than 60,000 fans for Euro 2020 semis and final

More than 60,000 fans will be allowed to attend the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 at Wembley with attendance increased to 75 percent of capacity, the British government announced on Tuesday.

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Raiders' Nassib comes out as NFL's first openly gay player

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib made history on Monday after coming out as the first openly gay active player in the NFL, a move hailed as a watershed moment for America's most popular sport.

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22/06/2021 - 16:06

New York City votes in primary for post-pandemic mayor

New York City residents cast ballots in a Democratic primary Tuesday that will all but certainly select the next mayor tasked with shaping the post-pandemic future of America's largest metropolis.

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EU court says YouTube may be liable for copyright breaches

The EU's top court on Tuesday said online platforms like YouTube can in some circumstances be held responsible for copyrighted material illegally uploaded by users.

22/06/2021 - 10:06

Grande dame of Paris emporiums reopens after 16-year facelift

Parisians will once again be able to stroll the gilded aisles of the Samaritaine department store starting Wednesday, after 16 years of painstaking work to restore the Art Deco and Art Nouveau landmark to its former glory.

22/06/2021 - 03:06

Bookworm Dubravka out to stop Spanish forwards

Facing Spain's massive attacking potential on Wednesday, Slovakia will rely on their only number-one goalkeeper in the Premier League, Martin Dubravka of Newcastle United fame.

21/06/2021 - 21:06

Egyptian 'enigma' goes on trial for Louvre machete attack

The trial of an Egyptian who attacked soldiers at the Louvre museum with machetes, shouting "Allah u Akbar" (God is greatest) opened Monday with a description of his "atypical" and enigmatic profile.

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Nearly 800 archeological finds stolen from Italy returned

Italy said Monday it had recovered from a Belgian collector hundreds of illegally gathered archeological finds dating as far back as the sixth century BC, worth 11 million euros.