Bids for Niger talks falter as coup summit looms
Efforts by West Africa's bloc ECOWAS and the United States to parlay with Niger's new rulers made no headway on Tuesday ahead of a regional summit to mull options that include military intervention.
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WFP begins 'test distribution' of food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray
The World Food Programme has started distributing food aid in Ethiopia's war-scarred Tigray region, in a test for new monitoring measures after halting assistance over the diversion of supplies, the United Nations agency said on Tuesday.
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Germany gets Taiwan chip giant TSMC's first European plant
Taiwanese chip giant TSMC agreed Tuesday to plough $3.8 billion (3.5 billion euros) into a new semiconductor factory in Germany, lending a major boost to Europe's efforts to bring production onto the continent.
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Russia claims strike on Ukraine command post, Kyiv says 7 civilians killed
Russia claimed Tuesday it had struck a command post in the eastern Ukraine town of Pokrovsk, as Kyiv said the missile attack had hit civilian targets and killed at least seven people.
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Russia claimed Tuesday it had struck a command post in the eastern Ukraine town of Pokrovsk, as Kyiv said the missile attack had hit civilian targets and killed at least seven people.
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Springboks omit star Pollard from Rugby World Cup squad
South Africa fly-half Handre Pollard was left out of their 33-man squad for the Rugby World Cup due to a calf injury, it was announced on Tuesday.
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Women's World Cup run on a par with Morocco's men in Qatar - coach
Morocco coach Reynald Pedros said Tuesday his team reaching the Women's World Cup last 16 was as impressive as the country's men getting to the semi-finals of the Qatar World Cup.
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Heavy rains unleash landslides, flooding in Scandinavia
Heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in Sweden and Norway on Tuesday while strong winds caused a Danish wildfire to spread out of control, authorities said, with more heavy rain forecast.
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Rampant France set up Australia clash, Colombia also into quarters
France issued a Women's World Cup warning on Tuesday to set up a tasty quarter-final clash against Australia, with Colombia joining them in the last eight and facing England.
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Global stock markets slip as European banks hit
Markets fell Tuesday as concerns over the health of the US banking sector played out on Wall Street and an Italian windfall tax on lenders saw European bank shares plummet.
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