Freddie Mercury's private collection to be sold after exhibition
More than 1,500 items from Freddie Mercury's private collection, including costumes, unique objects and previously unseen handwritten draft lyrics, will be auctioned later this year, Sotheby's announced on Wednesday.
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Kenyans fear for relatives linked to cult as search for bodies resumes
Weeping relatives on Wednesday awaited news of loved ones linked to a suspected starvation cult in Kenya as police resumed the search for victims after unearthing dozens of bodies since last week.
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Medvedev to headline return of elite men's tennis to China
Former world number one Daniil Medvedev will headline the return of elite men's tennis to China after a Covid-enforced break of four years, organisers said on Wednesday.
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Russian opposition ex-mayor on trial over Ukraine criticism
Yevgeny Roizman, a prominent Kremlin critic and popular former mayor, went on trial on Wednesday over accusations of discrediting the Russian army over the Ukraine offensive.
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Republican hopeful DeSantis talks trade, N. Korea in Seoul
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met South Korea's prime minister in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss trade and North Korea's nuclear weapons on the second stop of his four-country trip before a possible presidential run.
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Roizman: Russia's maverick ex-mayor and Kremlin critic
Opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman, who went on trial on Wednesday, has been one of the last vocal critics of the Kremlin and its offensive in Ukraine to remain in Russia and not behind bars.
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Asian stocks mixed following rout on Wall Street
Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday following plunges on Wall Street fuelled by concerns for the banking sector and broader fears of recession.
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France lets aged African army veterans finally 'go home'
Three suitcases sit piled on top of one another in 95-year-old Yoro Diao's cramped studio apartment outside Paris.
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Why are the US and China fighting over chips?
The United States has moved to block China's access to the most advanced semiconductors and the equipment and talent needed to make them in recent months, citing national security.
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Ship carrying 1,687 Sudan evacuees reaches Saudi: ministry
A ship carrying 1,687 civilians from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in Sudan docked in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, the largest evacuation effort by the Gulf kingdom so far.
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