Canada's TMC to seek license next year to mine Pacific deep sea
Canada's The Mining Company will seek a license next year to start mining the depths of the Pacific Ocean, with production expected to follow in 2025, according to a statement.
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Gatland says Wales can be 'special' at Rugby World Cup
Warren Gatland has backed Wales to do "something pretty special" at the Rugby World Cup in France despite their miserable recent record.
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'Explosion of joy' as World Cup debutants Morocco reach last 16
Goal-scorer Anissa Lahmari called it an "explosion of joy" as World Cup debutants Morocco qualified for the last 16 at the expense of Germany after stunning Colombia 1-0 on Thursday.
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Cyprus cats to get Covid meds
Unused coronavirus medication for humans will be made available to treat cats in Cyprus, where they have been dying in their thousands from feline Covid, officials announced Thursday.
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Left faces up-hill battle for minimum wage in Italy
Security guard Aurelio Bocchi takes home just under four euros an hour in northern Italy, a paltry sum on which, he says, "we don't live, we survive".
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Farrell opts for youthful half-back partnership for Italy test
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell selected youngsters Craig Casey and Jack Crowley as the half-back partnership for the Six Nations Grand Slam winners' first World Cup warm-up test with Italy in Dublin on Saturday.
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Germany exit in World Cup 'disaster' as debutants Morocco advance
A Women's World Cup full of shocks had its biggest yet when Germany were dumped out in the group phase on Thursday following a stalemate with South Korea, with debutants Morocco progressing instead.
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'Incomprehensible': Shocked Germany digests 'surreal' World Cup exit
Germany captain Alexandra Popp was at a loss for words after her side's group stage elimination in Brisbane on Thursday, saying the exit was "incomprehensible".
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Lizzo denies harassment allegations including weight-shaming
Lizzo on Thursday hit back at allegations she weight-shamed her staff, calling the accusations in a lawsuit leveled by former dancers "as unbelievable as they sound."
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Germany coach calls earliest Women's World Cup exit 'a disaster'
Coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg called it "a disaster" after Germany suffered their earliest Women's World Cup exit with a 1-1 stalemate against South Korea on Thursday.
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