French elect mayors in key cities including Paris
Voters began casting their ballots for mayors in top French cities on Sunday, with the left battling to keep Paris while the far right eyes gains ahead of next year's presidential election.
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'They beat us with whips': Sudan RSF detainees tell of horrors in El-Fasher
In the suffocating darkness of a sealed shipping container, every thud signalled to Ibrahim Noureldin that one more detainee had died in the crush as Sudanese paramilitary fighters kept forcing more men inside.
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Australia's Hannah Green wins historic third tournament in a row
World number seven Hannah Green stormed to her third title in succession on Sunday, a rare feat no Australian woman golfer has achieved before.
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China's premier vows to expand global 'trade pie': state media
China's number two leader Li Qiang said Sunday that his country was willing to help expand the global "trade pie" by further opening up, state media reported, while he slammed unilateralism from certain countries.
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Belgium commemorates Brussels attacks 10 years on
Belgium marks on Sunday 10 years since the 2016 jihadist bombings in Brussels, a trauma that still scars the country and that authorities say sharpened focus on intelligence and counterterrorism.
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Sri Lanka raises fuel prices by 25 percent as war bites
Sri Lanka raised fuel prices by 25 percent on Sunday, the second increase in two weeks, as the country prepared for more impact from the war in the Middle East.
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Rights groups fear use of arrest to stifle free speech in Pakistan
Mavra Bari had intended to take part in a march for International Women's Day in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, but spent it in a cramped prison cell.
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Iranian missiles sow panic, destruction in Israeli towns
Sheltering from an Iranian missile attack on his town in southern Israel on Saturday, 17-year-old Ido Franky heard "terrifying" blasts like nothing he had experienced before.
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Damaged Russian tanker to be towed to Libya: state-owned company
A damaged Russian gas tanker that was abandoned in the Mediterranean will be towed to a Libyan port, according to a state-owned oil company in the north African country.
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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 40, LeBron breaks NBA appearance record
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points in a stormy Oklahoma City Thunder victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday as LeBron James added another milestone to his career with a record-breaking 1,612th NBA regular season game.
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