'My best should be enough,' says Vingegaard on verge of Tour de France triumph
Jonas Vingegaard insists he will not take any risks and that his "best should be enough" on Saturday's key time-trial as he stands on the verge of being crowned Tour de France champion.
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More than 20 killed in south Iran floods: state media
Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 21 people and left others missing following heavy rainfall in the largely arid country, state media reported on Saturday.
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Russia, Ukraine seal landmark grain deal to ease shortages
Ukraine and Russia on Friday signed a landmark deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis caused by blocked Black Sea grain deliveries, ending months of negotiations and sending wheat prices tumbling to levels last seen before Moscow's invasion.
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Neglected forests at the mercy of wildfires in Spain, Portugal
With climate change making devastating wildfires more likely, experts warn Spain and Portugal need to better manage their forests to stop vast swathes of land from being torched every year.
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WHO to say if it will trigger highest alert on monkeypox
Faced with a surge in monkeypox cases, the head of the World Health Organization is Saturday expected to declare if the agency has decided to classify the outbreak as a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound.
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Italy's famous Po Valley rice paddies decimated by drought
The roar of Dario Vicini's motorcycle cuts through the silence as he drives across his rice paddy to survey the destruction wrought by Italy's worst drought in 70 years.
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Disinformation shifting views on Ukrainian refugees
When Dominika Sokur speaks to her children in the playground, she overhears hostile reactions that she believes are being fuelled by disinformation.
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'Sky's the limit,' warns world record breaker McLaughlin
World record breaker Sydney McLaughlin warned that "the sky's the limit" after smashing her 400m hurdles record on Friday, but then hinted that she could well switch disciplines.
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Blue Jays score club-record 28 runs to thrash Red Sox
The Toronto Blue Jays pummelled the Red Sox 28-5 in Boston on Friday, setting a franchise record for runs and coming up just shy of the Major League Baseball modern record for runs in a game.
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McLaughlin sets worlds alight as Miller-Uibo, Norman claim 400m crowns
American Sydney McLaughlin set the world championships alight Friday when she obliterated her own world record en route to gold in the 400m hurdles.
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