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Ethiopian Airlines snaps up 31 Boeings in 'landmark' deal

Ethiopian Airlines snaps up 31 Boeings in 'landmark' deal

Ethiopian Airlines ordered 31 Boeing jets with an option for 36 more in a "landmark" deal on Tuesday as it joined the list of companies betting big on the growth of aviation.

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Injured Tsitsipas retires from ATP Finals clash with Rune

Injured Tsitsipas retires from ATP Finals clash with Rune

Stefanos Tsitsipas is set to quit the ATP Finals on Tuesday after retiring from his match with Holger Rune early in the first set.

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Israel must respect 'sanctity of hospitals': UK minister

Israel must respect 'sanctity of hospitals': UK minister

Israel must respect "the sanctity of hospitals" in Gaza and allow them to be places of safety during its offensive in the Palestinian territory, a UK foreign minister said on Tuesday.

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New Zealand misery all in the past for India's Rohit as semi-final looms

New Zealand misery all in the past for India's Rohit as semi-final looms

India captain Rohit Sharma insisted his side's record of big game defeats by New Zealand was "all in the past" as they prepared to face the Black Caps in a World Cup semi-final.

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Spanish PM's controversial Catalan amnesty deal

Spanish PM's controversial Catalan amnesty deal

Acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's agreement to grant an amnesty to hundreds of Catalan separatists in order to secure another term in office has sparked angry protests across the country.

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Russia pardons ex-policeman convicted of journalist's murder

Russia pardons ex-policeman convicted of journalist's murder

Russian authorities have pardoned a former policeman jailed over the 2006 killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya after he fought in Ukraine, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

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Police identify 'flower tattoo' British woman 31 years after murder: Interpol

Police identify 'flower tattoo' British woman 31 years after murder: Interpol

A woman found murdered 31 years ago in a river in Belgium has been identified over three decades later thanks to her flower tattoo and an international appeal, Interpol said on Tuesday.

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Sri Lanka top court rules Rajapaksa brothers guilty of economic crisis

Sri Lanka top court rules Rajapaksa brothers guilty of economic crisis

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court issued Tuesday a symbolic ruling that the powerful Rajapaksa brothers -- including two ex-presidents -- were guilty of triggering the island's worst financial crisis by mishandling the economy.

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Gun salutes mark King Charles III's 75th birthday

Gun salutes mark King Charles III's 75th birthday

Gun salutes rang out across central London on Tuesday to mark Charles III's 75th birthday, just over a year since he became king and British head of state after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

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War brings hell to Gaza's pregnant women, nursing mums

War brings hell to Gaza's pregnant women, nursing mums

With eyes wide open and his tiny fists clenched tightly, Mohammed Kullab is just a few days old, having started life in Gaza amid the chaos of the Israel-Hamas war.

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