Sierra Leone delays full switchover to new currency
Sierra Leone is to delay the phaseout of its old currency until next spring, the central bank said.
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Disastrous troop management compounds Russia's missteps
Wars are planned in offices but fought on the ground, and the Russian army's strategic errors in the Ukraine war point in particular to insufficient oversight of its rank-and-file fighters.
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Stocks extend losses on recession fears
Stock markets fell further on Friday as weak UK retail sales data and a dire warning from global shipping giant FedEx fuelled fears of recession.
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Ganna targets track one-hour world record in October
Italian Filippo Ganna will attempt to set a new track one-hour record at the Grenchen velodrome in Switzerland in October, the International Cycling Union said on Friday.
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Beckham joins thousands in queue for queen's coffin
Former England football captain David Beckham has joined the huge queues in London to file past the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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Spain's San Sebastian film festival gets underway
The San Sebastian film festival, Spain's most prestigious movie event, kicked off on Friday with celebrations marking its 70th anniversary, despite the last-minute withdrawal of Hollywood actress Glenn Close as jury president.
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Stiglitz says oil firms did nothing to deserve windfall profits
Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz says the world's energy giants should pay a special tax on their massive profits. To him, the companies "didn't do anything to deserve" the windfall.
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Djokovic hails 'incredible moments and battles' with Federer
Novak Djokovic paid tribute to his long-time rival Roger Federer on Friday, hailing the "incredible moments and battles" the pair shared on court.
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Ukraine finds graves and 'torture centres' in recaptured east
Ukrainian investigators descended on a pine forest outside the recaptured town of Izyum on Friday and began pulling hundreds of hastily buried bodies from the sandy soil.
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Queen's funeral: UK police gearing up for largest ever test
Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday will be London's largest ever policing event, the city's force said Friday, with world leaders and hundreds of thousands of mourners set to descend on the UK capital.
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