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Tour de France leader Vingegaard loses key ally Roglic

Tour de France leader Vingegaard loses key ally Roglic

Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard took a body blow as his co-captain Primoz Roglic pulled out of the 21-day bike race ahead of Sunday's stage 15 run to Carcassonne.

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Sudan troops deploy ahead of pro-democracy protests

Sudan troops deploy ahead of pro-democracy protests

Sudanese police and soldiers deployed in large numbers Sunday across the capital Khartoum, ahead of mass protests planned by pro-democracy groups against coup leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

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All eight crew killed in cargo plane crash in Greece

All eight crew killed in cargo plane crash in Greece

All eight crew members of a cargo plane that crashed near the Greek city of Kavala died in the accident, Serbia's defence minister said on Sunday.

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Breakthroughs elude Biden on fraught Middle East tour

Breakthroughs elude Biden on fraught Middle East tour

US President Joe Biden sought to use his first Middle East tour in office to reassert Washington's influence but emerged without a single diplomatic breakthrough, an outcome analysts said was no surprise.

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Iran accuses US of provoking Middle East 'crises'

Iran accuses US of provoking Middle East 'crises'

Tehran on Sunday accused Washington of provoking tensions in the Middle East, a day after US President Joe Biden ended a tour to Iran's rival Saudi Arabia and arch-foe Israel.

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Sri Lanka protest movement reaches 100 days

Sri Lanka protest movement reaches 100 days

Sri Lanka's protest movement reached its 100th day Sunday having forced one president from office and now turning its sights on his successor as the country's economic crisis continues.

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Ings on the spot as Villa beat Leeds 1-0 with Gray carried off

Ings on the spot as Villa beat Leeds 1-0 with Gray carried off

Danny Ings scored a penalty, but Philippe Coutinho missed another, as Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa edged Leeds United 1-0 in a high-intensity clash of English Premier League teams marred by 16-year-old Archie Gray being stretchered off on Sunday.

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French hopes flagging on Tour de 'Lose'

French hopes flagging on Tour de 'Lose'

Regional newspaper Le Progres groaned over the long wait for a home Tour de France stage winner this weekend with the scathing headline "Blue, Blanc, Lose", a play on the French tri-colour using lose instead of Rouge.

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Jayasuriya puts Pakistan in trouble with latest five-wicket haul

Jayasuriya puts Pakistan in trouble with latest five-wicket haul

Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya claimed his third successive haul of five or more wickets to put Pakistan in deep trouble on the second day of the opening Test on Sunday.

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IS ex-bastion in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film shoot

IS ex-bastion in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film shoot

A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the location of a Jackie Chan-produced action movie.

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