Koroibete stars in end to stop-start Japanese rugby season
Marika Koroibete led Saitama Wild Knights to the Japanese club rugby union title on Sunday as the ambitious rebranded league ended a stop-start debut season marred by coronavirus outbreaks.
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Nepal flight missing with 22 on board
A passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing in Nepal on Sunday, the operating airline and officials said, as poor weather hampered a search operation.
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Ex-mayor eyes historic leftist conquest of Colombian presidency
Colombians vote Sunday in a first round of presidential elections, with a leftist poised for victory for the first time in the country's troubled history.
Read moreMarket day on Ukraine front charts Russia's advance
The Ukrainian farmer thought it was fear that made her neighbours age so much in the week since she saw them come out for market day on the eastern front.
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Toxic smoke and suspicious plastic plant fires in Turkey
The number of fires breaking out in plastic recycling plants has soared in Turkey.
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Decline in North Sea puffins causes concern
The Isle of May, off Scotland's east coast, is home to one of the UK's biggest colonies of seabirds. Some 200,000 birds, from kittiwakes to guillemots can flock to the rocky outcrop at the height of the breeding season.
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Football fans allowed for China's Covid-delayed kick-off
Fans will be allowed in when the coronavirus-delayed Chinese Super League season kicks off on Friday despite the country's strict Covid controls, state media reported.
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US 'concerned' after UN human rights chief visits China
The United States expressed concern on Saturday over China's "efforts to restrict and manipulate" the UN human rights chief's visit to the Xinjiang region where Beijing is accused of detaining over a million people in indoctrination camps.
Read moreRussia presses battle for eastern Ukraine, claims key city surrounded
Russian forces engaged in an all-out battle in eastern Ukraine have captured the strategic town of Lyman and surrounded a key industrial centre, Moscow has claimed.
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Traffic jams just a maths problem, says Israeli AI firm
Israel's traffic congestion ranks near the worst among developed economies but an algorithm can help, says one of the country's IT firms engaged in the auto and mobility sector.
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