Cricket Australia denies 'fiery' Langer contract talks
Cricket Australia has denied reports national coach Justin Langer threw a tantrum at a "fiery" meeting after being told he may need to reapply for his job.
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Lebanon power cuts turn cafes into co-working spaces
The music is often hushed and the atmosphere studious -- for the patrons filling Beirut's cafes these days, the most important things are good lighting and stable wi-fi.
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US tells families of govt employees in Belarus to leave
The United States told the families of its government employees in Belarus to leave the country, the State Department said Monday, as fears grow of a Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
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UN agency says gaps in Belarus flight rerouting probe
The UN aviation agency on Monday extended its investigation into a bomb warning aboard a Ryanair flight last May, citing gaps and inconsistencies in Belarus's account of its rerouting of the aircraft.
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Putin to host EU ally Orban amid Ukraine crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host talks Tuesday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has taken a softer line on the Ukraine crisis than NATO and the EU, with Hungary a member of both.
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'Be prepared': Singer Frank Turner on music's mental toll
British singer-songwriter Frank Turner has had a long and hugely successful career as a punk-folk star.
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Music industry wakes up to mental health crisis
It was a highly original way to drop a new track: live in the studio on France's evening news, Belgian star Stromae answered a question by launching into "L'enfer" ("Hell").
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Warring guerrillas bring misery to Colombian region
Fear reigns in northeastern Colombia on the border with Venezuela where the local population has been caught in the crossfire of rival warring groups of left-wing guerrillas.
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Denmark returns to 'life as we knew it' despite Omicron
Denmark on Tuesday becomes the first European Union country to lift all of its Covid restrictions despite record numbers of cases, relying on its high vaccination rate to cope with the milder Omicron variant.
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US judge rejects plea deals for murderers of Black jogger
A US judge on Monday rejected plea deals from two white men convicted of murdering a Black jogger in Georgia after relatives of the victim vehemently objected to the agreements.
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