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Dupont, Capuozzo returns hand Toulouse Top 14 run-in boost

Dupont, Capuozzo returns hand Toulouse Top 14 run-in boost

France scrum-half Antoine Dupont and Italy full-back Ange Capuozzo have recovered from injuries to help Toulouse's French Top 14 bid, the record 24-time champions announced on Monday.

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Russia threatens more strikes on Kyiv, urges foreigners to leave city

Russia threatens more strikes on Kyiv, urges foreigners to leave city

Russia said Monday it plans to launch more strikes on Kyiv, including on its "decision-making centres", and repeated a call for foreign citizens and diplomats to leave the city.

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Trump links normalizing ties with Israel to Iran peace deal

Trump links normalizing ties with Israel to Iran peace deal

US President Donald Trump on Monday said Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations must normalize ties with Israel as part of efforts to reach a deal with Iran, adding fresh uncertainty into protracted peace negotiations.

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Swiatek, Rybakina cruise through Roland Garros openers

Swiatek, Rybakina cruise through Roland Garros openers

Four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek and second seed Elena Rybakina both eased into the second round with comfortable wins at a sweltering Roland Garros on Monday, as Stan Wawrinka bade an emotional farewell to the tournament.

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Wawrinka bids adieu to Roland Garros with first-round loss

Wawrinka bids adieu to Roland Garros with first-round loss

Former French Open champion Stan Wawrinka bowed out of his 21st and final Roland Garros on Monday with a four-set defeat to Jesper de Jong.

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Colombia vote tests leftist rule as violence surges

Colombia vote tests leftist rule as violence surges

Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential election overshadowed by a surge in violence, facing a stark choice between extending four years of leftist rule or shifting sharply right.

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Trump demands widespread sign-up to Abraham Accords as part of Iran peace deal

Trump demands widespread sign-up to Abraham Accords as part of Iran peace deal

US President Donald Trump on Monday urged Muslim-majority nations across the Middle East and beyond to normalize relations with Israel as part of the emerging Iran peace deal.

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S.Africa government holds urgent talks over anti-migrant tensions

S.Africa government holds urgent talks over anti-migrant tensions

South African government ministers held urgent talks Monday to address tensions over illegal migration as protesters again demanded that undocumented foreign nationals be made to leave the country.

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Pilgrims kick off hajj as Mideast peace deal hangs in the balance

Pilgrims kick off hajj as Mideast peace deal hangs in the balance

Over 1.5 million Muslims began filling a vast tent city in the holy city of Mecca on Monday for an annual hajj pilgrimage carried out against the backdrop of hopes for an end to the war in the Middle East.

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Locals at epicentre of DR Congo Ebola outbreak storm hospital

Locals at epicentre of DR Congo Ebola outbreak storm hospital

Locals at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo attacked the town hospital overnight, demanding the body of a religious leader who died from the virus, officials said on Monday.

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