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Chinese leasing firm CALC orders 30 Airbus A320neo planes

Chinese leasing firm CALC orders 30 Airbus A320neo planes

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (CALC) and Airbus said Tuesday that the Hong Kong-listed firm had placed an order for 30 A320neo family aircraft.

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Germany bank heist nets about 30mn euros in cash, valuables: police

Germany bank heist nets about 30mn euros in cash, valuables: police

Robbers used a large drill to break into a German savings bank's vault room and steal cash, gold and jewelry worth some 30 million euros ($35 million), police said Tuesday.

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AU observers praise 'peaceful' Central African Republic polls

AU observers praise 'peaceful' Central African Republic polls

African Union observers on Tuesday said elections in the Central African Republic, where incumbent president Faustin-Archange Touadera is widely expected to win, had gone ahead peacefully.

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Ivory Coast coach Fae backs switching AFCON to every four years

Ivory Coast coach Fae backs switching AFCON to every four years

Ivory Coast coach Emerse Fae has backed the decision to play the Africa Cup of Nations every four years instead of two, saying that the change could benefit the development of football on the continent.

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'Make our country happy': Sudan dream of AFCON glory as conflict rages at home

'Make our country happy': Sudan dream of AFCON glory as conflict rages at home

When war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, Ammar Taifour was in a training camp with his club Al Merrikh in Khartoum.

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Students join demonstrations after Iran shopkeepers protest

Students join demonstrations after Iran shopkeepers protest

Iranian students staged street protests in Tehran on Tuesday, a day after the capital's shopkeepers demonstrated against economic hardship and won a message of understanding from the president himself.

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French ban on 'forever chemicals' in cosmetics, clothing to enter force

French ban on 'forever chemicals' in cosmetics, clothing to enter force

A French ban on the production and sale of cosmetics and most clothing containing polluting and health-threatening "forever chemicals" goes into force on Thursday.

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Fury offers condolences to victims of Joshua car crash

Fury offers condolences to victims of Joshua car crash

Tyson Fury has passed on his condolences after a car crash in Nigeria which killed two of Anthony Joshua's team members and left his fellow former world heavyweight boxing champion injured.

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A war within a war: Yemen's latest conflict

A war within a war: Yemen's latest conflict

Yemen has been fighting a crippling war with itself since Iran-backed Houthi rebels ousted the government in 2014, triggering a Saudi-led military intervention.

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Spanish woman known for failed fresco restoration dies

Spanish woman known for failed fresco restoration dies

The Spanish woman whose failed restoration of a century-old painting of Jesus Christ captured global headlines more than a decade ago has died at 94.

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