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One of Asia’s most raucous sporting spectacles is moving to a shiny new high-tech home. Can its party spirit survive?
Raucous, lightning-paced and brimming with eye-catching fan costumes, the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens is like no other sporting spectacle. Each...
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‘We will fight’: Activists are unbowed after Hungary bans Pride events as part of wider LGBTQ+ crackdown
Robert Antic has never been to Hungary’s annual Budapest Pride, due to mark its 30-year anniversary this summer. But now,...
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Russia and Ukraine trade blame over attack on Russian gas metering station
Russia and Ukraine traded blame on Friday over an attack on a gas metering station that lies in Russia’s Kursk...
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Violent clashes as Turkey protests continue over detention of Erdogan’s main political rival
Violent clashes erupted across several cities in Turkey between opposition supporters and state security forces for a second day, as...
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Greenland sees tourism boost following Trump’s attention and new airport
Ivik Knudssen-Ostermann, whose company runs boat tours to see Greenland’s glittering blue icebergs, says his bank has told him to...
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For Vladimir Putin, Russia’s position in the world is personal. Here’s what he really wants
US President Donald Trump said he thinks Vladimir Putin wants peace. Ukraine and its European allies don’t believe he does,...
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‘We’re here to clear our names’: Tate brothers, sexist online celebrities, back in Romania to face trafficking charges
Self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate is back in Romania along with his brother Tristan to report to the police, following a...
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Conor McGregor announces run for Irish presidency on anti-immigration platform
Conor McGregor will run for the Irish presidency in elections later this year, the controversial former fighter said on Thursday,...
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