UK electricity grid set for 'unprecedented' £35 bn investment
National Grid unveiled Wednesday a massive plan to nearly double the transmission capacity of the UK's electricity grid, boosting the British government's net zero ambitions.
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Putin-tattooed dancer Polunin says leaving Russia
Former Royal Ballet star Sergei Polunin, famous for his tattoos of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday announced that he plans to leave Russia.
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USA star Weah picks up thigh injury: Juventus
Timothy Weah is unlikely to play for Juventus until the new year after the Serie A club announced on Wednesday that the USA attacker had picked up a thigh injury.
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France's Sarkozy must wear electronic tag after losing graft case appeal
France's highest appeals court on Wednesday confirmed a verdict against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former head of state.
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Olympic champion Hodgkinson's coaches eye 800m world record
The coaching team behind Olympic 800 metres champion Keely Hodgkinson have suggested she could break athletics' longest-standing world record as early as next year.
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Germany criticises UniCredit's 'unfriendly' moves on Commerzbank
Italian bank UniCredit's move to increase its stake in German lender Commerzbank, which further fuelled speculation of a takeover bid, was "uncoordinated and unfriendly", the German government said Wednesday.
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Serbia's capital Belgrade to make public transport free
All public transport in Serbia's capital Belgrade will be free from next month -- the latest European city to adopt the radical measure to counter gridlocked roads.
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Three 'transformations' for nature, according to UN experts
Human societies need a radical overhaul to stop the destruction of the planet, according to the UN biodiversity expert panel's "transformative change" report released Wednesday.
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Russian oil spill contaminates 50km of Black Sea beaches
Russia Wednesday expanded an operation to clean up thousands of tonnes of oil that spilt into the sea and contaminated 50 kilometres of beaches after tanker ships were wrecked in a storm.
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Climate change made Cyclone Chido stronger: scientists
Climate change intensified Cyclone Chido as it barrelled toward the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, said a preliminary study by scientists studying the link between global warming and tropical storms.
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