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Berrettini, 2021 runner-up, out of Wimbledon with Covid

Berrettini, 2021 runner-up, out of Wimbledon with Covid

Italy's Matteo Berrettini, the 2021 Wimbledon runner-up and a title favourite this year, pulled out of the tournament on Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus.

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F1 labels Piquet's racist language towards Hamilton 'unacceptable'

F1 labels Piquet's racist language towards Hamilton 'unacceptable'

Formula One branded a racist term used by three-time world champion Nelson Piquet against Lewis Hamilton as "unacceptable" on Tuesday.

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French minister apologises for Champions League chaos

French minister apologises for Champions League chaos

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Tuesday made a partial apology for chaos at last month's Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool in Paris, while insisting fake tickets and "delinquency" were mostly to blame.

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Life in the abyss, a spectacular and fragile struggle for survival

Life in the abyss, a spectacular and fragile struggle for survival

Cloaked in darkness and mystery, the creatures of the deep oceans exist in a world of unlikely profusion, surviving on scant food and under pressure that would crush human lungs.

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'Unimaginable': Austria prepares to reopen coal power station

'Unimaginable': Austria prepares to reopen coal power station

At the Mellach coal power plant in southern Austria, spider webs have taken over the conveyor belts, and plants and flowers have sprung up around the vast lot that once stored coal.

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US, Iran chief negotiators in Qatar for nuclear talks

US, Iran chief negotiators in Qatar for nuclear talks

Iran's chief negotiator joined his US counterpart in Qatar on Tuesday ahead of indirect talks between the two rivals aimed at reviving a landmark nuclear deal, officials and media said.

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Nigerian sprinter Okagbare's ban extended to 11 years

Nigerian sprinter Okagbare's ban extended to 11 years

Sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been given an additional one-year ban for doping violations on top of her existing 10-year suspension, a decision that rules Nigeria out of the sprint relay at the world championships.

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Former Nazi camp guard, 101, gets five-year jail sentence

Former Nazi camp guard, 101, gets five-year jail sentence

A German court on Tuesday handed a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust.

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46 migrants found dead in trailer truck in Texas

46 migrants found dead in trailer truck in Texas

At least 46 migrants were found dead Monday in and around a large trailer truck that was abandoned on the roadside on the outskirts of the Texas city of San Antonio.

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China halves quarantine time for overseas travellers

China halves quarantine time for overseas travellers

China on Tuesday reduced the length of mandatory quarantine for inbound travellers, in the biggest relaxation of entry restrictions after sticking to a rigid zero Covid policy throughout the pandemic.

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