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Ukraine's desperate farmers trapped by grain blockade

Ukraine's desperate farmers trapped by grain blockade

Nadiia Ivanova should have been harvesting her crop soon. But so far on her farm in southern Ukraine, she has only managed to collect bombshells.

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UK economy shrinks for second month in a row

UK economy shrinks for second month in a row

British economic output declined for a second month in a row in April, weighed down by decades-high inflation, official data showed Monday.

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Hong Kong school quarantine request hints at Xi handover visit

Hong Kong school quarantine request hints at Xi handover visit

A Hong Kong primary school is looking for pupils to spend a week in hotel quarantine ahead of next month's handover anniversary, fuelling speculation a strict "closed-loop" system will allow Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit.

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Beijing tightens Covid restrictions over 'ferocious' bar cluster

Beijing tightens Covid restrictions over 'ferocious' bar cluster

Beijing started a new round of mass testing in its most populous downtown district on Monday after a rapidly spreading outbreak linked to a bar saw Covid rules tightened again in the capital.

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Liverpool agree 75mn-euro deal for Benfica striker Nunez

Liverpool agree 75mn-euro deal for Benfica striker Nunez

Liverpool have reached a deal with Benfica to buy the Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez for an initial 75 million euros (£64 million), the Portuguese club said on Monday.

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Ex-PM says Putin 'out of it', Ukraine war could last two years

Ex-PM says Putin 'out of it', Ukraine war could last two years

He was Vladimir Putin's first prime minister but Mikhail Kasyanov never in his worst nightmares imagined that his former boss would unleash a full-scale war on Ukraine.

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Markets track Wall St plunge on inflation woes, dollar rallies

Markets track Wall St plunge on inflation woes, dollar rallies

Markets tumbled in Asia on Monday to extend a global rout while the dollar soared after a forecast-beating US inflation print ramped up bets on a more aggressive campaign of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.

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Fired over Ukraine posts, Russian lecturer fights to keep teaching

Fired over Ukraine posts, Russian lecturer fights to keep teaching

In the bedroom of his modest apartment in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, ex-university lecturer Roman Melnichenko has two bags packed: one if he goes to prison, the other if he has to flee.

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Asian markets track Wall St plunge on inflation woes, dollar rallies

Asian markets track Wall St plunge on inflation woes, dollar rallies

Markets tumbled in Asia on Monday as part of a global rout while the dollar soared after a forecast-beating US inflation print ramped up bets on a more aggressive campaign of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.

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UK sets up EU battle with N.Ireland changes

UK sets up EU battle with N.Ireland changes

The UK government will Monday introduce legislation to unilaterally rip up post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland, despite the potential for a trade war with the EU.

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