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  • WorldBBC

    Northampton man scales Mount Kilimanjaro walking backwards

    Fundraiser Ben Stewart becomes the first person to scale Africa's highest mountain in reverse.

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  • WorldBBC

    Cattle ship blamed for Cape Town stench leaves for Iraq

    South African authorities say conditions on board the livestock vessel from Brazil are "abhorrent".

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    Finland, which shares a border with Russia, plans to build 300 new shooting ranges as interest in national defense surge

    Finland — NATO's newest member — shares a 830-mile long border with Russia.

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  • WorldBloomberg

    Pakistan Old-Guard Parties to Form Coalition, Thwarting Khan

    (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s two main family-controlled parties agreed to form a government, a move that breaks an almost two-week deadlock and likely keeps jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party out of power even though it won the most seats in the country’s contentious election.Most Read from BloombergYour 401(k) Will Be Gone Within a DecadeLargest Covid Vaccine Study Yet Finds Links to Health ConditionsCapital One to Buy Discover for $35 Billion in Year's Biggest Deal Stocks Fall Before Nvidia

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  • WorldBloomberg

    Thailand Aims Clampdown on Recreational Cannabis by Year-End

    (Bloomberg) -- Thailand wants to ban recreational use of cannabis by the end of this year, the nation’s health minister said, threatening to put thousands of marijuana shops and farms that have sprung up around the country since a decriminalization drive two years ago out of business. Most Read from BloombergYour 401(k) Will Be Gone Within a DecadeLargest Covid Vaccine Study Yet Finds Links to Health ConditionsCapital One to Buy Discover for $35 Billion in Year's Biggest Deal Stocks Fall Before

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  • WorldUkrayinska Pravda

    Air Force downs 13 of 19 Shahed drones and 1 of 6 missiles launched by Russia

    The Russians have attacked Ukraine with six missiles and 19 Shahed kamikaze drones on the night of 20-21 February. Ukraine's Air Force has managed to down a missile and 13 Russian drones. Source: Ukraine's Air Force on Telegram Details: The Air Force reported that the Russians launched a S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile and four Kh-22 cruise missiles from Russia's Rostov Oblast, a Kh-59 guided air missile from Belgorod Oblast and 19 Shahed drones from the Russian city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Toyota holds off response on wage talks after first round

    TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor, the world's biggest automaker, did not reach an immediate agreement with its union over demands for hefty pay hikes on Wednesday but will continue talks in coming days, raising doubts about current expectations for wage talks. Toyota has long served as the pace-setter for Japan's annual spring labour-management wage offensive, and had accepted the union's demand in full on the first day of the annual wage negotiations in the past two years. Last year, Toyota stru

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