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Ukraine offers Germany support on energy imports
Ukraine has offered to supply Germany with its own surplus electricity as it attempts to ends its dependence on Russian energy imports, reports al-jazeera.com.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told the German news agency Dpa that Ukraine currently exports its electricity to Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Poland but is willing to expand exports to…
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Dominant South Africa snap winless streak in Australia
Issued on: 03/09/2022 - 14:00Modified: 03/09/2022 - 13:58
Sydney (AFP) – A dynamic South Africa scored their first win on Australian soil in nine years Saturday, overpowering the Wallabies 24-8 in Sydney to get their Rugby Championship campaign back on track.…
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Eliza Fletcher, a Teacher and a Billionaire’s Granddaughter, Has Been Abducted
Eliza ‘Liza’ Fletcher, a Tennessee-based teacher whose grandfather, Joseph Orgill III, co-ran the Memphis-based hardware distributor Orgill Inc., was abducted in the early hours of Friday morning while jogging near the University of Memphis campus, The Sun reports. The Daily Beast reached out to the University of Memphis for comment. While…
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Britain will be forced to buy back gas shipped to Europe
On cold days this winter, that could require exceptionally high prices in Britain, adding to the pressure on households and businesses following more than a year of high gas prices. If supplies in Europe worsens, there is a risk some countries will curb exports.
Aurora Energy Research estimates that the UK will need to import at least 10pc of…
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Shenzhen Goes Into Lockdown As China Fights Covid Outbreaks
<!-- -->Most residents of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday.Shenzhen: Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as mass COVID-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people.The lockdown, and the suspension of bus and subway services, came into effect two days…
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British con artist arrested in Belgium, wanted by France
BRUSSELS -- A British con artist who is the subject of a Netflix documentary has been arrested in Belgium after fleeing from neighboring France, where he had injured two police officers, authorities saidRobert Hendy-Freegard, 51, was expected to appear before a Belgian judge on Saturday, a day after he was arrested on a highway in…
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Ukraine host scheme at ‘crisis point’ as councils brace for homeless refugee surge
Councils are bracing themselves for an influx of homeless refugees amid warnings that the government has “no plan” for the continuation of its flagship Homes for Ukraine scheme.With hosts facing increased pressure from the rising cost of living, many local authorities are worried that Ukrainian families will be left homeless when the initial…
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CNN report: This disturbing trend has become ‘staggeringly common’ in Putin’s wartime
BUÑOL, VALENCIA VALENCIAN COMMU, SPAIN - AUGUST 31: Several people covered with tomato during the Tomatina festival, on 31 August, 2022 in Buñol, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. La Tomatina is celebrated after two years of pandemic, with a shipment of 130 tons of ripe tomato, which is "at its peak" to be the ammunition for this…
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Live: Turkey can mediate Russia-Ukraine nuclear plant standoff, Erdogan says
Issued on: 03/09/2022 - 13:40Modified: 03/09/2022 - 13:59
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to mediate the standoff between Kyiv and Moscow over Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, which has been occupied by Russian troops since early in the…
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Plane circling Mississippi lands in field. Source says pilot is in custody after alleged
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A small plane that circled for hours Saturday morning over Tupelo, Mississppi, and surrounding areas landed in a field in Ripley, Mississippi, the FAA said. A source told CNN the pilot, who police said threatened to crash the stolen plane into a Tupelo Walmart, is in…
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