England head coach Sarina Wiegman said she has not ruled out Beth Mead from playing at the Women’s World Cup this year but will not push the forward as she recovers from a serious knee injury suffered in November. Mead, who was England’s top scorer in their European Championship title win last year, ruptured her...
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Rebels take New Zealand pilot hostage in Indonesia’s Papua
Separatists in Indonesia’s breakaway eastern region of Papua have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after attacking a small passenger plane and setting it on fire at an airport in a remote mountainous area, officials and a rebel group said. Papuan insurgents who seek independence from Indonesia have previously threatened and attacked aircraft they believe...
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Lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, found and deciphered by codebreakers
An international team of codebreakers said Wednesday they have found and deciphered the long lost secret letters of 16th-century monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, one of the most argued-over figures in British history. The long-rumoured missing letters, which were found mislabelled in the digital archive of a French library, were hailed by excited historians as...
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New Zealand pilot taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia
Image source, AFPImage caption, Susi Air’s founder has said she is praying for those who were aboard a flight that was attacked in Papua By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News A New Zealand pilot has been taken hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia’s Papua region who have threatened to kill him. The man was taken after...
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First class Finch bows out in altered landscape
Share: Aaron Finch, who called time on his international career on Tuesday, had his first brush with the elite stars of the global game when he faced Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly in 2007. The Indians were in whites but this was not a test match but a first-class match between Finch’s state...
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Dutch researcher forecast Turkiye earthquake three days before
A Dutch researcher had forecast the earthquake on February 03, three days before, which struck Turkiye and Syria on Feb 06. The massive quake rocked the region on Monday. A rescue operation is underway across much of southern Turkiye and northern Syria following a huge earthquake that has claimed over 5,000 lives and thoroughly devastated...
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A traveller’s guide to flying abroad with your cat
Learn how to book a flight, what documents you’ll need and what items to take with you from people who’ve done it themselves. When I began researching the procedure to take my cat abroad, I realised the best place to get information was other people, not official websites. It wasn’t on a whim — I’ll...
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South Korea delight in stunning Davis Cup win over Belgium – Daily Times
SEOUL: South Korea captain Park Seung-kyu was left in a state of disbelief after his team overturned a 2-0 deficit to complete a famous 3-2 Davis Cup victory over Belgium on Sunday and reach the group stage of the men’s team tournament. The doubles pair of Nam Ji-sung and Song Ming-kyu began the fightback as...
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Van der Poel claims fifth cyclo-cross world title – Daily Times
LONDON: Mathieu van der Poel came out on top in his heavyweight showdown with arch-rival Wout Van Aert to claim a fifth cyclo-cross world championship on Sunday. Van der Poel rated the triumph, on a track designed by his father Adrie, as “one of the top three moments of my career”. Van der Poel ended...
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Van der Poel claims fifth cyclo-cross world title – Pakistan Observer
Dutch cyclist downs Belgian arch-rival Van Aert Mathieu van der Poel came out on top in his heavyweight showdown with arch-rival Wout Van Aert to claim a fifth cyclo-cross world championship on Sunday. Van der Poel rated the triumph, on a track designed by his father Adrie, as “one of the top three moments of...