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Bans for 28 Russian Olympic athletes overturned

Citing a lack of sufficient evidence, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has overturned the lifetime doping bans placed on 28 Russian athletes by the IOC. Twenty-eight Russian athletes have had their lifetime bans from Olympic sport overturned – just over a week away from the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. Although this is not a declaration of their innocence […]

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Trump orders ban on gun 'bump stock' devices

The modification allows semi-automatic weapons to fire like automatic weapons and was used by a gunman who killed 58 Las Vegas concert-goers last year. US President Donald Trump has called for a ban on bump stocks, a device that allows a semiautomatic rifle to fire at the rate of a machine gun. Last week’s Florida school shooting – which killed at […]

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Palestinian killed, dozens wounded in West Bank clashes

At least one Palestinian has been killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, local media said. A Palestinian has been killed in clashes with the Israeli army in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to medical sources. Khaled Walid Tayeh, 22, from Iraq al-Tayeh near Nablus, succumbed to his wounds on Tuesday after […]

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Scientists say earliest Britons had dark skin

Skeleton, termed ‘Cheddar Man’, dates back 10,000 years, before mutations for light skin had occurred. The oldest human remains found in the UK belonged to a man with dark skin and blue eyes, a study by scientists in the UK has found. Researchers at University College London and the British Natural History Museum reconstructed how the man, who lived 10,000 […]

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Qatar and Chad restore relations, first since blockade

Qatar and Chad have signed Memorandum of Understanding restoring diplomatic relations. Qatar and Chad have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) resuming diplomatic relations between the two countries, Qatar’s foreign minister has said. Relations were severed in August after the start of a Saudi-led blockade against Qatar.  The agreement was reached after Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatari foreign minister, held […]

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Maduro to pitch oil-backed cryptocurrency petro to OPEC

Nicolas Maduro will propose OPEC countries ‘adopt a joint cryptocurrency mechanism’ backed by crude oil. Nicolas Maduro has proposed an oil-backed “joint cryptocurrency mechanism” within OPEC to support Venezuela’s new, state-backed virtual currency – the “petro”. The Venezuelan president is expected to encourage members and non-member states of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to back the cryptocurrency, Venezuelan state […]

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How child sex abuse victims are scared into silence

Evidence suggests it is common for those sexually abused in childhood not to disclose abuse until their 40s and 50s. Gary Cliffe was a football-crazy 11-year-old when British “star-maker” football coach Barry Bennell, who was associated with Manchester City Football Club, started sexually abusing him. But Cliffe could not bring himself to speak out against Bennell for decades. “[Being coached […]

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East Ghouta reels under intense Russian, Syrian bombing

Scores of people have died in four days of intense bombardment in the besieged Damascus suburb. Residents and medical sources in Eastern Ghouta have warned that the Damascus suburb is running short of food, water and medical supplies amid intense Russian and Syrian bombardment of the rebel-held area. The area’s designation as a de-escalation zone by Turkey and allies of […]

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