Swiss Cold War bunkers back in vogue as Ukraine conflict rages
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reawakened interest in Switzerland's concrete nuclear fallout shelters, built during the Cold War with enough space to shelter everyone in the country.
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East Ukrainians twice in flight from Russian offensive
Fledgling film director Eugene Koshin talks about his ordeal like images on a screen -- vivid "flashes" of action that were somehow distant and unreal.
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Pope visits Malta, refuge of St. Paul, in Mediterranean mission
Pope Francis makes his first visit to Malta Saturday where he is expected to ask the heavily Catholic country to do more to help migrants who have risked their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.
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After crisis, Spain's right-wing PP appoints new leader
Spain's opposition Popular Party (PP) on Saturday appoints Alberto Nunez Feijoo as leader in the hope the calm, experienced moderate with a pragmatic outlook will return the right-wing faction to power.
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Macron holds first rally as France election race tightens
President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday holds his first rally of the French election campaign, with far-right rival Marine Le Pen eating into what once seemed his unassailable lead barely a week ahead of the ballot.
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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka deploys troops to quell protests
Troops armed with sweeping powers to detain suspects were deployed in Sri Lanka Saturday, hours after the president declared a state of emergency as protests against him escalated.
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Thousands flee Mariupol as Red Cross prepares fresh rescue effort
More than 3,000 people have escaped the besieged region of Mariupol in a convoy of buses and private cars, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday as the Red Cross prepared a fresh evacuation effort for the devastated southern port.
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Buses carrying Mariupol residents arrive in Zaporizhzhia
Dozens of buses tightly packed with exhausted evacuees from Mariupol and other Russian-occupied cities in southeast Ukraine arrived in Zaporizhzhia Friday to the relief of waiting relatives, according to an AFP reporter on the scene.
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Australia tip injured Perry to make final against England
Australia's star all-rounder Ellyse Perry was tipped Saturday to take her place in the Women's World Cup final against England despite a nagging back injury, but was unlikely to bowl.
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Stranded Ukrainians find comfort in crisis-hit Sri Lanka
As the sun dips below the Indian Ocean waves, Ukrainian tourist Viktoria Makarenko and her daughter light incense every evening at a temple in a Sri Lankan beach resort to pray for a return home.
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