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Marquez to miss Argentina race due to double vision

Marquez to miss Argentina race due to double vision

Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will miss this weekend's Argentina Grand Prix after suffering from double vision again following a heavy crash in Indonesia, his team Honda said on Tuesday.

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Macron's lead takes fizz out of French election

Macron's lead takes fizz out of French election

France's leading TV channel always devotes an entire evening to dissecting the first-round results of the presidential vote.

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Saving nature: Conserving 30% of the land, sea just the start

Saving nature: Conserving 30% of the land, sea just the start

Expanding nature reserves to cover at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 is the flagship proposal of high-stakes talks to rescue Earth's animals and plants from human destruction.

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Blinken in Morocco for security talks, to meet UAE leader

Blinken in Morocco for security talks, to meet UAE leader

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Morocco on Tuesday to discuss North African security issues and meet the United Arab Emirates' de facto leader Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.

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Root should step down as England captain, Vaughan says

Root should step down as England captain, Vaughan says

Joe Root should step down as England Test captain following his side's series loss to the West Indies, former skipper Michael Vaughan told the BBC.

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Asian, European markets rise as ceasefire talks begin

Asian, European markets rise as ceasefire talks begin

Equities mostly rose Tuesday in Asia and Europe on optimism over talks between Ukraine and Russia aimed at ending their month-long war, while there was further support from another drop in oil prices.

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Ukraine, Russia begin talks as evacuations resume

Ukraine, Russia begin talks as evacuations resume

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators held face-to-face talks in Istanbul on Tuesday as Ukraine resumed evacuations from territory occupied by Russian forces and clung on in the besieged city of Mariupol.

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Anxiety and empty shelves as Shanghai Covid-19 cases surge

Anxiety and empty shelves as Shanghai Covid-19 cases surge

Shanghai recorded a steep climb in Covid-19 cases Tuesday as panic-buying in the Chinese city of about 25 million stripped supermarket shelves bare.

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Senegal's water-stressed capital faces difficult future

Senegal's water-stressed capital faces difficult future

Many residents of the Senegalese metropolis Dakar get up in the middle of the night hoping to collect water from their taps, which mostly run dry.

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Solomon Islands PM says China security deal 'ready for signing'

Solomon Islands PM says China security deal 'ready for signing'

The Solomon Islands' prime minister said Tuesday that a contentious security agreement with Beijing was "ready for signing", denying reports that his country had been pressured to allow a Chinese naval base to be built in the Pacific island nation.

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