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Germany's midfielder #08 Toni Kroos and Germany's forward #13 Thomas Mueller react at the end of the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final football match between Spain and Germany at the Stuttgart Arena in Stuttgart on July 5, 2024. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)

Germany set sights on World Cup after Euros exit

The hosts may have bowed out of Euro 2024 at the quarter-finals on home soil, but Julian Nagelsmann has given Germany their swagger back after a difficult decade. Germany came into Euro
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WHO agency says talc is ‘probably’ cancer-causing

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency on Friday classified talc as “probably carcinogenic” for humans, however an outside expert warned against misinterpreting the announcement as a “smoking gun”. The decision was based
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(FILES) Ambassador to the Vatican Carlo Maria Vigano (L) listens to Pope Francis speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 26, 2015. - The Vatican has excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a virulent critic of Pope Francis, after finding him guilty of splitting the Church, the dicastery in charge of doctrine said on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)

Vatican excommunicates major pope critic for ‘schism’

The Vatican has excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, one of Pope Francis’s most virulent critics, after judging him guilty of splitting the Church, the dicastery in charge of doctrine said Friday. The
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Hoardings with portraits of former police constable-turned-Hindu preacher Bhole Baba are kept at a workshop near his ashram in Bichhawan village of Mainpuri district, in IndiaÂ’s Uttar Pradesh state on July 4, 2024. - Former police constable-turned-preacher Bhole Baba built an immense following among poor and marginalised Indians before his latest sermon ended in a stampede that killed 121 of his followers. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Indian preacher not hiding after stampede, says lawyer

The self-styled Indian preacher whose latest sermon ended in a deadly stampede is not hiding from police, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday, without disclosing the guru’s whereabouts. Bhole Baba’s prayer meeting
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Composite image of Governor Siminilayi Fubara (left) and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.. About 20 CSOs have condemned the use of dynamite by supporters of Nyesom Wike during protests in Rivers State.
Composite image of Governor Siminilayi Fubara (left) and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.

CSOs condemn use of dynamite in Rivers protests

Approximately 20 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have warned that the use of dynamite explosives by supporters of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, during protests in Rivers State
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