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The revered sport of sumo is steeped in centuries-old traditions, starting with the sipping of sacred water and the sprinkling of purifying salt before a bout
World
06.08.2024
Japanese sumo vs Trump's WWE: big differences in clash of big men
Hasna Dbeis spent four years in regime prisons, where she gave birth to her son Mohammad
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06.08.2024
After years in jail, Syrian mother eyes new life
An Iraqi who turned deaf tests his hearing aid at Jumhuri hospital, a specialised centre in the battle-scarred Iraqi city of Mosul
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06.08.2024
Long after guns fall silent, Mosul residents suffer hearing loss
Sanchez is hoping the party will perform well on Sunday so he can opt for his preferred plan of forming a minority government
World
06.08.2024
Spain votes in 'second round' local, regional, EU polls
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Attempts to transform the sprawling stone Certosa di Trisulti into a far-right political training camp risk falling foul of a bitter fight between Italy's populist parties
World 06.08.2024
'Populist school' in Italy at risk as EU votes
The outcome of Friday's referendum will also see Irish lawmakers granted powers to recognise foreign divorces once it is signed into law by the president
World 06.08.2024
Ireland votes overwhelmingly to relax strict divorce law
The town was carved out of an ancient forest in 2011 at a cost of 600 million euros ($670 million)
World 06.08.2024
Equatorial Guinea struggles for place in world tourism
Ingrida Simonyte, an ex-finance minister who oversaw biting austerity cuts during the financial crisis, narrowly won round one on May 12
World 06.08.2024
Rivals focus on inequality in tight Lithuania runoff
The casino dominates the tiny Italian enclave of Campione d'Italia, which depended on it as its main source of income
World 06.08.2024
High stakes for enclave as Europe's biggest casino goes bust
Representatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido are set to have their first face-to-face meetings in Oslo
World 06.08.2024
Venezuela's Guaido says will send representatives for talks with govt
For several countries, EU membership has brought huge benefits
World 06.08.2024
Eurosceptics won't have it all their own way in EU polls
China is digging in for a long and protracted trade war with the US
World 06.08.2024
China digs in for protracted trade fight with US
The huge dome built over top of a crater left by one of the nuclear nuclear tests over Runit Island in Enewetak in the Marshall Islands
World 06.08.2024
Under the dome: Fears Pacific nuclear 'coffin' is leaking
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