Floods, landslide kill 14 in Nepal

Lashing rains in Nepal causing flash floods and landslides have killed at least 14 people across the country, with disaster teams searching for nine missing, police said Sunday. Flooding in neighbouring India,
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This picture taken on May 21, 2024 shows a bowl containing pink "meaty rice" at the Yonsei University in Seoul. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

South Korean scientists develop sustainable ‘meaty rice’

Scientists in South Korea have developed a new type of sustainable hybrid food — a “meaty” rice that they say could help solve food crises and climate change. The new grain was
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This aerial photograph shows a police van in the water in the Graubunden (Grisons) canton in Switzerland after violent downpours caused floods and landslides on June 23, 2024 on June 23, 2024. - Swiss authorities in the southeastern canton of Grisons said on June 23, 2024 that they were searching for three people missing after heavy flooding the previous day in the region. (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)

Body found after Swiss floods, two still missing

Swiss rescuers on Sunday found the body of one of three people missing since floods hit the southeastern canton of Grisons, police said. Rainstorms Friday set off flooding and landslides that tore
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(FILES) Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg arrives to attend the International commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. - Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg announced on June 23, 2024 he will start transferring powers to his son Guillaume in October, in a surprise move paving the way for the monarch's abdication. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

Luxembourg Grand Duke announces start of handover to son

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg on Sunday announced he will start transferring powers to his son Guillaume in October, in a surprise move paving the way for the monarch’s abdication. “I would
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(FILES) Britain's Andy Murray returns the ball to US player John Isner during their men's singles tennis match on the third day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 29, 2022. - Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has been ruled out of this year's tournament after undergoing back surgery, the ATP Tour confirmed on June 23, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Ex-champion Murray out of Wimbledon after back surgery

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has been ruled out of this year’s tournament after undergoing back surgery, the ATP Tour confirmed on Sunday. “After an operation on a spinal cyst, Andy Murray
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A handout picture taken and released by the BBC on June 23, 2024, shows Britain's Home Secretary James Cleverly appearing on the BBC's "Sunday Morning" political television show with journalist Laura Kuenssberg. (Photo by JEFF OVERS / BBC / AFP)

Aide to UK minister calls Rwanda migrant plan ‘crap’ in leaked audio

The UK interior minister has defended a parliamentary aide who called the government plan to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda “crap”, in a leaked audio revealed by the BBC Sunday. A controversial
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Belgium's forward #10 Romelu Lukaku heads the ball during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group E football match between Belgium and Romania at the Cologne Stadium in Cologne on June 22, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Theate backs ‘unlucky’ Lukaku to come good for Belgium

Belgium defender Arthur Theate said he has no doubt Romelu Lukaku’s luck will turn after seeing three goals ruled out in his team’s first two matches at Euro 2024. Lukaku is Belgium’s
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Rescuers and police officers work at the site of a destroyed residential building following an aerial bomb in the centre of Kharkiv, on June 22, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)

Ukraine missile attack on Crimea kills 2, wounds 22 – Moscow-appointed governor

A Ukrainian missile attack Sunday on Sevastopol on the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula killed two people including a two-year-old child and wounded 22, the city’s Moscow-appointed governor said. Sevastopol, a Black Sea port
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