Pogacar to defend Tour de France and world title as 2025 programme unveiled
Tadej Pogacar will race a number of classics and the Tour de France as well as either the Giro d'Italia or Vuelta in 2025, Team UAE sporting director Joxean Fernandez Matxin said on Tuesday.
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The rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad and are now in power in Syria appointed a transitional head of government Tuesday to run the country until March 1, a statement said.
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Brazil's Lula 'stable' after emergency surgery
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was in "stable" condition after emergency surgery for an "intracranial hemorrhage" and should leave hospital next week, his doctors said Tuesday.
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UK pledges to cut government spending waste
UK government departments must find efficiency savings of five percent, finance minister Rachel Reeves insisted Tuesday, vowing to take an "iron fist" to public-spending waste.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Hidankyo calls for a world without nukes
Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo accepted its Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, urging countries to abolish the weapons resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
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FIFA to confirm 2030 World Cup hosts and hand Saudi 2034 tournament
FIFA will confirm the hosts of the 2030 and 2034 World Cups on Wednesday, with a joint bid led by Morocco, Spain and Portugal set to be awarded the former, and the latter being handed to Saudi Arabia.
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Air passenger numbers to top five billion in 2025: IATA
Air passenger numbers are forecast to top five billion for the first time next year and the sector's revenues will break the trillion-dollar barrier, the global aviation body IATA said on Tuesday.
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Fiorentina's Bove has defibrillator installed after collapse: media
Edoardo Bove has had a defibrillator fitted after the Fiorentina midfielder's on-pitch cardiac arrest earlier this month, according to widespread Italian media reports on Tuesday.
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Dortmund coach Sahin warns of 'unbearable' fixture list
Borussia Dortmund coach Nuri Sahin on Tuesday lamented how the crowded fixture list has put an "almost unbearable" strain on players as his injury-hit side prepare to host Barcelona midweek.
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European stock markets drop but Seoul rebounds
European stock markets dropped Tuesday after Seoul rebounded as traders focused on political upheaval in France and South Korea in addition to China's latest stimulus plans.
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