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Scaling up key as French firm bets on sterile mosquitoes

Scaling up key as French firm bets on sterile mosquitoes

Inside a factory in southern France, millions of tiger mosquitoes are being bred, not to have them spread, but to stop them from reproducing -- though scaling up such efforts poses a mighty challenge.

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Myanmar's president meets China's Xi in Beijing: state media

Myanmar's president meets China's Xi in Beijing: state media

Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday, state media reported, seeking to bolster trade and security ties with his diplomatically isolated country's most crucial ally.

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'The mullahs' team': Split loyalties for Iran fans at World Cup

'The mullahs' team': Split loyalties for Iran fans at World Cup

Iran's World Cup campaign began in Los Angeles in a blaze of goals and controversy Monday, with hundreds protesting against a team they see as stooges for an extremist government in Tehran.

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Iran snatch draw in World Cup opener, Spain stunned by Cape Verde

Iran snatch draw in World Cup opener, Spain stunned by Cape Verde

Iran came from behind to snatch a 2-2 draw against New Zealand in their long-awaited opening game at the World Cup on Monday as European heavyweights Spain were frustrated in a shock stalemate by tiny tournament debutants Cape Verde.

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India eyes biofertilisers after Mideast war stoked supply fears

India eyes biofertilisers after Mideast war stoked supply fears

Under a shed in north India, women scoop cow dung, lumps of unrefined sugar and flour to produce biofertiliser -- part of a growing effort to tackle anxieties over the supply of chemical fertilisers.

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Iran begin fraught World Cup with 2-2 New Zealand draw

Iran begin fraught World Cup with 2-2 New Zealand draw

Iran twice battled back for a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday in their frenetic opening match of a World Cup campaign that has been utterly overshadowed by war, politics and protests.

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Uruguay's Bielsa says 'I'm not a model' after World Cup exchange

Uruguay's Bielsa says 'I'm not a model' after World Cup exchange

Marcelo Bielsa was involved in an awkward exchange with a reporter at the World Cup on Monday which concluded with the Uruguay coach saying: "I'm not a model."

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Most stocks rise, oil flat following peace deal-fuelled rally

Most stocks rise, oil flat following peace deal-fuelled rally

Equities mostly rose Tuesday and oil prices held losses following the previous day's euphoric rally sparked by the US-Iran peace deal that will reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

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Toxic 'time bomb' threatens Mekong river basin

Toxic 'time bomb' threatens Mekong river basin

Thai fisherman Somdet Singthong steered his metal skiff across the brown waters of the Mekong river, resigned to the pollution that has put his health and lifelong source of livelihood at risk.

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UN chief to visit gang-plagued Haiti in solidarity with victims

UN chief to visit gang-plagued Haiti in solidarity with victims

UN chief Antonio Guterres will visit gang-ravaged Haiti on Tuesday to show solidarity with victims of violence in the impoverished Caribbean nation long plagued by political, economic and security woes.

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