One winner of record $2bn US lottery: organizer
A single ticket sold in California scooped an eye-watering $2 billion on Tuesday after a delayed draw in the US lottery.
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Fortune Pink diamond sells for more than $28.5 mn
The Fortune Pink diamond, an exceptionally rare giant gemstone, sold for more than $28.5 million at auction in Geneva on Tuesday to a private Asian collector.
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Colombia, Venezuela launch COP27 call to save Amazon
The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, Gustavo Petro and Nicolas Maduro, launched a call Tuesday at the COP27 climate summit for a wide-ranging alliance to protect the Amazon, the planet's biggest tropical forest.
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World 'burning up faster' than it can recover: Pakistan PM
Climate change is outpacing the capacity of developing nations to cope with its devastating impacts, the Pakistani premier told COP27 on Tuesday, as his country reels from historic floods.
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WADA refers Valieva doping case to CAS
The World Anti-Doping Agency has referred the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the WADA president said Tuesday.
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CAS clears Ecuador to play at World Cup
Ecuador have been given the green light to take their place at the World Cup after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday upheld their qualification which had been contested by Chile and Peru over the eligibility of their defender Byron Castillo.
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Migrant ships wait at Italian port for entry as another appeals to France
Hundreds of migrants aboard rescue ships waited Tuesday at a Sicilian port for permission to come ashore, as another charity vessel gave up hope of a welcome in Italy and appealed to France for safe harbour.
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Erdogan announces new meeting on Sweden's NATO bid
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said another meeting on Sweden's NATO membership bid would be held later this month after hosting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara on Tuesday.
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England boss Jones puts Lawes' health first as recall hopes fade
England boss Eddie Jones will put Courtney Lawes' health first after hinting his captain will not return from a concussion during the current Autumn Nations internationals.
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Ukraine's Zelensky tells COP27 Russia's war harms climate efforts
A fast-heating world "cannot afford a single gunshot", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN climate summit on Tuesday, arguing that Russia's invasion threatened international efforts to tackle global warming.
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