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Michael Schumacher's watches fetch 4 million Swiss francs at auction
ZURICH (Reuters) - Watches belonging to Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher sold for around 4 million Swiss francs ($4.41 million) at auction house Christie's in Geneva on Tuesday.
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World
Mexico's presidential frontrunner Sheinbaum holds wide lead in latest poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Former Mexico City Mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum held a comfortable, albeit slightly narrower lead over her closest rival ahead of the nation's elections less than three weeks away, a poll showed on Tuesday.
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World
Ethiopian official hails Chinese investment in textile sector
ADDIS ABABA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese investment is an essential driver of Ethiopia's textile and apparel industry, an official said Tuesday.
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World
Rescue efforts continue as death toll reaches 33 in South Africa's building collapse
CAPE TOWN, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Rescue and recovery operations continued into the second week following a building collapse in South Africa, with the death toll climbing to 33 as of Tuesday.
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World
Zambia seeks 34.7 bln USD to implement climate change adaptation plan
LUSAKA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Zambia requires about 34.7 billion U.S. dollars for the implementation of its climate change adaptation plan, a government official said on Tuesday.
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World
Tanzania strengthens epidemics surveillance through electronic system
DODOMA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian health authorities has said they are continuing to strengthen surveillance on epidemics using the electronic system.
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World
Greta Gerwig at Cannes: #MeToo has changed things for the better
CANNES (Reuters) - Greta Gerwig, director of the smash hit "Barbie" movie, told journalists at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday that the #MeToo movement has led to "substantive change" for the better in the film industry and the conversation should continue to expand.
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World
Canadian Nobel Laureate Alice Munro dies at 92
OTTAWA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Canadian writer Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013, has died, local media reported Tuesday.
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Books
Alice Munro, Nobel-winning Canadian author, has died at 92
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, esteemed Canadian author and celebrated short story writer, died at her care home in Ontario
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World
Fishing in Lake Tanganyika to be closed for breeding season
DODOMA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Fishing activities in Lake Tanganyika, shared by Tanzania, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia, will be closed from May 15 to Aug. 15 to allow for fish breeding, a senior official said Tuesday.
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World
4 rescued, several trapped as demolished building collapses in Kenya
NAIROBI, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Four people were rescued from the rubble of a collapsed residential building on Tuesday in the Kiamaiko area in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, a police officer said.
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World
2 teachers kidnapped in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region
YAOUNDE, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Suspected separatist fighters abducted two teachers on Tuesday in Cameroon's war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, according to local and security sources.
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World
South Africa's new Rise Mzansi party sees opportunities in tight election
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's most competitive election since the advent of democracy could provide opportunities for new political party Rise Mzansi to make innovative deals and improve parliamentary oversight, its leader said on Tuesday.
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World
(Special for CAFS) 7 killed in truck-mini bus collision in eastern Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, May 14 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed and six others wounded on Tuesday morning after a mini-bus collided head-on with a truck at Dakawa in the Morogoro region of eastern Tanzania, according to police.
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World
Armed group kills 9 in central Nigeria attack
ABUJA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed earlier this week when a group of armed men attacked a community in central Nigeria, a local official said Tuesday.
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Technology
Elon Musk's xAI nears $10 billion deal to rent Oracle's AI servers, The Information reports
(Reuters) -Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has been talking to Oracle executives about spending $10 billion to rent cloud servers from the company over a period of years, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person involved in the talks.
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World
Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 92, says Globe and Mail
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her native land made her a globally acclaimed master of the short story, died on Monday at the age of 92, the Globe and Mail newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Football
Soccer-Giroud joins MLS side LAFC after three years at Milan
(Reuters) - France forward Olivier Giroud will join American Major League Soccer (MLS) side Los Angeles FC in the close season, after three years at AC Milan.
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Cycling
Cycling-Paret-Peintre attacks late to win Giro stage 10, Pogacar retains lead
(Reuters) -Frenchman Valentin Paret-Peintre launched a late attack on the final climb to win stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, celebrating at the finish line with his brother Aurelien who came fifth.
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Nation
New law incoming to address evolving property sector, says Nga
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is planning to introduce a Real Property Development Bill to improve regulation of the evolving property industry, says Nga Kor Ming.