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Frances Tiafoe knocks out Nadal

New York, USA | THE INDEPENDENT  & XINHUA |  Frances Tiafoe Monday become the youngest American to storm the US Open tennis quarterfinals since Roddick in 2004. He made his point by beating four-time US Open champion  Rafael Nadal 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Tiafoe advances to his first-ever US Open quarterfinal. …

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Zimbabwean measles outbreak kills 698 since April

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua |  A measles outbreak has so far killed 698 people in Zimbabwe since its onset in April this year, with 50 having died during the first four days of September, according to health ministry data. The Ministry of Health and Child Care said 85 new cases …

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Court of Appeal to handle 42 cases in Fort Portal

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Criminal Appeals session has kicked off at Fort Portal High Court. A panel of three Court of Appeal Justices led by the Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Lady Justice Irene Mulyagonja, and Lady justice Eve K. Luswata will adjudicate 42 criminal appeals during …

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Truss, 47, set to take over as UK’s next PM

London, UK | Xinhua | Liz Truss, foreign secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), has won the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest and will replace Boris Johnson as the country’s new prime minister. In the runoff, Truss beat her rival, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak by winning approximately …

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Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

Last leader of the USSR was a ‘consequential but ultimately tragic figure’ | MATHEW SUSSEX | Few world leaders have cut a more consequential but ultimately tragic figure than Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, whose death at the age of 91 has been announced by Russian state media. In a way it …

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