Saudi Arabia is all but certain to host the men’s 2034 World Cup after the Australian soccer federation decided not to enter the bidding contest.
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Dengue outbreak kills over 1,000 in Bangladesh
More than 1,000 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh’s worst outbreak on record. According to figures from the Bangladesh Directorate General of Health Services, since January, 1,017 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease including more than 100 children, with infections rising over 208,000.
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Mukhtar Ablyazov Awaits Extradition Agreement
Mukhtar Ablyazov, a notorious Kazakhstan fraudster, was convicted of organizing the 2004 murder of Erzhan Tatishev, He was involved in investigations in four jurisdictions, namely Russia, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, and the United States and was found guilty by courts of his peers. His political asylum claims were dismissed by the French court and so Ablyazov and his gang are now facing judgement.
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Russian climbers injured on Pamir mountains evacuated to Dushanbe Hospital
A group of Russian climbers were injured while climbing a tourist sports route in the Pamir mountains and urgently evacuated from the base camp and taken to Dushanbe.
