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Culture being strangled by Kosovo's political crisis

Culture being strangled by Kosovo's political crisis

Kosovo's oldest cinema has been dark and silent for years as the famous theatre slowly disintegrates under a leaky roof.

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Main contenders in Kosovo's snap election

Main contenders in Kosovo's snap election

Kosovo is heading for early elections Sunday after months of political deadlock and failure to form a government -- the only solution its deeply divided parties could agree on to break the stalemate.

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Australia all out for 152 as England take charge of 4th Ashes Test

Australia all out for 152 as England take charge of 4th Ashes Test

A rampant England tore through the Australian batting to dismiss the hosts for just 152 on day one of the fourth Ashes Test Friday in a huge confidence boost for the maligned tourists.

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Boys recount 'torment' at hands of armed rebels in DR Congo

Boys recount 'torment' at hands of armed rebels in DR Congo

Forcibly recruited into a rebel militia affiliated with the Islamic State group, two boys revealed the "torment" of living in its camps as members committed massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northeast.

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Inside Chernobyl, Ukraine scrambles to repair radiation shield

Inside Chernobyl, Ukraine scrambles to repair radiation shield

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to prevent disaster.

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Bondi victims honoured as Sydney-Hobart race sets sail

Bondi victims honoured as Sydney-Hobart race sets sail

Skippers of 129 yachts set sail on a "bumpy" Sydney-Hobart ocean race Friday, with many to scatter rose petals for the Bondi Beach shooting victims as they venture into rolling seas.

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North Korea's Kim orders factories to make more missiles in 2026

North Korea's Kim orders factories to make more missiles in 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to step up production of missiles and construct more factories to meet his military's growing need for the projectiles, state media said Friday.

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Palladino's Atalanta on the up as Serie A leaders Inter visit

Palladino's Atalanta on the up as Serie A leaders Inter visit

Atalanta are on the comeback trail ahead of Sunday night's visit of Serie A leaders Inter Milan, with coach Raffaele Palladino leading the charge for the revitalised Bergamo club.

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Hooked on the claw: how crane games conquered Japan's arcades

Hooked on the claw: how crane games conquered Japan's arcades

As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls -- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to snag plush toys from claw machines.

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Shanghai's elderly waltz back to the past at lunchtime dance halls

Shanghai's elderly waltz back to the past at lunchtime dance halls

A group of retirees cheered under disco lights as 60-year-old Xu Li leapt into her partner's arms, her legs spread akimbo in perfect splits.

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