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Russian presidential election 2024, voting underway

Key Points More than 114 million Russians have a right to vote in the three-day election for the country’s president. Election monitors said uncritical coverage of Vladimir Putin resulted in an uneven playing field in the 2018 vote. Putin is expected to be reelected and make him the longest serving Kremlin chief since Stalin. Russia

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Missing Australian: Search underway in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls

An Australian tourist has gone missing in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls National Park, home to one of the world’s natural wonders, the country’s parks spokesman has said. Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo told The Associated Press that the tourist went missing in the vast rainforest on Friday. “We have a fully-fledged

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Judo Grand Slam in Baku gets underway on day one

The rise of young Swede, Tara Babulfath, a first year junior and just 18 years old, was impossible to ignore. Her gold medal in Baku was nothing less than staggering. ADVERTISEMENT As the journey to this summer’s Olympic Games continues to pick up pace, The International Judo Family was once again back in Azerbaijan for

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Voting underway in Indonesia presidential elections

Voting has begun in the world’s biggest single-day elections in Indonesia. More than 200 million people are eligible to cast a ballot. The country’s presidency is up for grabs as the outgoing leader, Joko Widodo, hits his term limit after 10 years in power. Leading the polls is Prabowo Subianto, a former military general and

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Major search underway for missing Victorian mum

A major search for a missing Victorian mum has resumed after police released new CCTV footage of her last known public sighting. Samantha Murphy, 51, failed to return to her home after going for a run in a nearby state forest five days ago. Crews have resumed their search in dense bushland outside of Ballarat.

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