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Saudi girls dream big with launch of soccer league

Riyadh (AFP) – Members of the Saudi national women’s team train with their coach at a Riyadh stadium as Saudi Arabia’s launch of its first women’s football league on Monday will clear the way for girls who dream of turning professional — and maybe even playing in a World Cup.

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Russian rescue dog back on all fours with titanium paws

Novosibirsk (Russia) (AFP) – Monika the Russian rescue dog is ready for her new life after she was fitted with four prosthetic titanium paws after being found abandoned in a forest with four stumps. Luckily, she ended up in the caring hands of Alla Leonkina, a volunteer from Krasnodar, who fundraised to get Monika the pricey and complex operation she needed.

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US teen Kyle Rittenhouse cleared over protester deaths

Kenosha (United States) (AFP) – People protest after Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teenager who shot dead two men during protests and riots against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, was acquitted of all charges after a high-profile and politically divisive trial.

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UN wants proof of missing Chinese tennis star’s wellbeing

Geneva (AFP) – UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell says the UN wants proof of the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who went missing after making sexual assault allegations against a top Communist Party official.

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Clearing Afghanistan’s landmines one careful step at a time

Nad-e-Ali (Afghanistan) (AFP) – For decades, Afghanistan’s Helmand province has been on the frontline of the country’s conflict, and the landscape bears the scars. Since the departure of US troops in the summer, the remnants of war remain a serious threat to Afghans’ safety. Since 1989, 41,085 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance, according to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS). In an effort to prevent any further loss of life, demining NGO the HALO Trust is racing against time to “decontaminate” one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.

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Warsaw (AFP) – Eighty years after having stood up to the Nazis, Polish grandmother and Warsaw uprising fighter Wanda Traczyk-Stawska is now waging a new battle in defence of migrants and Poland’s presence in the European Union.

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