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Steffi Graf

Steffi Graf

German tennis player

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  • Aug 31

    Mariano Navone knocks Novak Djokovic out of US Open in four-hour first-round match

    Mariano Navone defeated Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the US Open in New York, ending the 24-time Grand Slam champion's 78-match opening-round winning streak.

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A Peshawar school roof collapses

Zelensky resumes refinery strikes as Peshawar school collapse kills dozens of children

Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian refineries after a roughly three-day US-requested pause, as Kyiv counted more than 850 Shahed drones between midnight and 9am on 15 October. In Peshawar, a private-school roof collapsed onto classrooms, killing at least 32 children and a teacher in the latest hospital count.

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