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Queen Elizabeth II's funeral: What we know
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral: What we know
by  AFP

The funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II at London's Westminster Abbey on September 19 will be the culmination of decades of meticulous planning. - Return to the abbey - The last time Westminster Abbey was used for a monarch's funeral was for George II in 1760.

French court convicts Yemenia Airways over fatal 2009 crash
French court convicts Yemenia Airways over fatal 2009 crash
by  AFP

A Paris court on Wednesday convicted Yemen's national airline of involuntary homicide and injuries over a 2009 crash that killed nearly everyone onboard except a 12-year-old girl who miraculously survived. Just before 11:00 pm, the Airbus A310 plunged into the Indian Ocean with its engines running at full throttle, killing everyone on board except Bahia Bakari, then just 12 years old.

Zelensky vows 'victory' on frontline visit to liberated Kharkiv region
Zelensky vows 'victory' on frontline visit to liberated Kharkiv region
by  AFP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday promised "victory" on a visit to the strategic city of Izyum that was recently recaptured from Russia by Kyiv's army in a lightning counter-offensive. Zelensky said Wednesday that Russia's occupation of Crimea -- annexed by Russia in 2014 -- was a "tragedy" and promised that his forces would eventually recapture the peninsula.

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