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China, India face huge mental health burden: study

Paris, France | AFP | China and India are home to more than a third of people with mental illness, but only a tiny fraction of them receive medical help, according to studies released Wednesday. There are more people in the world’s two most populous nations coping with mental, neurological …

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More final misery for Klopp

FULL-TIME: Heartbreak for #LFC as they suffer a 3-1 defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League final pic.twitter.com/KvC8QvJ4pG — Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 18, 2016 Basel, Switzerland | AFP | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he will give it “everything I have” to reach another final after collecting his fifth …

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IOC: 31 new doping cases from Beijing Games risk ban

Lausanne, Switzerland | AFP | Thirty-one athletes from 12 countries failed doping tests after new analysis of samples taken from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and could be banned from the Rio Games, the IOC said Tuesday. The 31, who took part in six different sports, were among 454 samples retested …

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Athletics: Bolt undergoing treatment for hamstring tweak

Kingston, Jamaica | AFP | Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt is undergoing treatment in Germany for what his coach described as an “aggravated hamstring injury” following his first race of the season, local radio reported Monday. Glen Mills, Bolt’s coach, said the two-time Olympic 100m and 200m champion had tweaked …

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Never again, say China media after Cultural Revolution anniversary

Beijing, China | AFP | The mayhem of China’s Cultural Revolution will never be repeated, state-run media said Tuesday, breaking their silence after the 50th anniversary of its start saw little state-sanctioned discussion. May 16 marked half a century since the 1966 internal Communist party declaration of the movement, which …

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When Kenya police broke up opposition protests

  Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan police fired tear gas and beat opposition demonstrators with truncheons Monday to stop them storming the offices of the electoral commission to demand its dissolution. Hundreds of protesters were prevented from reaching the offices of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Some …

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