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Fleeing Rajapaksa's cash handed to Sri Lankan police
Fleeing Rajapaksa's cash handed to Sri Lankan police
by  AFP

Millions of rupees in cash left behind by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa when he fled his official residence in the capital will be handed over to court on Monday, police said. "The cash was taken over by the police and will be produced in court today," a police spokesman said.

Europe frets over reduced Russia gas supplies
Europe frets over reduced Russia gas supplies
by  AFP

Russian gaz giant Gazprom begins 10 days of routine maintenance on its Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Monday -- with Germany and other European countries watching anxiously to see if the gas comes back on. Nord Stream 1 is the longest subsea pipeline in the world, running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany and has been in operation for a decade.

Austria and Hungary fight nature to stop lake vanishing
Austria and Hungary fight nature to stop lake vanishing
by  AFP

Kitesurfers and windsurfers dot picturesque Lake Neusiedl on the Austrian-Hungarian border –- but the water is so low some get stuck in the mud. More than 100 salt marshes once dotted the region, but as groundwater levels have dropped dramatically, about 60 are now "irreversibly lost", said Johannes Ehrenfeldner, head of the Lake Neusiedl-Seewinkel National Park.

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