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Ramla Ali wins first world titles at 36 with highly controversial split decision

British-Somali boxer claims first world titles in Texas Kreps outlands Ali but loses disputed split decision Baumgardner wins 135lb belt as Dubois feud heats up Australia’s Nicolson retains junior featherweight title British-Somali boxer Ramla Ali became a world champion for the first time at the age of 36 on Sunday night after escaping with a highly contentious 10-round split decision over former sparring partner Mikiah Kreps to claim the vacant WBO and IBF women’s junior featherweight titles in Arlington, Texas. Ali, who grew up in east London after fleeing Somalia’s civil war with her famil

The Guardian
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International

At COP31, the bet on electricity to break the climate impasse

From November 9 to 20, the international community meets in Antalya, Turkey, for COP31. At a time when the energy crisis linked to the war in the Middle East has confronted States with their dependence on fossil fuels, this new meeting of climate negotiations opens with an unprecedented objective: to push them to turn massively to electricity.

France 24
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