Global unease over mutiny in Russia
Countries around the world were closely watching events unfolding on Saturday in Russia, where a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group posed the most serious challenge yet to President Vladimir Putin&s long rule.

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Tanks and armed Wagner rebels deploy in southern Russia town
ROSTOV-ON-DON (RUSSIA) - The sound of ambulance and police sirens filled the air on Saturday in Rostov-on-Don -- a hub for Russia's Ukraine campaign -- where the rebellious Wagner mercenary force said it had taken over key facilities.

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Australia to spend millions on empty refugee hub
Australia will continue funding its controversial offshore detention processing centre on the Pacific island of Nauru even as the facility&s remaining refugees leave, in an effort to dissuade people-smugglers from sending boats to the country, according to local media.

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Skin on show at Paris menswear week
PARIS - Plunging necklines and naked backs are no longer reserved for femmes fatales, becoming regular features of menswear shows at this Paris Fashion Week, with plenty of skin on show right down to the tips of toes.

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Putin slams 'betrayal' as Wagner boss launches revolt
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.

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Putin vows to crush ‘armed mutiny& by mercenaries
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an emergency televised address on Saturday that an &armed mutiny& by the Wagner Group mercenary force was treason, and that anyone who had taken up arms against the Russian military would be punished.

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