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Sierra Leone

Envoy attends inauguration

Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy Wang Zhigang attended the inauguration ceremony of Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio on Saturday. Wang, also minister of science and technology, went to Sierra Leone's capital city of Freetown at the invitation of Bio, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang.

United Kingdom

'Olympic Games' minister dies at 70

Tessa Jowell, a former British government minister who was instrumental in bringing the Olympic Games to London in 2012, died on Saturday after a brain haemorrhage, her family said. Jowell, who was 70, was diagnosed with brain cancer in May last year. Prime Minister Theresa May said: "The dignity and courage with which Dame Tessa Jowell confronted her illness was humbling and inspirational."

Poland

Two more missing miners found dead

Rescuers searching for three Polish miners trapped almost a kilometer underground since a tunnel collapsed eight days ago have found two bodies, taking the death toll from the incident to four, coal company JSW said on Sunday. One man is still missing at the Zofiowka mine in southern Poland, which was struck by an earthquake on May 5, initially trapping seven miners.

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