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1. Autopsy shows dead Senegal student suffered multiple traumas

   A Senegalese student who died during a university police intervention that shook the nation suffered "multiple traumas" and "massive internal bleeding", according to an autopsy report circulated widely in Senegalese media.

2. Germany : From Trump to Putin, Cologne’s Rose Monday floats skewer world leaders

   Carnival in Cologne mixes feathers and satire as floats mock leaders from Trump to Putin, showing how Germans use humour to process serious politics.

3. Rising star Victoria Mboko pulls out of Dubai championships

   Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko has withdrawn from the 2026 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships due to a right-elbow injury, becoming the seventh player to pull out of the tournament—just hours after cracking the WTA top 10 for the first time in her career.

4. Russia marks Navalny grave anniversary amid poison test fallout

   Relatives and diplomats mark Alexei Navalny’s death in Moscow, as his family demands truth and Europe cites lab tests pointing to rare toxin poisoning.

5. Floods in western France leave two dead and 81 departments on alert

   Western France faces record flood alerts, widespread power cuts and at least two deaths after weeks of relentless rain saturate soils and rivers.