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Ukraine's security chief says he is hoping to arrange for President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit the US "at the earliest suitable date" this month, as diplomatic attempts to end the war continue. A US official has told the BBC that…
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India's largest conglomerate Reliance Industries, owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has stopped importing Russian crude oil for its export-only refining unit at Jamnagar in the western state of Gujarat. The move aims to comply with an…
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More than 300 children and staff are now thought to have been kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, making it one of the worst mass abductions the country has seen. The Christian Association of Nigeria said 303…
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Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC. Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment…
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President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to immediately rescue the 25 female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko-Wasagu area of Kebbi State. In a statement on Monday, Minister of…
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A total of 69 schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will be forced to close on Monday after coloured play sand was recalled due to asbestos risk, the government has said. A recall for the products, which were found to have…
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A major data breach in Somalia's electronic visa system may have exposed personal information belonging to tens of thousands of applicants, including US citizens, the American embassy in Somalia has warned. It said it had received…
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Sports Minister Kofi Adams says Ghana’s major sporting achievements in 2025 are the result of deliberate reforms and targeted investments, not chance. Speaking at the SWAG 50th Anniversary Awards, he stated, “2025 is no accident—we…
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from jail, three weeks into a five-year prison term for taking part in a criminal conspiracy. He will be subject to strict judicial supervision and barred from leaving France…
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The rate of UK unemployment has risen to 5% in the three months to September, showing signs the jobs market has weakened, according to new official figures. It is the highest rate since the period covering December 2020 to February 2021,…
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