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The US Senate failed for a fifth time on Monday to pass spending measures that would reopen the government. Competing proposals by Democrats and Republicans were both shot down, failing to meet the 60-vote threshold required. Donald…
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A Sudanese militia leader has been found guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur region more than 20 years ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, was one of the leaders of the…
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Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has refused to resign despite growing nationwide protests calling for his removal over worsening living conditions and government failures. For more than a week, thousands of citizens have taken to…
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Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes and treason. The charges concern accusations that Kabila has been supporting the M23, a rebel group who have wreaked…
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A Chinese national has been convicted following an international fraud investigation which resulted in what's believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world. The Metropolitan Police says it recovered 61,000 bitcoin…
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Rescuers are racing to pull dozens of students and workers from under the rubble of a school building that collapsed in East Java, Indonesia. Three people have been killed and 99 others hospitalised, some of them with critical injuries,…
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A Russian aerial bombardment that lasted more than 12 hours has killed at least four people and injured at least 70 others in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the deaths all occurred in the capital, Kyiv, where many of the…
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At least 40 people have died in a crush at a political rally in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials say. Tens of thousands of people had gathered on Saturday at a campaign event for actor-turned-politician Vijay, in the…
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Russia fired more than 600 drones and missiles at targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Sunday morning - one of the largest barrages of the war. At least four people were killed in Kyiv during the overnight attacks, according to…
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Eleven West African nationals, deported from the United States to Ghana earlier this month, have filed a lawsuit against the government of Ghana, alleging unlawful detention. The group, which includes citizens of Nigeria, Liberia, Togo,…
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