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Police in Zimbabwe are investigating the death of a 14-year-old girl during childbirth, a case that sparked outrage among citizens and rights activists. Memory Machaya is reported to have died last month at a church shrine in the eastern…
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On top of all the challenges Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett already faces in trying to hold an unlikely, ideologically-diverse ruling coalition together, analysts say he also has to deal with a concerted attempt by his…
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A prominent Chinese billionaire has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, the latest in a string of punishments against outspoken corporate bosses. Sun Dawu runs one of the country’s largest private agricultural businesses in the…
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Reports of girls and young women being brutally assaulted by family members have recently made headlines in India. The incidents have also put the spotlight on how unsafe girls and women are within their own homes. Last week, 17-year-old…
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A man who wanted to run on water from Florida to New York has washed up on the Floridian coast in a large hamster-wheel-like contraption. Reza Baluchi told local media he was travelling 1,000 miles (1,609 km) north from Florida's east…
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A baby orca found stranded in New Zealand has died, after a huge effort to reunite him with his mother failed. The killer whale - named Toa - washed ashore near the capital Wellington 10 days ago, prompting a desperate search to find his…
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A woman who was reported missing for 11 years has been found living with her boyfriend 500 meters away from her parent’s house. According to the couple, they kept their relationship a secret because of their religious differences. In…
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Around 100 women and children abducted in early June by gunmen known locally as "bandits" have been rescued, police authorities in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara State said. Zamfara police spokesman, Mohammed Shehu, told CNN on Wednesday…
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An operation is under way to rescue passengers submerged in waist-deep floodwaters on a subway train in China. The passengers were travelling in Zhengzhou, in central Henan province on Tuesday, when they became stranded amid the rising…
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Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita has been targeted in an attempted stabbing attack after Eid al-Adha prayers at the Grand Mosque in the capital, Bamako, his office said. “The attacker was immediately overpowered by security.…
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