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"Get back, get back," screamed the British soldier at a crowd gathered in front of the secure compound where those being evacuated by the UK embassy are taken before flying out. In front of him, many frantically waved their British…
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A grocery run turned into a snake rescue for an Australian woman when she was greeted by a python poking out from a supermarket shelf. Helaina Alati, 25, was at a Sydney store on Monday when the 3m non-venomous snake slithered out.…
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Nigeria has received about 700,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the UK. The government also announced it has purchased close to 30 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as part of efforts to ramp up vaccinations against…
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A controversial anti-pornography law has been quashed in Uganda following pressure from women's rights groups. The government introduced the legislation in 2014 to prohibit the spread of pornography, which it said would help protect…
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President Joe Biden has said he stands "squarely" behind the US exit from Afghanistan as he faces withering criticism over the Taliban's lightning conquest of the war-torn country. "How many more American lives is it worth?" asked the…
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Officials in Haiti have confirmed at least 1,297 people are dead after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation on Saturday. Rescuers are picking through rubble in a desperate search for any survivors. Homes,…
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There have been chaotic scenes at Kabul International Airport as thousands of Afghans tried to flee the country, now under Taliban rule, with some clinging onto the outside of US military aircraft as it moved across the tarmac and reports…
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Prosecutors in Libya have issued an arrest warrant for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, over suspected ties to Russian mercenaries. A BBC World Service investigation has revealed links between the…
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Sara Faith Alterman was close to her father, an outwardly strait-laced, prudish man. Then she learned he was concealing a secret. Growing up near Boston, Massachusetts, during the 1980s, Sara always felt a special bond with her dad, Ira.…
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More than 150,000 people have been evacuated from the path of a herd of migrating elephants, Chinese officials have said. Authorities in south-western Yunnan province feared conflict between residents and the 14 Asian elephants which…
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