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Comedian sworn in as Ukrainian president
Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has been sworn in as Ukraine’s new president at a ceremony in the capital Kiev.
In his inaugural speech, he said ending the conflict with Russian-backed rebels in the east would be his top priority.
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Transgender woman shot, killed in US weeks after assault
A transgender woman has been fatally shot in Dallas, Texas, according to local police.
Muhlaysia Booker, 23, was found dead on a street on Saturday morning, and police are investigating the case as “homicidal violence”.
Police said it…
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US president says war would be ‘end’ of Iran as tensions rise
US President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Iran, suggesting it will be destroyed if a conflict breaks out between the two countries.
“If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran,” he said in a tweet on…
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Blast injures tourists on bus near Giza pyramids in Egypt
An explosion targeting a tourist bus has injured at least 16 people near the Grand Egyptian Museum, next to the pyramids in Giza, security sources say.
Most of those hurt are foreign tourists, Reuters news agency reports. A device went…
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Grace Mugabe accused of assaulting domestic worker
Grace Mugabe, the wife of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has already been sued in South Africa for assault, is facing a new complaint in her country filed by a former employee who accuses her of having beaten her.
The…
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Trump declares national emergency over IT threats
President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from "foreign adversaries".
The president signed an executive order which effectively bars US companies from using foreign telecoms believed to pose…
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Alabama passes bill banning abortion
Alabama has become the latest US state to move to restrict abortions by passing a bill to outlaw the procedure in almost all cases.
Supporters say they expect the law to be blocked in court but hope that the appeals process will bring it…
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80 Nigerians arrested for eating during Ramadan fast
The Islamic Sharia police in northern Nigeria’s Kano state briefly detained 80 people accused of eating in public, rather than fasting from dawn to sunset as Muslims are required to do during their holy month of Ramadan.
The Sharia…
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South African flag designer dead
The designer of South Africa’s post-apartheid flag, Fred Brownell, died at his home in the capital, Pretoria, on Friday night at the age of 79.
He designed the flag in 1993 to herald the end of minority rule in South Africa.
In a…
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US Prosecutor ‘to review Russia inquiry’
US Attorney General William Barr has assigned a senior federal prosecutor to examine the origins of the Russia investigation, media reports say.
John Durham, the US attorney in Connecticut, has reportedly been asked to determine whether…
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