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A rescue boat has overturned in the Atlantic off the west coast of France leaving three crew dead, amid winds of up to 129 km/h (80 mph). They were part of a crew of seven who had gone to the aid of another boat which had got into…
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US border patrol agents in Texas have detained hundreds of people from African countries over the past week. US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) says the “dramatic rise” in migrants from African countries arriving in the area is a…
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Frank Lucas, the notorious Harlem drug lord whose life inspired the 2007 film American Gangster, has died. Born in North Carolina in 1930, he moved to New York where he became a prolific heroin trafficker throughout the 1960s and 1970s.…
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Donald Trump has said Boris Johnson would be an "excellent" choice for the Conservative Party leadership. In an interview with the Sun ahead of his visit to the UK, Mr Trump said: "I think Boris would do a very good job." The US…
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At least 12 people were killed and several injured on Friday in a mass shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia. Police said the suspect, a long-term and current Virginia Beach city employee, fired "indiscriminately"…
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The Kenyan government has been holding a national prayer breakfast, an annual event in its 17th year. The colourful ceremony, which brought together leaders to pray for the country, has got a lot of people talking on Twitter. This…
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Boris Johnson has been ordered to appear in court over claims he lied by saying the UK gave the EU £350m a week. The Tory leadership candidate has been accused of misconduct in public office after making the claim during the 2016 EU…
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new cabinet in which, for the first time in the country’s history, half of all ministers are women. In another unexpected move, one of the women is from the opposition. He…
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Disaster was averted at Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Wednesday as 393 passengers, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, escaped air crash, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Other prominent Nigerians in the…
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An imprisoned Algerian human rights activist, who had been on hunger strike for more than 50 days, has died. Kamel Eddine Fekhar was arrested in March for “undermining state security” and put in pre-trial detention. His lawyer, Salah…
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