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Fighting at a prison in northern Brazil has left 15 inmates dead, according to local officials. The clashes reportedly broke out on Sunday during visiting hours at Anísio Jobim Penitentiary Complex, in Manaus. Some of the victims were…
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A speeding driver in Germany was saved from a €105 (£93) fine when a snow-white dove interceded on his behalf. The driver was caught on speed cameras - but his identity was hidden by the bird's wings spread in flight. A light-hearted…
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Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt has warned that his party will be committing "political suicide" if it tries to push through a no-deal Brexit. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the move to no-deal would result in a general…
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A knife-wielding man has attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus in a Japanese city near Tokyo. At least 18 people were injured on a residential street in Kawasaki. Two of them, a 12-year-old girl and a 39-year-old man, are…
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The US justice department has filed 17 new charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition from the UK. The latest charges accuse him of receiving and unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources.…
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Botswana has lifted a ban on elephant hunting, citing growing conflict between humans and the animals, which at times destroy crops. Critics of the ban, imposed in 2014, say the restriction was causing problems to small farmers and to…
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Uganda’s capital Kampala has passed a law to ban giving money or food to children living on the streets. Kampala’s Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, said the law aimed to curb the commercial and sexual exploitation of children. According to…
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Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister for the UK. In an emotional statement in Downing St, she said she had “done my best” to honour the 2016 EU…
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Prize-winning Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina has died after a short illness at the age of 48. He won the Caine Prize for African writing in 2002 and was best known around the world for his satirical essay How to Write About Africa.…
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Pregnant women in northwest Tanzania who do not give birth in health facilities are being fined between $9 (£7) and $22 (£17), privately-owned newspaper The Citizen reports. The paper says the women are forced to pay the fine when they…
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