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A suspect package found in a post box at the home of billionaire businessman George Soros contained an explosive device, New York police have confirmed. The item was discovered on Monday by an employee of Mr Soros, who took it to a…
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WWE star Roman Reigns is giving up his Universal Championship title because he has leukaemia. The four-time world champion told fans on Monday he had been diagnosed with the disease 11 years ago but was in remission. But he says the…
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Stock markets have tumbled around the world with analysts blaming concerns over Italy's finances, ongoing trade fears and Saudi tensions for the falls. London's FTSE 100, which is already on track for its worst monthly performance in a…
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The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned days in advance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told MPs from his ruling party. He said Turkey had strong evidence Khashoggi was killed in a premeditated and "savage" murder…
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Nasa has released a striking photo of a rectangular iceberg floating in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. The US space agency said the object's sharp angles and flat surface suggested it had recently broken away from an ice shelf. The…
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A televised rape trial in South Africa has prompted a furious public backlash after a witness - who says she was raped by her pastor from the age of 14 - was subjected to a lengthy and, at times, aggressively intimate cross-examination by…
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The only free ambulance service in Somalia's capital is under threat of closure and is having to use fewer vehicles, its founder has told the BBC. Aamin has a fleet of 16 ambulances but can now only afford to operate 10 on a regular basis…
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Bulgarian authorities raided a print shop on Monday that was making counterfeit cash, and seized fake euro and dollar bills worth more than $14.3 million, the interior ministry said on Monday. Special forces for combating organized crime…
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Saudi Arabia has blamed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on a "rogue operation", giving a new account of an act that sparked a global outcry. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told Fox News "the murder" had been a "tremendous…
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Missing Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has resurfaced in Israel more than a year after soldiers stormed his home. "I'm in Israel," Mr Kanu said on Sunday in a broadcast on his outlawed pirate radio station - Radio Biafra. A…
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