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A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering. Prosecutors say he took $35m (£27m) in bribes from a Brazilian construction company which was awarded…
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Russia's embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The…
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Gaza's health ministry reported that 87 people were killed and over 40 injured in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Lahiya. Many remain trapped under rubble. Israel said it was verifying the casualty reports and accused Hamas of exaggerating…
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In a record-breaking deportation flight, it has been alleged that 44 Nigerians and Ghanaians were forcibly removed from the UK on Friday, marking a significant surge in immigration enforcement. According to The Guardian.com/uk The Home…
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Democratic US presidential nominee Kamala Harris has conducted a combative first interview with Fox News. She clashed repeatedly with her host on topics such as transgender prisoners, illegal immigration and President Joe Biden’s mental…
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The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday. The blast, which happened late evening local time on Tuesday in Majiya, a village in…
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The Godfather has never been a godfather. At least, he is pretty sure that is the case. One of the biggest film stars of all time, Al Pacino is sitting in a suite in a Beverly Hills hotel, looking surprised at the idea that this is an…
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Kamala Harris is responding to Democratic panic about her White House prospects by turning up the heat on Donald Trump. The vice president warned Monday that the ex-president was “unstable,” “unhinged” and out for “unchecked power” as…
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A Palestinian woman has won the world's largest LGBTQ+ short film award. Dima Hamdan said she was "deeply honoured" to receive the £30,000 2024 Iris Prize, because it was both "the 'Oscars' of the LGBTQ+ short film world" and "it comes…
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Ukraine says nine of its "drone operators and contractors" have been killed by Russian troops after they had surrendered. DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to Ukraine's defence ministry, alleges the prisoners of war…
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