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A public inquiry in South Africa has started investigating alleged corruption by ex-President Jacob Zuma. The inquiry is looking into "state capture", where the wealthy Gupta family is accused of trying to influence political decisions,…
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Suspected Islamist militants have stormed a village in north-east Nigeria, killing several people. Reports on the death toll in Mailari, Borno state, differed. A local militia leader said six people had died but a survivor said up to 19…
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A British woman has survived after falling from a cruise ship off the coast of Croatia, the country's coastguard has said. Officials said the 46-year-old was rescued 10 hours after falling into the Adriatic Sea - 60 miles offshore - at…
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Birmingham Prison is being taken over by the government from the private firm G4S, after inspectors said it had fallen into a "state of crisis". Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke described it as the worst prison he had ever been to.…
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A man was shot dead early Monday morning after entering a Spanish police station wielding a knife, Spanish police told CNN. The incident, which took place in Cornella, just outside the northeastern city of Barcelona in Catalonia, is…
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More than a third of farmed fruit and vegetables never reaches supermarket shelves because it is misshapen or the wrong size, according to new research. A University of Edinburgh study found more than 50 million tonnes of fruit and…
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NHS reorganisations are not very popular - but Tom Locke probably owes his life to one. The 41-year-old was inspecting pigeon nests on his roof at home in Hythe on the Kent coast last October when disaster struck. He fell from his…
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Leaders around the world paid tribute to former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan, who died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday aged 80. The International Icon died…
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Following the bitter divorce of movie stars Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, Mirror is reporting that the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor is blaming it all on a shocking payback by Heard for arriving at her 30th birthday 2 hours late. Depp…
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Saudi Arabia on Thursday said more than 1.6 million pilgrims from all over the world have arrived Mecca to perform the 2018 Hajj. The success of receiving foreign pilgrims was as a result of coordination between concerned authorities,…
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