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A man has shot and killed himself outside the White House in Washington, the Secret Service says. It said the man approached the White House’s fence on Pennsylvania Avenue just before noon local time (17:00GMT) before taking out a handgun…
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Police in the US state of Michigan have arrested a student suspected of shooting dead his parents when they came to pick him up for spring break. James Eric Davis Jr is suspected of gunning down his mother and father in his dormitory a…
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Three aid workers have been killed in Nigeria’s north eastern town of Rann during an attack by militants at a military facility, news agency Reuters reports quoting a UN spokeswoman. A fourth aid worker may also have been killed and…
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The world’s biggest investment management firm, BlackRock Inc, is stepping up pressure on companies that make and sell guns in response to the Florida school shooting. It is considering excluding them from some of its portfolios and is…
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Polite, petite and soft-spoken, Yeonmi Park has emerged as an unlikely thorn in the side of North Korea's blustering leader, Kim Jong Un. Park fled North Korea at the age of 13,crossing the partly frozen Yalu River into China in 2007.…
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Gunfire and an explosion have been heard near the army headquarters and the French embassy in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. Witnesses have reported seeing armed men getting out of a car and opening fire, according to AFP news…
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Four Kenyan medics have been suspended after cutting open the skull of the wrong patient at a hospital in Nairobi. One patient needed surgery for a blood clot on the brain, the other only non-invasive treatment for swelling. But a…
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President Donald Trump has said he will sign off on steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports next week, hitting producers like China. Flanked by US metals executives at the White House, he said a 25% tariff would be placed on steel…
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The Nelson Mandela Foundation has asked the courts to ban "gratuitous displays" of the apartheid-era South African flag. The foundation argues public displays of the flag amounts to "hate speech, unfair discrimination and harassment".…
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A Zambian lawmaker has been sentenced to death by hanging after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a security guard. Keith Mukata, a member of the opposition United Party for National Development, was found guilty of first degree…
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