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The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to more than 2,000, with a similar number of injured. The interior ministry says more than 1,400 have serious injuries, and the heaviest casualties are in provinces just…
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Police in the West Midlands have rescued a 12ft-long python from the streets of West Bromwich. Officers from Sandwell Police apprehended the creature just after midnight on Tuesday after a call from a member of the public. Not shy of…
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Hunters have killed the longest alligator ever found in Mississippi - more than 4.3m (14ft 3in) and weighing 364kg (57 stone). The local wildlife department said the male was "harvested" on the Yazoo River and that its length was a state…
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Police in the US state of Nebraska responded to a bizarre emergency call after a bull was seen riding shotgun in the front passenger seat of a car. Norfolk police captain Chad Reiman said officers quickly located the modified Ford Crown…
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Referring to the stigma he faces in Somalia because he has albinism, 25 year-old Elmi Bile Mohamed says: "People tell me I am a cannibal and that I will eat their children. They are terrified of me." Mr Mohamed has struggled to find a…
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Russia's diplomats were once a key part of President Putin's foreign policy strategy. But that has all changed. In the years leading up to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomats lost their authority, their role reduced to…
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Adama and Moussa Sarr had lost track of the exact number of days they had been at sea. The brothers were drifting somewhere off the coast of West Africa, in a traditional Senegalese fishing canoe known as a pirogue. They were two of 39…
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In a world-first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman. The “string-like structure” was pulled from the patient’s damaged frontal lobe during surgery in Canberra last year. “It was…
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Iraq has hanged three people convicted of involvement in a vehicle bombing in Baghdad that killed more than 300 people and injured hundreds in 2016. The bomb exploded as people were enjoying a night out during the Islamic holy month of…
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A 20-year-old Ugandan man could face the death penalty after he was charged with aggravated homosexuality, which is a capital offence under a controversial law that was passed in May. It is the first time that such a charge has been…
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