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Two trailers for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's new Netflix docuseries have been criticised for allegedly using footage and photos in misleading ways. The trailers show archive clips and pictures as Prince Harry and Meghan talk about…
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Indonesia's parliament has approved a new criminal code that bans anyone in the country from having extramarital sex and restricts political freedoms. Sex outside marriage will carry a jail term of up to a year under the new laws, which…
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A group of doctors in Uganda caused a stir over the weekend after kneeling before long-time President Yoweri Museveni and asking him to stand for a seventh term. The 78-year-old leader has been in power since 1986. The next general…
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign despite a scandal over money stolen from his farm, his spokesman says. The row centres on claims he kept large sums of cash on his property then covered up its theft. A panel of…
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Nine people have died in South Africa and eight are missing after a flash flood in a river swept away worshippers taking part in a church ceremony. Some of the more than 30 congregants were standing on rocks in the river on Saturday when…
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Iran's morality police, which is tasked with enforcing the country's Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the country's attorney general says. Mohammad Jafar Montazeri's comments, yet to be confirmed by other agencies, were made at an…
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Three death row prisoners in Japan are taking the government to court as they fight to end the practice of execution by hanging. The inmates argue hanging - currently the only means of execution in the country - is inhumane. They are…
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A Kenyan court has temporarily suspended the government’s decision to lift a ban on the importation and distribution of genetically modified (GM) crops and animal feeds, according to local media reports. It follows a lawsuit lodged by a…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new preferred name for the monkeypox virus, saying it would refer to it as mpox. The WHO said it had received complaints the current name was “racist and stigmatizing” and that, after…
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Armed robbers invaded a Johannesburg church in South Africa and stole from the congregants at gunpoint over the weekend. The gunmen stopped the sermon before proceeding to collect cash and valuables from the people inside the…
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