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Four Americans were kidnapped by a drug cartel, and two of them were murdered, when they visited the town of Matamoros, Mexico. So why would the cartel apologise for the incident and hand over its own gunmen to the police? A letter left…
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Dozens of bushfires burning across Australia's east coast could get worse as a severe heatwave continues, fire services have warned. After two years of rains and floods, a return to warmer conditions has sparked New South Wales state's…
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Turkey's often divided opposition parties have come together to choose a single candidate to face President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May's election. Kemal Kilicdaroglu leads the main secular opposition party, the centre-left Republican…
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A Canadian brother and sister born at 22 weeks have been named by Guinness as the world's most premature twins. Adiah and Adrial Nadarajah were born at 126 days early, overtaking the previous record of 125 days early set in 2018 by twins…
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An Israeli American has been shot and killed in the occupied West Bank as retaliatory unrest intensifies. Elan Ganeles, 26, was killed in an attack on vehicles on a highway near the city of Jericho. The shooting happened after Israeli…
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An EasyJet pilot made a 360-degree turn to treat passengers to a stunning view of the northern lights. The plane was travelling from Iceland to Manchester as the aurora borealis lit up skies across the UK in a rare display. Passenger…
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More than 600 people are now being investigated in Turkey over buildings that collapsed in the deadly earthquake on 6 February, the government has said. On Saturday, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said 184 suspects - including…
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For generations, the Murdaugh family dominated their rural swath of South Carolina - then Alex Murdaugh was accused of the brutal murders of his wife and son. What followed was the stunning unravelling of a life of power and privilege,…
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A man in the US who was diagnosed with prostate cancer is said to have developed an "uncontrollable Irish accent". Despite the patient having no Irish background, researchers have said the accent was consistent with foreign accent…
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An 85-year-old woman was killed in an alligator attack as she was walking her dog in Fort Pierce, Florida. Local media reported the 10-foot (3m) alligator first attacked the woman's dog, but went after her once she tried to save the pet.…
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