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It was meant to be one of the biggest #MeToo trials China had ever seen, set to play out on the other side of the world in the US state of Minnesota. The defendant was a 49-year-old billionaire who's been called the "Jeff Bezos of…
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Mozambican forces say they have captured four jihadists involved in recruiting and radicalising people and have announced the death of 16 others. Police commander Bernardino Rafael said some of the jihadists died from gunshot wounds…
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Guinea’s oldest chimpanzee has died aged about 71, the environment ministry has said. Fana had lived alone as she became less mobile after a bad fall nearly 25 years ago paralysed her left upper limb, AFP news agency reports. She…
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European countries are investigating three mystery leaks in two major gas pipelines between Russia and Europe. The cause of the damage to Nord Stream 1 and 2 is unclear, but authorities have not ruled out sabotage. The operator of…
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Children and older teenagers have been removed from the jungle compound of a Jewish sect in Mexico following a raid by police, the BBC has learned. It took place against the Lev Tahor group, which was investigated on suspicion of…
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Thousands of people have been evacuated and government offices have been closed as a a super typhoon bashes the Philippines eastern islands. Typhoon Noru has caused gusts of up to 240kph (149mph) on the main island Luzon, where more than…
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It is the perhaps the most unusual - and exclusive - museum in the world, filled with artefacts that have shaped history. But its doors are firmly shut to the public. It is the only place a visitor can see the gun found with Osama bin…
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Pro-Kremlin authorities have accused Ukrainian forces of killing two people, including a former MP, in a missile strike on a hotel in occupied Kherson. A regional official said Oleksiy Zhuravko, a pro-Russian former Ukrainian lawmaker,…
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The Nigerian drug enforcement agency says it has made what appears to be the biggest seizure of cocaine in the country’s history. Some 1.8 tons of cocaine estimated to be worth more than $278m (£243m) were discovered in a warehouse in…
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Eight people including Catholic priests, a nun and worshippers are being held in captivity by separatist fighters in Cameroon’s South West region. Their abductors also burnt down a church during the attack in Nchang, a community in the…
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