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Kenya’s police have been accused by Amnesty International of unlawfully killing 167 people last year, including some of those arrested for violating Covid-19 restrictions. The rights group alleged the force was also responsible for the…
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Kenyan police say they have taken disciplinary action against a policeman filmed forcing his way into a private car through a window on a busy road in the capital. The incident, which has been shared widely on social media, was…
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South Africa is to dispose of more than 90,000 Pfizer Covid vaccines at the end of this month, when they are due to expire. It is the country’s first such disposal of coronavirus-related material. Another 900,000 doses are due to…
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Men who allegedly plotted to kidnap Michigan's Democratic governor in 2020 sought to buy bombs with "IOUs", a court has heard. FBI agent Timothy Bates testified Monday that he had posed undercover as a bomb-maker and infiltrated the…
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The Queen has joined her family at a memorial service to celebrate the life of the Duke of Edinburgh. Her son the Duke of York - in his first public appearance since settling a civil sex assault case - accompanied her to Westminster…
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had opioids, marijuana and other drugs in his system before he died, Colombian investigators say. A toxicology report showed traces of 10 substances in his body, including anti-depressants. The…
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Five weeks into Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, imagine for a moment what it's like to live there now. Bombs, bloodshed, trauma. No school for your children, no healthcare for your parents, no safe roof over your head in many parts…
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Russia's most prominent opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been given nine years in a "strict regime penal colony" in a fraud case rejected by supporters as fabricated. Navalny was detained when he returned to Russia last year, after…
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A 17-month-old girl has died after being attacked by a dog in her home. Bella-Rae Birch died in hospital after the attack in St Helens at about 15:50 GMT on Monday, Merseyside Police said. Her family said she would be "sadly missed…
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Vladimir's Putin's invasion of Ukraine has changed the world. We are living in new and more dangerous times - the post-Cold War era that began with the fall of the Berlin Wall is over. It is a rare thing to live through a moment of huge…
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