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Ukraine authorities launch corruption probe against country’s Supreme Court
Ukrainian anti-graft authorities said on Monday they were investigating large-scale corruption in the country’s Supreme Court system and shared a photograph of piles of dollars neatly lined up on a s…
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UK unemployment rate rises, potentially easing BoE inflation worries
Britain’s unemployment rate rose and there were other signs of less inflationary heat in the labour market in data published on Tuesday, prompting investors to scale back some of their bets on furthe…
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Air strikes pound Sudan’s capital as conflict enters second month
The Sudanese army carried out air strikes in the north of the capital Khartoum on Monday, attacking its paramilitary rivals around a hospital that witnesses said was damaged in the bombardment. Inten…
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US beseech disapprobation from India over religious violence
The Biden administration wants the Indian government to condemn acts of violence based on religion and hold the perpetrators accountable, a senior official said on Monday, just a month before a state…
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New drug turning people into zombies hit Los Angeles
Los Angeles officials are trying to stop the spread of the flesh-eating drug xylazine that has taken over the city. The ‘zombie drug’, a veterinary tranquilizer approved in the US for cows and horses…
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Twenty-six people dead as tractor trailer crashed in Mexico
A tractor trailer and a van crashed on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas on Sunday morning, killing 26 people, local authorities said. The two vehicles crashed about half an hour …
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[VIDEO NEWS] Mother killed in Abuja while trying to separate fighting brothers
“The two brothers are of the same parents. They were engaging in a serious fight. Their mother came in and tried to separate them. Inusa, however, left and went to bring a machete with which he inten…
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China to begin building ‘new-era’ marriage, childbearing culture
China will launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to create a “new-era” marriage and childbearing culture to foster a friendly child bearing environment, the latest move by authorities to boost…
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Malawi rolls out mass vaccination in bid to tackle health crisis after deadly Cyclone Freddy
Malawi on Monday kicked off a mass vaccination drive to inoculate more than 9 million children against several life-threatening diseases, as it seeks to prevent a health crisis after deadly Cyclone F…
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Kenya’s president Ruto say authorities should have prevented cult deaths of over 200
Kenyan government agencies should have been able to prevent the deaths by starvation of more than 200 members of a cult in the country’s coastal region, said President William Ruto, adding he took re…