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Two arrested in Russia’s first LGBTQ+ extremism case
Two employees of an LGBTQ+ club in the Russian city of Orenburg have been arrested on suspicion of being members…
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Third ex-police officer sentenced in Mississippi torture case
A third former Mississippi police officer has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for torturing two black men in…
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Ex-wife of Amazon Boss donates $640m to US non-profits
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is giving $640m (£504m) to non-profit organisations, more than double her previously planned donations for the…
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Putin hails illegal annexation of Crimea after claiming election win
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has hailed the “return” of Crimea to Russia at a concert marking the 10th anniversary of…
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‘Only God can change this place’: Haitians see no end to spiralling violence
“Port-au-Prince is in panic mode,” a friend in the Haitian capital texted me. Residents of Petionville, a wealthier area of…
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Gaza faces famine during Ramadan, the holy month of fasting
When dawn broke last Monday morning, signalling the beginning of Ramadan, it brought a cruel irony for the people of…
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Trump unable to get $464m bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say
Donald Trump cannot find a private company to guarantee the $464m (£365m) he has been ordered to pay in a…
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: ‘We want to eat’
A verified video footage shows a Palestinian boy pleading to Egyptian soldiers for food after climbing an electricity pole to…
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Israel says it is trying to ‘flood’ Gaza with aid
Israel’s military says it is trying to “flood” Gaza with aid as international pressure to address the territory’s humanitarian crisis…
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US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide
The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It would give…
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