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Rebel groups launch attacks on Syria’s Aleppo city
At least four people have been killed as rebel groups launched attacks on Aleppo for the first time in years,…
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UK MPs vote to advance assisted-dying bill
British MPs have given initial approval to a bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales. After…
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Putin denies he tried to frighten Merkel with dog Koni
Russian President Vladimir Putin denied on Thursday that he had deliberately used his black labrador Koni to intimidate German Chancellor…
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Canada selects underground site to store used nuclear fuel in perpetuity
Canada has chosen a site in northern Ontario to be its first deep underground depository for used nuclear fuel following…
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Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s anti-lockdown pick to head the NIH?
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who opposed COVID-19 lockdowns, to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the…
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Gukesh beats Ding Liren in Game 3; ties World Chess Championship final
India’s Gukesh Dommaraju has won the third game of the ongoing World Chess Championship final against reigning world champion Ding Liren of…
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Is Russia poisoning Namibia’s water in its hunt for uranium?
Impo Gift Kapamba Musasa holds a hose pipe in one hand and gestures to a garden of cabbages, onions and…
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Taiwan’s Olympic medallist Lin Yu-ting quits boxing event over gender issue
Taiwan’s Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting has pulled out of an international competition in the United Kingdom after the organisers questioned…
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Namibia elections 2024: Who’s in the running and what’s at stake?
Amid a wave of historic election upsets in Southern Africa, Namibians will go to the polls this week to vote…
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Displaced returning to southern Lebanon amid hopes ceasefire will hold
Lebanese people displaced from their homes due to attacks by Israeli forces have started returning to the south of the…
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