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Macron visits New Caledonia amid riots over electoral reform, aims for reconciliation
French President Emmanuel Macron landed in the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Thursday, for a day of talks during which he will…
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US city of Uvalde to pay $2 million to victims’ families in 2022 school shooting
The city of Uvalde has reached a $2 million settlement with families of the victims of a 2022 mass shooting…
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs system to defend against Russia’s guided bombs
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a fresh plea on Wednesday for upgraded defense systems to protect Ukraine’s cities against guided bombs,…
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Three dead as Ukraine strikes Russia and occupied east
Ukraine on Wednesday attacked a number of villages in Russia’s Belgorod border region and the occupied eastern city of Lysychansk,…
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UK general election: What happens next?
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election for July 4, teeing up a battle between his ruling Conservatives…
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France backs US plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine aid ahead of G7 meeting
France on Wednesday welcomed a US plan on using profits from frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine, saying it was hoping…
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UK ruling on Assange extradition ‘resets the game’. What happens next?
Legal experts are voicing hope and caution after London’s High Court ruling this week allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appeal his…
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Load shedding & water woes: Can South Africa fix its ailing infrastructure?
“I set up my company several years ago. The power cuts were bad then, lasting up to five hours a…
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Patients trapped as hospitals besieged
World Health Organization says northern Gaza’s last two functioning hospitals, al-Awda and Kamal Adwan, besieged by Israeli forces, with more…
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US House leader close to inviting Israeli PM Netanyahu to address congress
The Republican leader of the US House of Representatives said on Tuesday he was close to inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address…
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