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Power cuts in Sierra Leone as Turkey operator cuts supply over unpaid debt
Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown has been hit by power cuts, its energy minister said on Friday, after Turkey’s Karpowership switched…
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As he awaits trial, Andrew Tate continues to influence Romanian boys
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were released from house arrest in Romania on August 4, but the charges against…
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Clashes between Palestinian factions resume in Lebanon’s Ein el-Hilweh camp
Clashes between rival factions have resumed in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, with heavy gunfire and shelling wounding at least…
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‘How will I pay?’: Steep power bills, rising inflation hit Pakistan’s poor
Every morning, Irshad Bibi walks nearly 10km (6 miles) from her one-bedroom house in Mehrabadi, a low-income neighbourhood in Islamabad’s…
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Hurricane Lee strengthens into ‘dangerous’ Category 5 storm
Hurricane Lee has built up its strength to become the first Category 5 storm of the Atlantic season, with areas…
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Attacks in northeast Mali kill at least 49 civilians, 15 soldiers
At least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed when militants attacked a military camp and a vessel in northeastern…
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North Korea launches nuclear attack submarine
North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine” and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the…
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US repositioning troops in Niger, evacuating small number of non-essential personnel
The Pentagon is repositioning some US personnel and equipment in Niger as well as evacuating a small number of non-essential personnel from…
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Iran dismisses sexual assault claims of jailed female journalist
Iran’s judiciary charged Thursday that a female journalist, who said she had been sexually assaulted in prison, failed to “report”…
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‘Justice denied’: Victims’ families slam UK’s Northern Ireland legacy bill
“Hundreds, if not thousands” of investigations into crimes committed during 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland could be thwarted…
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