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Google has had to publicly state Gmail is "here to stay" after a hoax claiming it was shutting down spread widely on social media. A post on X, formerly Twitter, which has been viewed more than seven million times, claimed it would be…
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Guinea's military junta, which seized power in a coup in September 2021, has dissolved the government. The announcement was made through a presidential decree read on state TV on Monday by the presidency's Secretary General, Brig Gen…
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Doctors across Gaza have described operating on patients without anaesthetic, turning people with chronic conditions away, and treating rotting wounds with limited medical supplies. "Because of the shortage of painkillers, we leave…
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When Natalia Kyrkach-Antonenko’s husband Vitalii was killed on the frontlines fighting Russia, she was 13 weeks pregnant with their daughter, Vitalina. Despite his death, Kyrkach-Antonenko found some new meaning, hope and purpose with…
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At least 75 people have been rescued after being trapped on an ice floe that broke away from the shore of Sakhalin island in the Russian Far East on Sunday. Sakhalin, Russia’s largest island, is a 1,000-kilometer strip of land (621…
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Details have begun to emerge of an overnight Israeli military operation which freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held captive by Hamas in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces carried out intense strikes in the…
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At least 45 civilians were killed in door-to-door raids by Ethiopian troops last month in the northern town of Merawi, the country's human rights watchdog says. Witnesses told the BBC a pregnant woman was among those shot. She later…
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Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would encourage Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” to any NATO member country that doesn’t meet spending guidelines on defense in a stunning admission he would not abide by the…
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Three soldiers from the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces and an officer from the Bahrain Defense Force were killed in an attack at a military base in Somalia’s capital, the UAE’s defense ministry said Sunday. The attack took place at…
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King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, says Buckingham Palace. The type of cancer has not been revealed - it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate. The King…
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