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A mummified man is going to receive a proper burial after being on display at a funeral home in Pennsylvania for 128 years. Known as Stoneman Willie, the man died in a local jail in 1895, where he suffered from kidney failure after being…
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Families have spoken of the sheer panic of learning their loved ones may have been taken hostage by Hamas, after the militant group attacked Israel. The Israeli military suggests dozens of people, including foreign nationals, have been…
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Hundreds of people are feared dead after a powerful earthquake hit western Afghanistan, near the Iranian border. The Taliban government initially said the death toll could be more than 2,000, but later clarified that this number included…
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Israel formally declared war on Hamas on Sunday, setting the stage for a major military operation in Gaza as fighting rages on Israeli soil following Saturday’s surprise assault by the Islamist militant group in which hundreds of Israelis…
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A hardline Republican says he will seek to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy this week, after he pushed through a last-minute spending bill with support from the opposition Democrats. Mr McCarthy submitted the bill - aimed at averting a…
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At least 13 people have died in a fire at a nightclub in the south-eastern Spanish city of Murcia. The blaze broke out in the Fonda Milagros nightclub in the Atalayas area, at around 06:00 (04:00 GMT). Video shared online showed…
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An explosion outside Turkey's interior ministry in the capital, Ankara, was a "terrorist attack", the interior minister has said. Two attackers arrived in a commercial vehicle around 09:30 (06:30 GMT) and carried out the attack injuring…
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Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon's ousted President Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery, and the use of forgery. Public prosecutor Andre Patrick Roponat announced on Friday that Sylvia…
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A man was spotted climbing up one of London's tallest buildings - before being arrested by police. Bystanders filmed the man as he clambered up the Leadenhall Building - commonly known as the "Cheesegrater" - on Friday morning. He…
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Three crocodiles saved a dog seeking refuge in a river - in a possible display of "emotional empathy". A report published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa outlines how a young dog was observed being chased by a pack of feral dogs and…
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