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Two Saturdays ago, five people sat down for a family meal in a tiny Australian town. Within a week, three would be dead, a fourth fighting for life, and the fifth under investigation for potentially poisoning her guests with wild…
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A total of 98 people have been arrested in connection with child sex abuse, and 13 children rescued from harm, US and Australian authorities said, more than two years after two FBI agents were killed investigating an alleged international…
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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu is facing a huge backlash at home over his threat to use military force to reverse the coup in next-door neighbour Niger. Local media report there was strong opposition to military intervention at a…
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At least 15 people were killed and 40 injured after a train derailed in Pakistan on Sunday, according to public broadcaster Radio Pakistan. Relief and rescue efforts are underway after the Hazara Express derailed near Nawabshah in the…
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Niger's military junta has just hours to restore ousted President Mohamed Bazoum to power or face the possibility of military action from the regional bloc Ecowas. Last Sunday, West African leaders gave the coup leaders a week to comply…
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A Russian "guided bomb" has hit a blood transfusion centre in north-eastern Ukraine, killing two people and injuring four, Ukrainian officials say. Volodymyr Zelensky posted an image of the building on fire as a result of Saturday…
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An Idaho mother in a doomsday cult has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her two youngest children and conspiring in the murder of her husband's former wife. Lori Vallow Daybell, 50, was found guilty of first-degree murder…
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Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing a bill from San Francisco authorities after placing an unauthorised flashing X sign on the roof of its headquarters. The sign was put up on Friday as part of the company's rebrand, but…
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He is currently overseeing two separate criminal investigations into a former American president, but Jack Smith is no stranger to bringing high-stakes cases. Over the past two decades, Mr Smith, 54, has pursued public officials in the…
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The number of deaths across Mexico due to extreme heat has hit 249 over the past four months, its Ministry of Health has reported. A hundred deaths were registered in Nuevo León, 28 in Tamaulipas, 26 in Veracruz, and 26 in Sonora between…
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