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In his first public appearance since speculating a week ago that he would soon be arrested, Donald Trump lashed out against the multiple criminal inquiries that have bedevilled him since he left office in January 2021. At an airfield…
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Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, President Vladimir Putin has said. President Putin said the move would not violate nuclear non-proliferation agreements and compared it to the US stationing its weapons in Europe,…
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Journalists across Ecuador have been targeted by explosive devices sent through the post. One presenter, Lenin Artieda, was injured when he opened the envelope in the middle of the newsroom. He said the explosive device looked like a…
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When Bobby Bostic was released from prison in November, 27 years into a 241-year sentence, lots of things seemed strange. From wireless earphones ("Why are dudes talking to themselves?"), to people talking to their speaker ("I'm like,…
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A deadly fungal infection that is hard to treat is spreading rapidly at an "alarming" rate, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). US cases nearly doubled in 2021 from 756 to 1,471, says the CDC report. Healthy…
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In 2018, Maria Silvia Fiengo and Francesca Pardi were among Italy's first same-sex couples to be registered as parents. The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, took a progressive stance and allowed children born to parents of the same gender…
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"Oh God, don't let us get to the point of having to eat chicken feet," says a man begging alongside the poultry sellers in Giza market. Egypt is facing a deepening economic crisis, a situation so acute its people are struggling to feed…
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Police in Ohio fatally shot a zebra after it bit its owner on the arm and continued to act aggressively toward officers, authorities said. Officers arrived to the man's home in Circleville, Ohio, on Sunday after he called and reported…
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Women in Berlin will be allowed to go swimming topless after a discrimination complaint. The decision was made after the complainant, whose identity remains private, turned to the senate's ombudsperson's office for equal treatment to…
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The bins are overflowing in large areas of Paris a week into a strike by waste collectors, with thousands of tonnes of rubbish sitting abandoned on the streets of the French capital. "It's dirty, it attracts rats and cockroaches," one…
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