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Kamala Harris is responding to Democratic panic about her White House prospects by turning up the heat on Donald Trump. The vice president warned Monday that the ex-president was “unstable,” “unhinged” and out for “unchecked power” as…
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A Palestinian woman has won the world's largest LGBTQ+ short film award. Dima Hamdan said she was "deeply honoured" to receive the £30,000 2024 Iris Prize, because it was both "the 'Oscars' of the LGBTQ+ short film world" and "it comes…
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Ukraine says nine of its "drone operators and contractors" have been killed by Russian troops after they had surrendered. DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to Ukraine's defence ministry, alleges the prisoners of war…
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An Indian politician, Baba Siddique has been shot dead in the commercial capital, Mumbai. Gunmen opened fire on Baba Siddique, 66, near the office of his son, who is also a politician, according to local media reports. Two people have…
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In the courtyard of the psychiatric ward in one of Bamako’s main hospitals, a small group of patients dance to the beat of a djembe, a traditional West African drum. The group then act out scenes of a village dispute. A young patient,…
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Speculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become a hot topic across Africa this week. After attending the China-Africa summit in Beijing in early September, it was perhaps no…
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Three men in South Africa are accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs on their farm in a case that has outraged the public. The men appeared in court Tuesday in the northern province of Limpopo. The state wants them…
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Hurricane Milton has strengthened to a Category 3 storm and continues to intensify as it approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast, which is still reeling from the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Helene. Communities are rushing to clean up in…
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Russia's intelligence agency has been on a mission to generate "sustained mayhem on British and European streets", the head of MI5 has said. Giving his annual update on security threats faced by the UK, Ken McCallum said GRU agents had…
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A British doctor on Monday pleaded guilty to an audacious but unsuccessful plot to kill his mother’s partner with a fake Covid-19 vaccine, which involved him forging medical documents and dressing in disguise to inject his victim with…
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