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The death toll has risen to five after the collapse of an apartment block in Florida, authorities say. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the number unaccounted for has now dropped to 156, with three more of the recovered bodies…
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A man has jumped from a moving plane at Los Angeles International Airport after attempting to access the jet's cockpit. The man, who was not identified, opened the plane's door and fled via the emergency slide on Friday, the Federal…
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Leaders of the major industrial nations have pledged one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries as a "big step towards vaccinating the world", Boris Johnson has said. At the end of the G7 summit in Cornwall, the PM said countries…
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When a British charity worker got engaged to a young Ukrainian woman, he thought he was building a new life for them both in Odessa - he was wrong. James's car pulled up at the Villa Otrada. The 52-year-old British charity worker had…
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A court in Cambodia has charged three environmental activists with plotting against the government and insulting the king. The members of the group Mother Nature were arrested after they documented waste run-off into Phnom Penh's Tonle…
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Several students and three teachers were abducted Thursday by armed men from a federal college in Nigeria's north-western Kebbi State, State Governor Abubakar Bagudu told CNN. According to Governor Bagudu, the gunmen — locally known as…
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US President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden are mourning the death of their dog, Champ. On Saturday, the President shared a statement on social media announcing that their beloved German Shepard died on Saturday at the age of…
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The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter. The virus continues to spread as President…
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Over 350,000 people in Ethiopia's conflict-ravaged Tigray region are experiencing dire hunger, finds a new report by the United Nations and other aid groups. "There is famine in Ethiopia right now," United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock…
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At least 15 army recruits have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a military training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Army officer Mohamed Adan said the bomber behind Tuesday’s attack was disguised among recruits queueing up…
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