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‘Manga’: The tobacco mix causing issues in Africa

In the Central African Republic, more and more people are using a tobacco mix called manga. Made from a mix of tobacco leaves and sodium bicarbonate doctors are worried about its effects on user's health

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Rescuers 'very close' to kids missing in Amazon

The discovery of a rudimentary shelter, some half-eaten fruit and a fresh footprint led the Colombian military to announce Tuesday it was getting "very close" to the four Indigenous children roaming the Amazon since a plane they were on ...

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North Korean satellite launch failure

A North Korean satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, sending the booster and payload plunging into the sea, North Korean state media said, and the South's military said it had recovered parts of the launch vehicle.

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Mayotte: Drought and water cuts on French island

Systemic problems in infrastructure and the worst drought seen since 1997 have combined to create a dire shortage of running water on the island of Mayotte, a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean. Residents currently face having...

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Libya sentences ISIS jihadists to death

A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 201...

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Journalist who revealed Mahsa Amini's death on trial

An Iranian journalist went of trial behind closed doors on Monday on charges linked to her coverage of the funeral of a Kurdish-Iranian woman whose death in custody last year triggered months of unrest, her lawyer told ILNA news agency.

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Historic museum damaged in Beirut blast re-opens

Lebanon's historic Sursock Museum has reopened to the public, more than two years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut port devastated the architectural gem and its modern and contemporary art collection.

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Avdiivka holds despite Russian assault

For several months now, Russian forces have been concentrating their offensive on eastern Ukraine in the hope of capturing the Donetsk region. On the outskirts of the occupied capital, Avdiivka is one of the most dangerous places on this...

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Microsoft issues warning over Chinese hackers

State-sponsored Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical U.S infrastructure networks, the United States, its Western allies and Microsoft said Wednesday while warning that similar espionage attacks could be occurring globally.

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Vinicius Jr has red card rescinded after abuse

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr's red card in Sunday's LaLiga match at Valencia, in which he was also racially abused, has been rescinded, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday.

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Senegal seeks jail sentence for opposition leader

Senegal's public prosecutor on Wednesday asked judges overseeing the rape trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to find him guilty and sentence him to 10 years in jail, which would likely bar him for running for president in elections...

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Additional police depolyed as Imran Khan appears in court

Pakistan's former prime minister has appeared before a court in Islamabad on Tuesday to seek protection from arrest in terrorism cases.

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Mexico preparing to evacuate citizens amid volcano threat

A volcano around 45 miles (about 70 kilometers) southeast of Mexico City as been showing increasing signs of activity in recent days, leading the Mexican government to close schools in dozens of municipalities across three states and hol...

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The Ukrainian's fighting to take back Bakhmut

After ten months of bloody and intense fighting, Ukrainian army brigades have retaken some land around the outskirts of Bakhmut in the country’s east. Our reporters went to meet one brigade stationed on the edge of the city who are deter...

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Film explores teens' decision to join ISIS

How do two girls go from being typical teenagers, kissing boys, dying their hair blue… to joining the Islamic State (IS) group? "Four Daughters", which premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, explores the true story of how a mother c...

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The volunteers saving lives on Ukraine frontline

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, volunteers across the country have mobilised to help the military effort and civilians in need. But none have a story quite like this one: that of a volunteer from Mariupol who ...

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DiCaprio: Scorsese 'greatest of all time'

Leonardo DiCaprio gushed over Martin Scorsese's filmmaking "ferocity" on Sunday as they basked in rave reviews at Cannes for their Native American crime epic "Killers of the Flower Moon". Scorsese's latest opus, about a wave of murders a...

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Analysis: F-16's to Ukraine a gamechanger?

US President Joe Biden backing on Friday the Western allies' plan to train Ukrainian fighter pilots on F-16 fighter jets is "the most significant weapons announcement since the tanks were promised in February," said Frank Ledwidge, a sen...

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Searchlights thwarting Russian missile attacks

The Ukrainian army says it has intercepted over a thousand Russian missiles and nearly 2800 drones since the beginning of the year – but keeping Ukraine's civilians safe from air strikes is still an immense challenge.

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Airstrikes rock Sudan capital

Air strikes hit outer areas of the Sudanese capital Khartoum overnight and on Saturday morning, as fighting that has trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced more than a million entered its sixth week.

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Ukraine repels missile attacks on Kyiv

Ukraine said on Friday (May 19) it had repelled attacks by Russian forces trying to recapture land they had lost around the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut.

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Australian doctor freed from captivity in West Africa

An 88-year-old Australian doctor, Kenneth Elliott, has been freed from seven years' captivity in West Africa, the Australian government said Friday (May 19). Elliott and his wife were abducted by Al Qaeda-linked jihadists in Burkina Faso...

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New Indiana Jones premieres at Cannes

Harrison Ford swung into Cannes on Thursday (May 18) for the world premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”.

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Ukraine soldiers ready for counteroffensive

Ukraine's military said on Thursday (May 18) it had made new territorial gains in heavy fighting around the eastern city of Bakhmut, despite being outgunned and outnumbered by Russian forces. It comes as forces around the country prepare...

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Taiwan expands adoption rights for same-sex couples

Another step towards equality for the LGBTQ community in Taiwan : four years after the legalization of same-sex mariage, the Taiwanese parliament has amended a law now allowing couples to adopt regardless of their sexual orientation.

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Sarkozy loses appeal over prison sentence

A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling. The court ruled he should serve a one-year detention se...

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Zelenskyy in Germany, secures more military aid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday (May 14) and thanked his government for its "fantastic solidarity" as he secured a big boost in military aid on his first visit to the country si...

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Ukraine claims more territory around Bakhmut

Ukraine says it has recaptured ground in Bakhmut, a rare advance after months of grinding Russian gains in the eastern city. Kyiv said its forces advanced 2km in a week. However Russia said its troops had simply 'regrouped' in one area a...

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Foreign soldiers involved in Malian massacre

Malian soldiers and 'unidentified foreign military personnel' were likely to have executed at least 500 people during a five-day operation in the village of Moura in central Mali in March 2022, the UN Human Rights Office said on Friday.

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Election brings anger, fear from Turkey's Kurds

From predominantly Kurdish towns in the earthquake-hit south to the multicultural metropolis of Istanbul, Turkey's Kurds say discrimination and repression are part of their daily lives – and fear that another victory for Recep Tayyip Erd...

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