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Rapper's killer gets four more years for smuggling fentanyl into jail

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Trump prosecutors investigate firm once owned by judge's daughter

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Mount Etna ash keeps Sicilian airport closed for fifth straight day

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Italian police recover stolen paintings worth millions taken in heist

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South Korea's leader calls for ending conflict with North Korea

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Myanmar will allow 300,000 Rohingya to return 'once security improves'

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Japan PM stays away from controversial shrine to WWII dead

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At least 38 killed after 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia

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Deepening hunger crisis pushes Afghans to breaking point

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North Korea's latest missile tests are unusual. Ukraine should be wary

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India shuts Domino's and Pizza Hut outlets in food hygiene crackdown

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Surge of casualties in South Sudan as conflict intensifies

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UK aid cuts 'more than double what was expected' at £1.2 billion

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'This can be an era of transformational global development'

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Kenya, Uganda and South Africa to manufacture own HIV medicines

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Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory

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Drug abuse in Israel surges post-October 7, latest data shows

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Tehran tells Trump to 'accept the reality of defeat': Live

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Crisis unfolds on Trump's warship in the Middle East

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Vance says keeping gas prices low 'goal number one' for Iran war

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US pressuring Netanyahu to condemn Israeli settler siege in West Bank

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Israel 'shocked by rate of Iran's military recovery'

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Christians in Israel fear rising harassment amid violent assaults

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The CIA doesn't believe Israeli intel. Where does that leave Trump?

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US sailors 'trying to jump overboard' on extended Mid East deployment

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Bid to stop worst oil spills in years as Russian ship runs aground

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Gas prices hit highest mark ever for mid August as Iran war drags on

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Oil spill off Oman reaches mainland as recovery efforts impacted

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Trump rants about 'TREASONISTS' group suing to stop his ballroom

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Five shot at Virginia State University as cops hunt multiple suspects

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Trump's plot to seize elections hit a wall. How desperate will he get?

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BBC wants to interview Jared and Ivanka Trump in Trump defamation suit

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Trump thinks AOC running for president in 2028

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Five killed, suspect dead after series of killings in rural Michigan

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Shocking details emerge in Luigi Mangione's confession

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USS Lincoln sailor's wife slams Trump over 'appalling' ship conditions

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Trump denies reports that families are worried about carrier crew

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Massachusetts mayor arrested over $1.5m Covid relief loan fraud

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FDA officials finally visit site linked to parasite outbreak: report

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Trump's plane is filled with 'boxes of McDonald's,' RFK Jr reveals

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How the drive-thru became one of America's most iconic inventions

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Migrant children 'at risk' in Ceuta amid sexual assault accusations

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Hungary to sink two barges near nuclear plant as river runs dry

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Europe on fire as record-breaking temperatures hit continent

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Residents jump from windows as fire in Berlin high-rise injures five

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Tourists forced to flee as huge wildfire engulfs popular tourist spot

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Russian plot to kill American citizen in Warsaw stopped by Poland

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Russian Navy officer who defected from Ukraine killed by bin bomb

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Ukraine drones hit a major Russian refinery 800 miles from the border

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Greek wildfires force tourists to flee resorts at peak holiday season

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Explosion near Rome as fire crews swarm Italian weapons factory

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Putin puts RFK Jr's son Conor on wanted list for fighting in Ukraine

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Rotterdam port explosion kills one and leaves several injured

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Poland says it thwarted unprecedented plot by Russia to kill an American citizen in a NATO country

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Europe wildfire tracker: France and Spain at extreme risk of new fires

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Trump's vaccine plan would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago

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Zambia election chaos erupts as vote count halted

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WHO warns Congo Ebola outbreak is on track to become worst in history

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At least 44 dead after overloaded ferry capsizes in Zimbabwe

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WHO warns it is 'chasing' Ebola as death toll surpasses 1,900

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Unpaid worker on battle to slow fastest-growing Ebola outbreak

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Fifteen elephants drop dead after eating tomatoes from nearby farms

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Congo Ebola outbreak outpaces recovery efforts as aid workers strike

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Nigeria security forces free over 300 people in huge rescue operation

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Spain investigating 'suspected jihadists' who crossed into Ceuta

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WHO chief arrives in Congo to help tackle deadly Ebola outbreak

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Commonwealth Games icon Chad le Clos has home destroyed in fatal fire

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Ebola outbreak kills 1700 in Congo as virus spreads at record speed

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1 in 5 pregnant women in eastern Chad acutely malnourished

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Inside the worst places on Earth to give birth

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Newborn deaths are surging in the world's most vulnerable communities

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Myanmar diarrhoea outbreak sees hundreds hospitalised amid flooding

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Sultan of Brunei revokes royal's titles over 'lack of respect'

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Nepal says it may have lost treaty papers marking border with India

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Rain kills eight in Japan and strands thousands at Tokyo airport

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Chinese beauty brands enjoy a surge in popularity

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Birders in a flap of excitement over UNESCO decision

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Scholars discuss study of prehistoric cultures

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Transforming conservation into emotional ties

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Tianjin: Dive into every side of the sea

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Seven killed as water enters tunnel In Uttarakhand's chamoli

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South Korea hot day festival marks last season of legal dog meat trade

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India's 'cockroach' protesters vow to return for 'season 2'

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Human errors more to blame than climate crisis for deadly Assam floods

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Chinese bullet train goes from 0 to 800kmph in 5 seconds

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Australia probes three near-misses in two weeks at Sydney airport

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Naoero: The world's third-smallest country is changing its name

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Australian delivery workers to receive minimum $31 an hour

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Why police took 20 hours to confirm 'body' in suitcase was a sex doll

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New Zealand PM survives challenge to leadership weeks before election

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Bondi Beach shooting hero Ahmed al Ahmed cleared of assault charges

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PM urged to apologise over joke about melons gifted by Takaichi

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Nearly 28 million Australians to take part in most inclusive census

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Australia to roll out flu vaccines for most vulnerable native birds

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Police close case after 'body' found in suitcase turns out to be doll

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New Zealand's decision to get a new official language sparks criticism

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Jetstar and Qatar Airways planes in near-miss collision at Sydney

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Iranian women footballers granted Australian citizenship

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Teenager who killed British woman has reduced sentence overturned

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Australian airline to charge fee for carry-on bags in overhead lockers

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