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Japan former minister Shinzo Abe in ‘grave condition’ after being shot during election campaign
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, was in grave condition on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with media saying a man opened fire…
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Nine killed including five Sudanese in bus crash in southern Egypt
Nine people including five Sudanese citizens were killed and 43 people were injured in a road collision in southern Egypt early on Thursday, a senior health ministry official said. Of those injured, …
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Scandal-tainted Boris Johnson resigns as UK prime minister
Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers. Bowing to the inevitable as more…
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[BREAKING] Boris Johnson to resign as UK Prime Minister
Boris Johnson will today resign as prime minister as he finally bows to the pressure of swathes of government resignations. A No 10 source said Mr Johnson had spoken to the chairman of the Conservati…
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Amid Brittney Griner trial, Russia says prisoner swaps ‘difficult’
Russia said on Thursday that it was difficult to exchange prisoners with the United States and suggested Washington be silent about the fate of Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball player detained in…
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Pope to give women a say in appointment of bishops
Pope Francis said he wants to give women more top-level positions in the Holy See and disclosed that for the first time he would name women to a previously all-male Vatican committee that helps him s…
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[Jailbreak] Some 440 inmates escape after suspected Boko Haram invaded Nigeria prison
Around 440 inmates are on the run after a suspected raid by Islamist Boko Haram militants on a prison in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Tuesday night, an interior ministry official said. The raid, and a …
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Top Brazilian sniper and model fighting in Ukraine killed by Russian troops
A Brazilian model and female sniper has been killed by a Russian missile strike in Ukraine just three weeks after she joined the fight against Putin’s forces. Thalito do Valle, 39, took part in human…
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[July 4 shooting] Shooter, Robert Crimo is a rapper called ‘Awake’ and was at [photos] Trump rally
The man suspected of killing six people and injuring more than a dozen others during a July 4th parade in Highland Park is a Donald Trump-supporting rapper. Robert ‘Bobby’ Crimo III, 22, who goes by …
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Police arrests ‘Britain’s most wanted cocaine baron’ Louis James Edwards
Britain’s ‘most wanted’ cocaine boss has been arrested after police stormed a Benidorm hotel. Suspect, Louis James Edwards was taken into custody on June 21, police in Spain have announced today. The…