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Catholic priest abducted in Nigeria, diocese says
A Nigerian Catholic priest was abducted from his rectory in the town of Zambina in the northern state of Kaduna in the early hours of Monday, the local Catholic diocese said on Monday. It said parish…
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Congo and Rwanda to meet for talks amid tensions over rebels
Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi will meet his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame for talks in Angola this week, officials said on Monday. There were no details on what they wou…
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Shooting near Philadelphia concert wounds two police officers
Two Philadelphia police officers were shot near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway late on Monday as thousands of people celebrated a Fourth of July concert and fireworks show with the crowd scattering in…
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[July 4 shooting] Elderly man from Mexico, synagogue teacher among dead in Chicago suburb shooting
Among those killed in the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park were a teacher at a synagogue and a man in his 70s who came from Mexico to visit his family. …
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UK to introduce new economic and trade sanctions on Belarus
Britain said it would on Tuesday introduce new economic, trade and transport sanctions on Belarus over the country’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The new package will include import and …
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Biden, Trudeau to discuss free trade agreement in Mexico visit -Mexico president
U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) agreement, which was ratified in 2018, during a visit to Mexico, Mexican Presi…
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No indication Danish mall shooting was ‘act of terror’ – police
A shooting in a Copenhagen shopping mall which left three people dead and several wounded could not be viewed as an “act of terror” based on current evidence, Danish police said on Monday. A 22-year-…
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Ukraine says it has raised its flag again on Snake Island
The Ukrainian flag has been raised again on Snake Island in the Black Sea, Ukraine’s military said on Monday, after Russian forces withdrew from the strategic outpost last week. “The military operati…
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[VIDEO NEWS] Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in Karakalpakstan unrest
Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan which broke out last week over plans to curtail its autonomy, Uzbek authorities said on…
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Second woman killed in shark attack in Egypt’s Red Sea
Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt’s Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. Two sources told Reuters that the body of a Romanian tou…