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Three killed in twin school shootings in Brazil
At least three people including an adolescent girl were killed and 11 others wounded Friday when a 16-year-old shooter opened…
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Taliban court lashes 14 in latest shift to corporal punishments
Fourteen people were lashed in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban-led Supreme Court said on Wednesday, in the…
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Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister
Malaysia’s perennial opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister before the king in Kuala Lumpur Thursday, ending…
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Ukraine battles to restore power after latest Russian barrage
Ukraine struggled Thursday to repair its battered power and water services after Russia targeted the electricity grid with dozens of…
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France shocked by second schoolgirl rape and murder in a month
PARIS: France was shocked by the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in the south of the country, just…
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Serb women in Kosovo protest against ‘ghettoisation’
Hundreds of Serbian women demonstrated in Kosovo on Wednesday, in protest against ethnic-Albanian authorities who they accused of seeking to…
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Taliban confirm first floggings since supreme leader’s edict
Three women and 11 men were flogged Wednesday on the orders of an Afghan court after they were found guilty…
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Germany eye World Cup redemption as Spain, Croatia kick off
Germany begin their path to World Cup redemption on Wednesday after the 2018 horror show in Russia, with Spain and…
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Strike kills Ukrainian newborn, Zelensky slams Russia
Russian strikes killed a newborn baby at a Ukrainian maternity ward and two other civilians elsewhere, officials said Wednesday as…
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Malaysia’s Mahathir says will focus on writing after poll defeat
Malaysia’s nonagenarian former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, one of the world’s longest-serving politicians, said Wednesday he will focus on writing…
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