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UK animal charity rescues over 250 dogs from single home
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Reigning champion Nick Rockett out of Grand National
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'Free' McIlroy launches his Masters repeat bid
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Trump, Vance not 'meddling' in Hungary vote, says US envoy to EU
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Jihadists kill 18 Nigerian troops including senior brigadier general
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Mideast war threatens Africa's supply of humanitarian medicine
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Seven World Cup winners start for England in Women's Six Nations opener
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China FM vows deeper ties with North Korea on trip to Pyongyang
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IMF expects to provide vulnerable economies hit by Iran war up to $50 bn
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Believers rejoice as Jerusalem's holy sites re-open
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EU lawmakers want to tax Big Tech to fund budget
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Cannes Festival promises escapism in Hollywood-lite edition
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Russia's Nobel Prize-winning rights group Memorial branded 'extremist'
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Emperor penguins listed as endangered species: IUCN
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Six new caps for France for women's Six Nations opener
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Calls for US-Iran truce to extend to Lebanon after Israeli strikes
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Nepal ex-PM Oli gives defiant message after release from custody
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Memorial: Russia's Nobel Prize winning rights group facing 'extremism' ban
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Nepal ex-PM Oli released from custody after 12 days: police
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Ukraine lets firms deploy air defences against Russian attacks
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Escaped wolf forces school closure in South Korea
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Three ways Orban gives himself an edge in Hungary's vote
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Trump says US military to stay deployed near Iran until 'real agreement' reached
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US-Iran truce shows cracks as war flares in Lebanon
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UN declares famine in Gaza, blames Israel
The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming "systematic obstruction of aid" by Israel, hours after Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to destroy the territory's largest city.
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India walks back order to clear Delhi of stray dogs
India's Supreme Court on Friday scaled back its order to catch and remove tens of thousands of stray dogs from the capital, after feasibility questions about the sheer scale of the exercise.
Israel vows to destroy Gaza City if Hamas doesn't disarm, free hostages
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed Friday to destroy Gaza City if Hamas did not agree to disarm, release all remaining hostages in the territory and end the war on Israel's terms.
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North Korea's Kim decorates troops who fought for Russia against Ukraine
New images released by North Korean state media on Friday showed leader Kim Jong Un kneeling before portraits of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine, as well as hugging an emotional survivor of the conflict.
Two separate guerilla attacks kill 18 in Colombia
Two separate attacks blamed on dissident guerilla groups killed 18 people and wounded dozens in Colombia on Thursday, one involving a truck bomb while a drone downed a police helicopter in the other, deepening the country's most serious security crisis in decades.
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Documents show New Zealand unease over Chinese warships in South Pacific
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Palestinian camps in Lebanon begin disarming
Some armed Palestinian groups in Lebanese refugee camps began handing over their weapons to the authorities on Thursday after reaching a deal earlier this year, with Washington hailing the move as a "historic step".
Five dead as 'thunderous' bomb attack hits Colombian city
Colombian authorities said five people were killed and dozens more injured when a truck bomb tore through a busy street in the city of Cali on Thursday, deepening the country's most serious security crisis in decades.
Texas, California race to redraw electoral maps ahead of US midterms
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Israel PM orders talks to free 'all our hostages' as army pounds Gaza City
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he had ordered immediate negotiations aimed at freeing all the remaining hostages in Gaza, as Israeli troops hammered the territory's largest city ahead of a major planned offensive.
US singer signs on for Russia's answer to Eurovision
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Israel pounds Gaza City as military takes first moves in offensive
Israel hammered Gaza City and its outskirts overnight, residents said Thursday, as the military announced it had taken initial steps in its push to capture Hamas's last major stronghold.
Ukrainian suspect arrested in Italy over Nord Stream blasts
A Ukrainian suspect has been arrested in Italy over the sabotage of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines from Russia to Europe in 2022, German prosecutors said Thursday.
UK sees record asylum claims as row brews over housing
Britain is grappling with its highest-ever number of asylum applications, official data showed Thursday, as a political storm brews over the temporary housing of thousands of migrants in hotels.
Israel pounds Gaza City as military takes first steps in offensive
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First security guarantees, then Putin summit, Zelensky says
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Israel pounds Gaza City after offensive gets green light
Israel hammered Gaza City and its outskirts overnight, residents said Thursday, after the defence ministry approved an expanded offensive to target the remaining Hamas strongholds in the strip.
Online behaviour under scrutiny as Russia hunts 'extremists'
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When software developer Rose Njeri created a pro-democracy tool to help Kenyans object to a contested finance bill, she was thrown in jail and targeted by an online smear campaign.
New Zealand spy service warns of China interference
New Zealand's spy service warned Thursday that China is the most active power engaging in foreign interference in the country, including through front organisations.
Brazil police accuse Bolsonaro and son of obstructing coup trial
Brazilian police called Wednesday for former president Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo to be charged with obstruction of justice for attempting to interfere with the ex-leader's trial over plotting an attempted coup.
Israel approves major West Bank settlement project
Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state.
Pensioners on the frontline of Argentina's fiery politics
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Sudanese lay first bricks to rebuild war-torn Khartoum
On the streets of Sudan's capital Khartoum, builders clear rubble from houses pockmarked with bullet holes, haul away fallen trees and repair broken power lines, in the city's first reconstruction effort since war began over two years ago.
Texas Republicans advance map that reignited US redistricting wars
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