Demonstrations in Ukraine over controversial bill threatening anti-corruption bodies
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A look at President Trump's foreign policy 6 months into his second administration
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Kenya U-turn over charging prominent activist with terror offences
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At least 19 dead after air force jet crashes into Bangladesh school
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Notorious Ecuador gang boss extradited to the US
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More than 30 people killed in Gaza 'as Israeli troops open fire towards Palestinians waiting for aid'
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South Korea ex-leader Yoon indicted as martial law probe continues
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Prosecutor in Diddy and Epstein cases fired by justice department
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Why is Israel escalating its strikes against Syria?
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How Zohran Mamdani reached a multilingual, multicultural New York online
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Two dead and many injured in Russian strike on Ukrainian shopping centre
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Israel strikes in Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze groups
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Foreign aid: Where is the fraud waste and abuse
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Fewer school-age children vaping in Australia since ban, study says
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Increase in military aid to Ukraine marks a shift in White House policy toward Russia
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Russia's intensifying drone war is spreading fear and eroding Ukrainian morale
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Israeli defence minister plans to move Gaza's population to camp in Rafah
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Russian minister sacked by Putin found dead
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