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Kenya’s President Ruto: No airport deal with Adani Group
Kenyan President William Ruto said on Sunday that reports about the government’s intention to lease the country’s main international airport to India’s Adani Group are “fake news.” But he admitted there would be a private-public agreement for its extension.
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Putin’s billionaire associate loses £750,000 in UK sanctions dispute
NCA said forfeiture of cash belonging to Petr Aven was first time it has recovered, rather than frozen, sanctioned funds
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Drug smugglers targeting Oslo as a gateway into Europe
Mayor of Norwegian capital, Anne Lindboe, says drugs worth up to £570m have entered through the port
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Venezuela election: Government-controlled authority declares Maduro the winner
Result with 80% of votes is immediately challenged by opposition and several governments
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Boy, 12, ’starved to death’ after being found locked at home, with texts revealing his final days of suffering
Gavin Peterson, 12, was found dead at his father’s home in Utah on July 9 after police were called to the house as the boy was ’vomiting’ and ’not breathing’ for days on end
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Tourist dies after collapsing on a Virgin Australia flight in front of shocked passengers
The passenger collapsed on the Virgin Australia flight at about 9.30am today and flight crew performed CPR on the woman as the plane was given priority landing at Tullamarine, Australia
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One dead and dozens rescued in latest attempt to cross Channel
French authorities say they received call for help from overcrowded dinghy in early hours of Sunday
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Israel announces strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon following a rocket attack that killed 12 in the Golan Heights
Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed revenge for strike on football pitch that left children among the dead
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’At least 30 killed’ in strike on Gaza school sheltering displaced people
An Israeli airstrike has hit a school in central Gaza, killing at least 30 people, Palestinian health officials have said.
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Venezuelans hope to end their suffering by casting ballots on Sunday
Venezuelans are heading to the polls on Sunday in the most anticipated elections in decades, with many hoping to put an end to the repressive political system established 25 years ago by Hugo Chávez and inherited a decade ago by Nicolás Maduro.
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Three suspected IS members charged in Belgium over terrorism plot
Police searched houses across country on eve of Olympic opening ceremony in neighbouring France
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Kevin Roberts, the architect behind Project 2025, has strong connections to the radical Catholic group Opus Dei
Heritage Foundation leader has long received spiritual guidance from group and his policy goals align with its teachings
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Russia arrests former deputy defence minister on corruption charge
Arrest of Dmitry Bulgakov is latest high-profile incident in ongoing purge within Moscow’s military top brass
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Coordinated arson attacks disrupt high-speed train network ahead of Paris Olympics
France’s rail network has been’paralysed’ by a series of co-ordinated arson attacks today, affecting nearly a million people travelling to the Olympic games.
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El Mayo arrested: Notorious Mexican Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Ismael Zambada detained by FBI
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia has been captured by the US government, according to reports, after a lengthy manhunt that came with a $15 million reward for his capture
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Bloody tyrant Putin ‘harvesting organs of dead Ukrainian prisoners’ after mutilated corpses are returned by Russia
The Russian despot has also been sending hundreds of thousands of his own troops to the meatgrinder
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Bosnian-American biofuel fraud case advances in Belgium
Two Bosnian-Americans accused of being “ringleaders” in a US$3.4-million biofuel fraud case should be released on bail set at 50,000 euro (US$54,245) each, a court in Antwerp ruled on Tuesday.
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Armenian deputy minister might have a conflict of interest in ski resort project
The wife of Armenia’s Deputy Minister of the Economy received in 2023 a salary from a company that plans to develop a ski resort on the country’s tallest mountain.
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Russian chef arrested in Paris for alleged ’large scale’ plot targeting Olympic Games
A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris.
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South Africa arrests multiple suspects in pandemic-related corruption case
Following a court order, law enforcement agencies detained dozens of public servants and businesspeople on Tuesday, who are believed to have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic for personal gain.
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Iranian President narrowly escapes assassination plot after car sabotaged by ’special agents’
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former president of Iran, has had an assassination attempt made on his life, according to sources, after his car was allegedly tampered with
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Eighteen dead after plane bursts into flames and crashes during takeoff
Eighteen people have been killed after a passenger plane burst into flames and crashed into a gorge during takeoff.
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Saurya Airlines plane crashes at Nepal’s Tribhuvan Airport after skidding off runway
Saurya Airlines aircraft crashed after skidding off the runway during take off at Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. The airport has confirmed that 19 passengers were aboard the flight
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Family of US citizen who died in Syrian prison sues Assad regime
The family of a Syrian American psychologist who treated traumatized Syrians and disappeared while visiting relatives in Damascus has filed a complaint in a United States court against the Syrian Arab Republic for abducting, imprisoning, torturing, and killing him.
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RFE/RL Journalist Kurmasheva sentenced to 6.5 years in Russian prison
A Russian court has sentenced veteran RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds dual U.S.-Russian citizenship, to 6.5 years in prison on charges of spreading falsehoods about the Russian army.
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