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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns following Trump assassination attempt
Cheatle steps down a day after House hearing where members of both parties called for her to quit
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Passengers stranded for 50 hours in airport after IT outage cancels more flights
Holidaymakers have been stranded inside Corfu Airport for more than 50 hours after an IT glitch disrupted flights back to the UK.
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Kyrgyz activist imprisoned for Facebook posts claims she was framed
Kanykei Aranova says someone else created a Facebook profile in her name, and posted the anti-government messages that led to her conviction.
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Gunman kills 5 at retirement home in Croatia, then ’sits at cafe with drink’
Five people were killed today in the Home for the Elderly and Infirm in Mažuranićeva Street in Daruvar, Croatia, according to local media reports
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Kamala Harris vows to ’earn and win nomination’ in first statement following Biden’s withdrawal
Kamala Harris reacted to Joe Biden’s exit from the US presidential election on X, thanking him for his "extraordinary" leadership while also confirming her intention to run as the Democrat presidential candidate
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Biden endorses Vice President Kamala Harris after exiting presidential race
Joe Biden has declared his support for Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the upcoming presidential election following his confirmation that he would not run for reelection
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President Joe Biden finally bows out of race after weeks of Democratic Party pressure
Joe Biden has announced he will not seek re-election against Donald Trump in November.
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Sandra Hemme to be released from prison after 43 years for a murder she didn’t commit
The 64-year-old Missouri woman’s conviction was overturned last month, but has since gone through a legal rigmarole preventing her from being released
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Haunted house actor stabbed best friend in the head, disemboweled him, and then wrote a chilling song
Brandon Christopher Risner, 23, has been jailed for life for the frenzied attack on his unsuspecting best friend Aaron William Davis, 21, in Georgia
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Police ’foiled ISIS terror attack plot’ hours before England played in Euro 2024 final
England lost to Spain in the Euro 2024 final and reports claim police in Berlin foiled a terror plot just hours before kick-off at the showpiece fixture in the Olympiastadion
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Israel strikes Yemen port after Houthi rebels attack Tel Aviv
Oil depot and electrical installations reportedly targeted in powerful attack on Red Sea port city
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Nigerian authorities intensify crackdown on illegal refining sites
Nigerian anti-crime authorities announced Wednesday they had deactivated two illegal refining sites containing two ovens, two dug-out pits, and three storage units filled with large amounts of stolen crude oil in the Konsho area of Akassa, Bayelsa State.
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Russian national sentenced for illegally transporting U.S. military technology to Russia
A Russian national was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for smuggling American military technology into Russia, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
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Nationalist campaigner for the Ukrainian language is shot dead in Lviv
Iryna Farion, 60, a former MP known for her opposition to officials speaking in Russian, was attacked on the street
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At least 11 people killed as bridge collapses due to severe flooding in China
At least 11 people have died after a bridge was destroyed by a torrent of flood water in China in the wake of a period of heavy rainfall, with a major rescue operation under way
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Russian court sentences US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison
Reporter found guilty of spying in trial thought to have been rushed in preparation for prisoner swap
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Judge schedules Harvey Weinstein sexual assault retrial for November
Weinstein, 72, appears in court in New York after 2020 conviction was overturned earlier this year
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Alleged killer of former Rolls-Royce designer arrested in France
Police say Serbian man detained near Paris after 74-year-old Ian Cameron was stabbed to death at home in Germany
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India cracks down on traffickers exploiting youths in Southeast Asia
Indian authorities announced Wednesday a crackdown on four suspects involved in a massive human trafficking and cyber fraud case across Laos and other Southeast Asian countries.
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Journalists targeted by police violence amid protests in Kenya
Macharia Gaitho, a veteran Kenyan journalist, is still confused by his abduction. After men in a white car followed him from his house in Nairobi, and then tried to pull him out of his vehicle, he went to the police station to report it.
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German comedian loses job over Trump shooting joke
Sebastian Hotz, aka El Hotzo, was dropped from his radio show and provoked anger from Elon Musk after now-deleted posts on X
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Italian journalist ordered to pay €5,000 in damages for Giorgia Meloni height insult
Giulia Cortese convicted of defamation over two tweets that judge in Milan said amounted to ‘body shaming’
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One person dies in Channel crossing attempt near Gravelines
French and British coastguards rescued a further 71 people who had tried to cross in an overcrowded dinghy on Wednesday
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Cellphone and detonator found on rooftop near suspected Trump shooter
Items seen in picture obtained by Pittsburgh-area TV station while motives remain unclear
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Bosnia arrests suspected smugglers involved in migrant trafficking
In two separate operations on Wednesday, Bosnian authorities arrested four individuals suspected of orchestrating organized crime activity, including the smuggling of over a hundred migrants.