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Eurovision bars countries at war from hosting
A Eurovision victory will no longer guarantee hosting rights if war or a wider security crisis affects the winning count…
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Russia: Why is the Yabloko party barred from the elections?
Russia's supreme court has banned the anti-war opposition party Yabloko from September's parliamentary elections. What d…
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High School football player finds two-foot venomous snake burrowed in helmet during practice
A high school football player in Arkansas narrowly avoided injury after discovering a venomous snake hidden inside his h…
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The long fight to return the 'Ségou treasure,' a spoil of colonization
The Sufi spiritual leader El Hadj Omar Tall, who counted hundreds of thousands of followers, was a 19th-century scholar …
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Jeanine Pirro takes steps to call mysterious grand jury after Reflecting Pool debacle left her in Trump’s crosshairs
After repeatedly losing politically charged cases in DC, Trump’s DOJ may have discovered a workaround through Pirro’s of…
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Trump’s plane-swap guests included Natalie Harp, whose brother called their relationship ‘unhealthy.’ He left Marco Rubio
Just two other aides and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are known to have joined the president, as Secretaries of State …
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25 years North Macedonian peace: reconciliation in sight?
A quarter of a century after the Ohrid Framework Agreement ended North Macedonia's 2001 conflict, analysts warn that pea…
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Netanyahu gave a ‘victory to Hamas’ by rejecting US-backed Gaza peace plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a US-backed peace plan for Gaza last week offered a diplomatic …
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Rubio professes his love of Pop-Tarts and hails them as a ‘great American innovation’
The secretary of state defends his love of junk food — especially the ‘60s-era taster pastry — to MAGAsphere influencer …
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Oil spill off Oman reaches mainland as recovery efforts impacted by war zone
The vessel first reported distress off Yemen in early June following what maritime sources said appeared to be an explos…
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Due to the Iran war, Iraq is running out of money
Because of the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq cannot export enough oil to fund the country's huge public sector.…
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ICE agent caught on video pulling gun on woman for exercising her First Amendment rights
The Virginia woman says the Department of Homeland Security misrepresented the events that took place after a spokespers…
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Massive kitchen cabinet installed in Indiana to celebrate a former mainstay of American culture
Old advertisements for the cabinets claimed they would ‘strengthen your marriage’ and ‘make you more beautiful’…
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Mozart tribute ends on sour note after mass figurine theft
A playful tribute to Mozart has turned into a whodunit after 210 gold-colored figures disappeared from one of Austria's …
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Trump pushes Supreme Court on mail-in voting after losing another legal battle
Trump’s legal losses could ‘run out the clock’ on his attempts to implement sweeping restrictions, administration says…
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Germany: More power for the intelligence agencies
German intelligence agencies have been calling for more powers in the fight against cyberattacks, terrorism and extremis…
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Eritrea: An emerging key player in the geopolitical gamble at the Horn
Amid growing tensions and security risks at the Horn of Africa, Eritrea, with its strategically important coastal points…
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16 inmates rushed to hospital after being hit by lighting in Ohio prison
Nine of the affected inmates have since returned to the facility…
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Italy: Etna eruption in Sicily halts Catania flights
Sicily's Catania airport has suspended flights again as Mount Etna continues to spew lava and volcanic ash. The eruption…
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Lebanon becomes first Middle East country to end death penalty
Lebanon’s parliament voted on Tuesday to abolish the death penalty, making the country the first in the Middle East to d…
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Colombia: Bogota's search for survivors continues
The search for survivors continues in Colombia, more than 48 hours after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country. …
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Wisconsin blunts socialist surge with defeat of Thanksgiving-trashing Francesca Hong for governor
Hong, who in the past had called for the national holiday to be canceled, failed to draw socialist-leaning Democratic ic…
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The 14 conditions Social Security has added to disability fast-track list
Several rare cancers and genetic disorders are being added to the list, bringing the total number of conditions on the C…
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Ukraine destroys missile system protecting Putin’s $1bn Black Sea palace
An anti-missile launch pad was left ‘ablaze and sputtering for three hours’, according to Ukraine’s military…