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Ex-Brazil footballer Dani Alves granted $1.1m bail after rape conviction
The former Brazilian international player was convicted in February and sentenced to 4.5 years in prison.
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Foreign investors on alert as Senegal nears election marred by uncertainty
Investors in wait-and-see mode as key opposition leaders have pledged economic changes if voted into power.
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Dutch court ruling considers national airline guilty of greenwashing
KLM found to have used ‘misleading and therefore illegal’ adverts to bolster green credentials.
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Two Pakistani women get death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ murder of teacher
Women aged 23 and 24 sentenced to death while a minor is jailed for life for the 2022 killing of a young teacher.
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Israeli military says 90 people killed in Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital raid
As siege on medical complex enters third day, survivors recount harsh detentions, humiliation and abuse.
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Ireland’s PM Leo Varadkar announces resignation
Varadkar says the reasons for him stepping down as the leader of the governing Fine Gael party are 'mainly political'.
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Russian rescuers race to save 13 trapped in collapsed gold mine
Officials believe miners still alive as specialists drill through hundreds of metres of rock to establish contact.
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Doctors make appeal to UN to stop the suffering in Gaza
A panel of doctors spoke out at the UN about the horrors and suffering they saw Palestinians face in Gaza.
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‘Record falsification’: Kremlin critics decry vote won by Russia’s Putin
Although Putin's popularity among most Russians is not in doubt, observers say the recent election was far from fair.
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Appeals court blocks Texas SB4 immigration law: All to know
Texas's immigration law allowing officials to arrest people suspected of crossing the border has been blocked again.
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EU agrees to cap tariff-free Ukraine farm imports
Beset by angry farmer protests, EU to implement 'safeguards' to prevent cheap imports flooding market.
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Palestinian paramedics fear Gaza dangers will spread to West Bank
After Israel kills more than 350 medical workers in Gaza, paramedics in the West Bank describe the threats they face.
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‘Slander’: China slams critics of Hong Kong’s new national security law
As legislation prompts global criticism, China accuses UK in particular of having ‘deep-rooted mindset as a coloniser’.
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Pakistan, IMF reach staff-level deal to release $1.1bn from bailout package
It's the final tranche of $3bn programme agreed last year to avert default as Islamabad seeks another long-term bailout.
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Twelve workers killed in Pakistan coal mine explosion
Unions point to hazardous working conditions as major cause of accidents in resource-rich Balochistan province.
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Brazilian police indict Bolsonaro over fake COVID certificate
Facing multiple probes, former president's first indictment is for allegedly falsifying his vaccine record.
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At least eight dead as South Korean-flagged tanker capsizes off Japan
Eight people died after 11 member-strong Keoyoung Sun turns over off southwestern Japan’s Honshu main island.
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Censorship is a crucial complement of genocide
This is why, as a genocide continues in Gaza, we all have a responsibility to insert 'Palestine' in every conversation.
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EU firms in China forced to focus on risks over business, lobby group says
More than half of respondents to survey say China's business landscape has become more political.
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Praying for Armageddon: Evangelicals, the US and the Middle East
Episode 1 of a doomsday political thriller about evangelical Christian influence on US foreign policy in Middle East.
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