international
3 Apr
Papers express outrage as seven aid workers are killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls for an investigation, with three British nationals amongst those killed. The Israeli papers also react, with PM Benjamin Netanyahu saying "this happens in wartime". In other news, the United States is bracing for the largest invasion of cicadas in over 200 years.
12 Jul 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told some 80 countries that the drug fentanyl is likely to spread further than the US. Washington at least partly blames China, which did not attend the meeting.
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Guardian Woman Festival: Women's World - Strength in Femininity
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At least thirteen people have died in Nairobi due to serious flooding caused by torrential rains that fell last Tuesday night, the Police reported this Thursday.
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Prosecutors say Donald Trump falsifyied business records in order to hide hush money paid to former adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
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Human Rights Watch says 223 civilians were summarily executed by soldiers in a single day in Burkina Faso. Also, heavy rain continues to bring devastation in Kenya's capital Nairobi, with roads turned into rivers. And it's been a year since Ghana started using a new malaria vaccine. Children have received more than two million doses.
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Over the past two years, the French and Spanish police have been discovering the extent to which rubbish is illegally smuggled across the border. The phenomenon has long plagued Italy, where the mafia organises the trafficking, and is now reaching France and Spain.
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Earlier reports had suggested ByteDance planned to sell the app, without its powerful algorithm. Earlier this week, US President Biden signed a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the US if it is not sold.