International News
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Dutch court jails trio over Romanian golden helmet theft
Dutch court sentences three men to nearly four years in prison for stealing a 2 500-year-old golden Romanian helmet from a museum.
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WHO launches $518 million plan to combat Ebola outbreak
WHO and Africa CDC launch $518 million plan to tackle Ebola outbreak in DRC that has caused 381 confirmed cases and 64 deaths across the region.
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US and Iran exchange fire amid negotiation deadlock
The United States and Iran traded strikes Monday as negotiations between the two sides stalled and Tehran again insisted any peace deal must also cover Israel’s escalating offensive into Lebanon.
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USA fugitive wanted for child rape, sexual assault arrested in Gqeberha, facing extradition
A US fugitive accused of raping his 12-year-old daughter has been arrested in Gqeberha, seven years after allegedly fleeing the United States in 2019.
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Singer Bonnie Tyler in induced coma in Portugal
Husky-voiced Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler was Friday in an induced coma in a hospital in Portugal after emergency surgery, a spokesperson said.
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Three hikers killed, 10 missing in Indonesia volcano eruption
Three hikers, including two foreigners, died and 10 were missing after Mount Dukono on Indonesia’s eastern Halmahera island erupted.
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Tributes pour in after CNN founder Ted Turner’s death
Ted Turner, the flamboyant US entrepreneur who transformed television news with the creation of CNN in 1980 before venturing into philanthropy, has died at the age of 87.
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Trump’s ultimatum to Iran: Accept deal or face more strikes
President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum for Iran to accept a deal to end the war or face intense renewed US bombing.
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Oil prices dip below $100 on US-Iran deal optimism
World oil prices dived Wednesday and stock markets rallied on fresh hopes for an end to the Iran war.
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Historic run: Kenyan becomes first man to finish marathon in under two hours
The world record for a marathon was shattered by Kenyan Sabastian Sawe at the London Marathon, who finished in a time of 1:59:30 on Sunday 26 April.
