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Saudi Crown Prince Visits Turkey for First Time Since Khashoggi Murder

Saudi Arabia's crown prince is to visit Turkey for the first time since the 2018 murder of the journalist Jamal…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka PM Says Economy Has Collapsed, Unable to Buy Oil

Sri Lanka's debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, its prime minister told lawmakers…

2 years ago

Site of Texas School Shooting to Be Demolished

Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas - where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers - will be demolished,…

2 years ago

Jury Finds Cosby Guilty of Assaulting 16-Year-Old at Playboy Mansion

Comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1975, a jury has found.…

2 years ago

UN, ECOWAS Meet in Senegal Over Ukraine War, Covid

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in partnership with the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS), the…

2 years ago

Biggest Railway Strike in 30 Years Leaves Commuters Stranded in UK

Tens of thousands of the UK’s railway workers began the network’s biggest strike action in more than 30 years, leaving…

2 years ago

Russia Threatens Retaliation Against Lithuania Following EU Rail ‘Blockade’

Moscow has threatened to retaliate against Lithuania after the Baltic state halted the rail transport of Russian goods under EU…

2 years ago

Moscow Fumes Over EU Blockade of Baltic Outpost

Russia summoned the European Union's ambassador in Moscow on Tuesday, fuming over a rail blockade that has halted shipments of…

2 years ago

Ukraine Bans Some Russian Books and Music in Latest Step of ‘Derussification’

Ukraine’s parliament has voted through two laws that will place severe restrictions on Russian books and music as Kyiv seeks…

2 years ago

Gustavo Petro: Colombia Elects Ex-Rebel as First Left-Wing President

Gustavo Petro, the former mayor of Bogota and ex-rebel fighter, has become Colombia's first left-wing president. Mr Petro, a current…

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