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Toxic rhetoric and violent threats: U.K. election revives dark past in Northern Ireland

The upcoming election has been called "one of the most toxic, divisive elections" Northern Ireland has seen in recent years.

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Russia banned from international sporting events for 4 years over doping

The World Anti-Doping Agancy (WADA) said on Monday that Russia would not be able to officially compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

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'There will be no flag': WADA outline how Russia ban will work

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craige Reedie and his team address the media after Russia are banned from major sporting events over doping scandal

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Up to 20 reported injured in New Zealand volcano eruption

White Island should be considered dangerous after Whakaari erupted Monday afternoon, the government said.

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Fears of Russian interference hit U.K. election after leak of U.S. trade talks

Reddit launched an investigation after opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn brandished the leaked documents at a press conference last month.

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Hundreds of thousands march as Hong Kong protests near half-year mark

Marchers said they hoped the huge turnout might help win concessions from the government of Chief Executive Carrie Lam.

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After years of war, will Ukraine's Zelenskiy and Russia's Putin give peace a chance?

A breakthrough in talks would lead to an end of the war in eastern Ukraine, which has claimed more than 13,000 lives since it began six years ago.

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Devastating market fire kills at least 43 in Indian capital

The fire started at a factory space near Sadar Bazaar, New Delhi's largest wholesale market for household goods.

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North Korea conducts 'important test' at once-dismantled site

The announcement comes amid dimming prospects for a resumption of denuclearization negotiations with the U.S.

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Gunman who killed 3 at U.S. Navy base watched mass-shooting videos

The shooter was at a dinner prior to Friday's rampage at which mass-shooting videos were viewed, an official said.

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Woman in Netherlands says she leaked secret Chinese documents on Uighur 're-education' camps

The documents were the foundation of stories last month by NBC News and journalists around the world on the inner workings of the Uighur camps in China.

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Heavyweight title fight draws accusations of Saudi 'sportswashing'

Ahead of Saturday's world heavyweight boxing title fight, human rights groups accused Riyadh of using sports to rehabilitate its image on he world stage.

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Chinese-American and Iranian men freed in prisoner swap

Iranian Massoud Soleimani and Chinese-American Xiyue Wang were released in "prisoner swap" between two countries that have seen heightened tensions recently.

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American student freed in prisoner swap after three years in Iran jail

Wang was released after more than three years in a Tehran jail in exchange for Iranian Massoud Soleimani, who was held by the U.S. for violating sanctions.

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U.S. says Iran may have killed up to 1,000 protesters

Some Iranian experts inside the U.S. government have expressed caution about reporting on the death toll in the demonstrations.

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French transit strikes close tourist sites, creates traffic chaos for second day

Public sector workers continued their strike amid fears President Emmanuel Macron's reforms will leave them with less retirement pay.

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Global measles cases surge amid stagnating vaccinations

The disease killed an estimated 141,000 people last year, most of them children under the age of 5, according to the World Health Organization.

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Indian police kill four men suspected of gang rape and murder, drawing cheers

A large crowd had gathered at the site of the shooting and threw flower petals at police vans in support of the action.

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Britain's Labour Party risks losing its 'Red Wall' industrial heartlands

Voters in Hartlepool feel they have missed out on the economic growth of the last few decades — and they're taking it out on politicians.

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Pipe dream: The African cannabis empire that never was

A London firm planned a giant cannabis farm in the African jungle. Four years later there's little to show for it but dirt roads and a few angry investors.