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A candidate for Germany's key party beaten up and injured while campaigning for European elections

A candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party in next month’s European elections was beaten up and seriously injured while campaigning in an eastern city

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Afghanistan's only female diplomat resigns in India after gold smuggling allegations

Afghanistan’s diplomat in India who was appointed before the Taliban seized power in 2021 and says she was the only woman in the country’s diplomatic service has resigned

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Kevin Spacey denies new allegations of inappropriate behavior

Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behavior from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week

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Pakistan records its wettest April since 1961 with above average rainfall

Pakistan's national weather center says the country has recorded its wettest April since 1961

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Gaza ceasefire talks intensify in Cairo

Hamas said it was sending negotiators to talks in a "positive spirit" after studying the latest proposal.

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Chinese driver praised for helping reduce casualties in deadly highway collapse

A Chinese truck driver has been praised in local media for parking his vehicle across a highway and preventing more cars from tumbling down a slope after a section of the road in the country’s mountainous south collapsed and killed at least 48 people

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Hamas in Cairo as Egyptian media report progress in cease-fire talks. Israel downplays the report

Egyptian state media say a delegation of the Hamas militant group arrived in Cairo and that there has been “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks with Israel, though an Israeli official downplayed the prospects for a truce

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London takes center stage as vote count begins in mayoral contest that could be closer than thought

London takes center stage as the counting of votes is underway in the capital city’s mayoral contest, a day after Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered a drubbing in local election results

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Power blackouts hit Tanzania as Cyclone Hidaya intensifies

Tanzania’s power distributing company has announced a major blackout for most parts of the country due to the power grid's failure ahead of approaching Cyclone Hidaya

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AP PHOTOS: Greek Orthodox mark Good Friday with solemn bier processions

The procession of “Epitaphios," symbolizing the bier that carried the body of Jesus to his grave, took place across Greece on Friday, which was Good Friday in the Orthodox Christian calendar. The solemn processions, with the flower-adorned biers followed by the clergy and the faithful, are often spectacular, especially in places where bier processions from each parish converge into a central square. The city of Nafpaktos, in western Greece, is one such city. Once part of the Byzantine...

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South Sudan removes newly imposed taxes that had triggered suspension of UN food airdrops

South Sudan has removed recently imposed taxes and fees that had triggered the suspension of U.N. food airdrops

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Flood and landslide hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing 14

Officials say 14 people are dead after a flood and landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island

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Mexican officials say 3 bodies found in Baja California area where 2 Australians and American went missing

Mexican officials say 3 bodies found in Baja California area where 2 Australians and American went missing

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AP PHOTOS: South and Southeast Asian countries cope with a weekslong heat wave

South and Southeast Asian countries have been coping with a weekslong heat wave rendering record high temperatures that have posed a severe health risk. Umbrellas to shield against blazing sunlight are popular, air-conditioned malls are serving as urban oases, and schools in Cambodia have been cutting back their hours. In the Philippines, India and Bangladesh, officials have told students to stay home and do their lessons remotely. In April, the United Nations Children’s Fund warned...

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Sweden prepares for Eurovision with heightened security

The celebration of pop is set to take place amid protests at Israel's involvement in the competition.

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US blames Rwanda and rebels for deadly camp strike

At least nine people are killed in an attack on a camp in eastern DR Congo.

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Mexican forensic examiners are at a site in Baja California where 3 bodies were reportedly found

Mexican forensic examiners are at a remote site in Baja California where three bodies were reportedly found

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US congressman and wife charged with taking bribes

It is alleged the couple accepted money from an Azerbaijani government-run oil firm and a Mexican bank.

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Palestinian doctor dies in Israeli prison

Israeli authorities said they were investigating the death of orthopaedic surgeon Dr Adnan Al-Bursh.

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A military court sentences 8 Congolese army soldiers to death for cowardice, other crimes

A military court in eastern Congo has sentenced eight soldiers to death for cowardice and other crimes linked to fleeing the battlefield, as the government struggles to contain violence and attacks in the mineral-rich area where many armed groups operate

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