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Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining
Brazil’s government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The area,…
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Angolans head to the polls to end President Santos 38-year rule
Angolans are heading to the polls today in a general election marking the end of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos…
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Trump vows to ‘close government’ to build Mexico wall
Donald Trump has vowed to close down government if that is what it takes to build his wall along the…
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US destroyer collides with a tanker
A rescue operation is under way for 10 sailors missing after a US destroyer collided with a tanker east of…
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Migrant crisis: Spain rescues 600 people in busiest day
Spain’s coastguard says it has rescued 600 migrants crossing from Morocco in a 24-hour period amid a spike in the…
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Sierra Leone mudslide: At least 600 still missing in Freetown
At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown,…
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Sierra Leone’s president in plea for aid as mudslides ravage villages
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koromoa fought back tears as he said the devastation caused by mudslides and flooding in…
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Dubai’s 79-storey Torch Tower on fire again
A large fire has ripped through a residential 79-storey skyscraper in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates – for the…
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Australia terror suspect ‘planted plane bomb on brother’
A terror suspect in Australia tried to smuggle a bomb on to a plane by planting it on his unsuspecting…
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US sanctions are ‘trade war’ on Russia
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said new sanctions imposed by the US are tantamount to declaring a “full-scale trade…
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