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Plane with 49 people on board crashes in Russia (VIDEO)
The An-24 passenger aircraft was flying over Amur Region in the country’s Far East
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Macrons file defamation suit against US podcaster over transgender rumours
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against US right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, who has repeatedly claimed that the wife of the president used to be a man. The Macrons said Owens' claims were "designed to harass and cause pain ... and to garner attention".
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Major update after teen jailed in Dubai for sex
There has been a major development in the case of a young British tourist who was jailed while on holiday in Dubai.
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Fired Russian transport minister found dead in likely suicide hours after dismissal
Roman Starovoit had previously served as the governor of Kursk Region, where a corruption investigation unfolded after his tenure
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North Korea to send military construction workers, deminers to rebuild Russia's Kursk region
North Korea will send military builders and deminers to help restore Russia's Kurk region, Russian news agencies reported Moscow's security chief as saying Tuesday while he was on a trip to Pyongyang. North Korea has become one of Russia's main allies during Moscow's years-long war in Ukraine.
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Israel Deports Greta Thunberg After Intercepting Gaza-Bound Activist Boat
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said other passengers on the boat who didn’t sign deportation documents would be brought before a judicial authority
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Italy’s citizenship referendum fails after voters heed Giorgia Meloni call for boycott
Low turnout for two-day plebiscite aimed at granting faster citizenship to immigrants garners below 50% threshold needed to pass
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Nationalist Is Elected Poland’s President, in Setback for Centrist Government
Karol Nawrocki’s victory will complicate Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s efforts to advance his liberal agenda.
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Huge sign Putin targeting this nation
Fears are growing about Putin’s potential next target as Russian military continue to expand in one nation.
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Trump faces critical test after his tough talk on Putin
The president can reaffirm US support for the country in its conflict with Russia or walk away completely. American allies fear the latter.<
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French justice minister calls for abolishing cash
Gerald Darmanin has argued that digital transactions are much easier to trace
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Robert Prevost becomes first American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV
US Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. After serving as missionary and archbishop in Peru, Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis's pontificate, adding three women to the voting bloc that decides which bishop nominations to forward to the pope.
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New Pope elected
White smoke has been seen above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on the second day of the conclave
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Romania nationalist George Simion, a Trump fan, wins first round of presidential vote
Far-right nationalist George Simion secured an emphatic win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election on Sunday, nearly complete electoral data showed, months after an annulled vote plunged the European Union and NATO member country into turmoil. He is expected to face Bucharest's pro-EU mayor Nicusor Dan in a May 18 runoff.
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