Tim Scott, lone Black Republican in U.S. Senate, to run for president
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Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott has entered the 2024 presidential race, according to a filing with the U.S. election regulator on Friday, in what amounts to a long-shot bet that a message of unity and optimism can still appeal in a party where m
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Tim Scott, lone Black Republican in U.S. Senate, to run for president
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Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott has entered the 2024 presidential race, according to a filing with the U.S. election regulator on Friday, in what amounts to a long-shot bet that a message of unity and optimism can still appeal in a party where m
At least 12 dead in stampede at El Salvador soccer stadium
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At least 12 people died and an unspecified number were injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador on Saturday, the Central American government tweeted. On Saturday night, the Alianza F.C. and Club Deportivo FAS teams were pla
Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll, must pay her KSh684 million, jury says
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Donald Trump must pay $5 million (KSh683.5 million) in damages for sexually abusing magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defaming her by branding her a liar, a jury decided on Tuesday, May 9."Today, the world finally knows
What motivated gunman, 33, to kill at least eight people at a mall?
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Texas police on Sunday were investigating what motivated a 33-year-old gunman to kill at least eight people at a mall over the weekend, as President Joe Biden called for stricter gun laws. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Sunday
At least 21 killed as 'overcrowded' boat overturns
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At least 21 people drowned after a boat capsized off the coastal town of Tanur in the Malappuram district of India's southern state of Kerala, local authorities said on Monday. The boat, which was carrying about 40 inbound passengers, over
Russia launches mass strikes on Ukraine ahead of May 9 Victory Day holiday
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Russia launched a large-scale wave of strikes on Kyiv and across Ukraine sowing destruction and injuries, officials said early on Monday, as Moscow prepares for its cherished Victory Day holiday that marks the anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Ger
Corpses pile up after nearly 200 killed in Congo floods
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At least 176 people have died in flash floods in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional governor said on Friday, as heavy rain destroyed buildings and forced aid workers to gather mud-clad corpses into piles. The rainfall in Kale
Somalia's President expresses gratitude to Kenya for sending troops to fight Al Shabaab
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Countries whose troops are in Somalia have been commended for their contribution in fighting terrorism in the region. In an extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of Troop Contributing Countries to the African Union Transiti
South Africa to withdraw from ICC ahead of President Putin's visit
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South Africa's governing African National Congress will aim to repeal the country's membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC), President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday, the second time it has attempted to do so.The party's decis
US default on debt would trigger 'economic catastrophe' - Treasury secretary
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned that failure by Congress to raise the government's debt ceiling - and the resulting default - would trigger an "economic catastrophe" that would send interest rates higher for years to come.
"I'm still worried about those I left behind" - Fear and exhaustion in a family's flight from Sudan
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Rawan al-Waleed was expecting to fly from Khartoum to Cairo last week for a wedding. Instead, she ended up travelling from Sudan to Egypt in a bus her family chartered to escape a war. The family left after a rocket hit Waleed's family hom
Sudan fighting abates as death toll nears 500
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Fighting in Sudan abated overnight after the army and a rival paramilitary force agreed to a 72-hour truce but a witness said gunfire could be heard on Tuesday while Arab, Asian and Western nations were racing to extract their citizens from the co
Musician in court for allegedly pleasuring self on a flight with a body lotion
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Desiigner, a United States musician has been charged with indecent exposure at a Minneapolis court for allegedly masturbating on a flight
Nine injured in shooting at Texas high school prom party
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Nine teenagers were shot early Sunday at an after-prom party in Jasper, Texas, prompting what will be an increased police presence at the town's high school this week, officials said. None of the gunshot wounds were life-threatening, the J
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All U.S. embassy staff evacuated from war-torn Sudan, White House says
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The U.S. military evacuated American government personnel from Khartoum, President Joe Biden said on Saturday, adding that Washington is suspending operations at its embassy there as fighting between Sudan's rival commanders continued. "Th
Museveni sends controversial anti-LGBTQ bill back to parliament for 'strengthening'
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni supports a bill containing some of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation
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Gunmen storm Mexican resort, kill 7, including child
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Armed men on Saturday killed a child and six others after storming a resort in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities said, in a region increasingly plagued by drug cartel violence. Footage widely shared on social media showe
Sudan clashes kill at least 25 in power struggle between army, paramilitaries
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Clashes between Sudan's main paramilitary group and the armed forces on Saturday killed at least 25 people, a doctors' group said, in an apparent struggle for control amid the country's halting moves toward elections after a military coup.
Woman emerges after 500 days in a 70-metre deep cave, says she's looking forward to a shower and plate of chips
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A 50-year-old Spanish extreme athlete emerged on Friday from a 500-day challenge living 70 metres deep in a cave outside Granada with minimal contact outside.
Tunisian football player dies after setting himself on fire in protest against police
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Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, has died from burns suffered after setting himself alight earlier this week as a protest against "police injustice", his family said on Friday.Clashes erupted between police and angry protesters i
Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life
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When Frank Mugisha came out two decades ago, being gay in Uganda could be lonely and uncomfortable, but it was rarely a
18,000 cows killed in a fire at a Texas dairy farm
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More than 18,000 cows died after an explosion and fire at a family dairy farm in west Texas, marking the deadliest such barn blaze on record in the United States.Firefighters rescued one employee from the South Fork Dairy near Dimmitt on Mo
Another mass shooting in the U.S as bank worker opens fire on colleagues
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A 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday while livestreaming the attack on social media, police said.The gunman was fatally shot at the s
Dalai Lama apologises after video asking boy to 'suck my tongue'
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The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans' 87-year-old spiritual leader, apologised on Monday after footage showed him asking a young boy to "suck my tongue" at a public event.
"I do..I do...I do..." - 800 couples tie the knot in Easter mass wedding
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More than 800 couples walked down the aisle on Easter Sunday in one of the biggest mass wedding ceremonies in South Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic.The International Pentecost Holiness Church blesses polygamous unions, which are common i
Armed gangs kill 74 in Nigeria's Benue state
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At least 74 people were killed in Nigeria's Benue state in two separate attacks by gunmen this week, local officials and police said on Saturday, the latest clashes in an area where violence between pastoralists and farmers is common.Violen
Finland joins NATO in historic shift, Russia threatens 'counter-measures'
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Finland formally joined NATO on Tuesday, its flag unfurling outside the military bloc's Brussels headquarters, in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that drew a threat from Moscow of "counter-measures." Finl
Trump charged with hush-money scheme to boost 2016 election chances
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Former President Donald Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic case over allegations he orchestrated hush-money payments to two women before the 2016 U.S. election to suppress publication of
Six dead, 64 missing after boat sinks in Congo's Lake Kivu
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Six people were killed and 64 others were missing after a boat capsized in Democratic Republic of Congo's Lake Kivu early on Monday, local authorities said.Mustapha Mamboleo, a local official at Idjwi island in the lake, said 150 passengers
Trump to fly to New York for court surrender amid tight security
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump is set to fly from Florida to New York City on Monday, ahead of h
