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Haiti PM condemns killing of police officers in gang ambush

Haiti’s new prime minister on Monday condemned the gang killings of three police officers on a patrol in a part of the capital controlled by gang leader Jimmy “Barbeque” Cherizier.

June 11, 2024 9:41 am
 

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Aircraft carrying Malawi vice president missing

An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others has gone missing, Malawi’s presidency said.

June 11, 2024 7:15 am
 

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Trump tells sweltering rally in Nevada he won't tax tips

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday that he would seek to end taxation of income from tips, a direct appeal to service workers in the swing state of Nevada, which polls suggest is leaning his way ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

June 10, 2024 10:34 am
 

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Macron calls shock French elections after far-right rout by Le Pen

French President Emmanuel Macron set off a political earthquake on Sunday when he called shock legislative elections for later this month after he was trounced in the European Union vote by Marine Le Pen’s far-right party.

June 10, 2024 9:00 am
 

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Israel's centrist minister Benny Gantz quits Netanyahu government

Israeli minister Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government on Sunday, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled leader’s far-right coalition amid a months-long war in Gaza.

June 10, 2024 8:12 am
 

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Israel extends Al Jazeera ban by 45 days, citing security threat

A ban on Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel was extended for another 45 days by Israel’s telecoms regulator after the cabinet agreed its broadcasts posed a threat to security.

June 10, 2024 7:33 am
 

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US, British citizens among suspects on trial in Congo after thwarted coup

More than 50 defendants, including six with U.S., British, Canadian or Belgian citizenship, appeared in court in the Democratic Republic of Congo charged with taking part in a failed coup and other offences that carry the death penalty.

June 9, 2024 6:14 pm
 

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Germany's Scholz vows to defend free speech after campaign violence

At the end of an EU election campaign marred by violence, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said freedom of speech must be protected at all costs, vowing to take action against anyone who threatens it.

June 9, 2024 4:40 pm
 

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Benny Gantz delays statement after hostage rescue

Israel’s centrist war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has delayed a statement he was due to give later in which he was widely expected to announce his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government.

June 9, 2024 2:33 pm
 

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55 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in central Gaza

Bodies of at least 55 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Al-Nuseirat and other areas in central Gaza, and dozens wounded, in the attacks, arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said.

June 9, 2024 12:28 pm
 

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Polish man held in custody after Danish PM Frederiksen assault

A 39-year old Polish man was remanded in custody for 12 days over an assault the previous day on Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, which authorities said caused her to suffer a minor neck injury.

June 9, 2024 10:08 am
 

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Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza raid that Hamas says kills 210 Palestinians

Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza on Saturday that Palestinian officials said killed more than 200 people, one of the single bloodiest Israeli assaults of the eight-month-old war.

June 9, 2024 8:43 am

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