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Alleged leaker Teixeira's unit ordered to halt intelligence mission, Air Force says

The U.S. Air Force’s 102nd Intelligence Wing, which the alleged leaker of classified information belonged to, has been ordered to halt its intelligence mission as the service’s inspector general carries out an investigation, the Air Force said on Tuesday.

April 19, 2023 10:44 am
 

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India's migrant millions: Caught between jobless villages and city hazards

As he crosses the mud houses and wheat fields around his village to catch a train to distant Mumbai, Sujeet Kumar says he is thinking about the better life that awaits him in India’s city of dreams.

April 19, 2023 9:05 am
 

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Anti-abortion groups urge US Supreme Court to restrict abortion pill

The U.S. Supreme Court should restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, anti-abortion groups challenging the medication’s federal regulatory approval told the justices in a filing on Tuesday, urging them to implement curbs ordered by a conservative federal judge in Texas.

April 19, 2023 8:34 am
 

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Putin critic jailed in treason case for 25 years

Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for 25 years by a Moscow court on Monday, the harshest sentence of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine, after being convicted of treason and other offences in a trial he said was politically-motivated.

April 18, 2023 5:00 pm
 

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G7 ministers slam Russia's 'nuclear rhetoric', call on China to improve behaviour

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven rich nations on Tuesday condemned Russia’s recent talk of stationing nuclear weapons in Belarus as “unacceptable” and called on China to act as a responsible member of the international community.

April 18, 2023 4:00 pm
 

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China's economic recovery speeds up, global headwinds point to bumpy outlook

China’s economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the first quarter, as the end of strict COVID curbs lifted businesses and consumers out of crippling pandemic disruptions, although headwinds from a global slowdown point to a bumpy ride ahead.

April 18, 2023 3:32 pm
 

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Kansas City man charged for shooting Black teen who went to the wrong house

A Kansas City man was charged with two felonies on Monday.

April 18, 2023 1:29 pm
 

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Sudan military leader accuses rival of ‘attempted coup’

Sudan’s military leader condemned what he called an “attempted coup.”

April 18, 2023 9:02 am
 

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FBI makes arrests over alleged secret Chinese 'police stations' in New York

US prosecutors have arrested two men in New York for allegedly operating a Chinese “secret police station” in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighbourhood.

April 18, 2023 6:45 am
 

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Eleven people die of sunstroke near Mumbai after open-air award function

At least eleven people died on Sunday after suffering from sunstroke at an event attended by India’s home minister on the outskirts of Mumbai, the chief minister of Maharashtra state said.

April 17, 2023 5:52 pm
 

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North Korea celebrates building 10,000 modern homes in Pyongyang

North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported.

April 17, 2023 3:00 pm
 

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Four dead in Alabama 'Sweet 16' birthday party shooting

At least four people were killed and 28 wounded in a shooting that erupted during a late-night “Sweet 16” birthday celebration at a dance studio in the small town of Dadeville, Alabama, state police and local news media said on Sunday.

April 17, 2023 2:31 pm

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