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Ukraine says it retakes village in 'first results' of counterattack

Ukraine said on Sunday its troops had made territorial advances on three villages in its southeast, the first liberated settlements it has reported since launching a counter-offensive this past week.

June 12, 2023 11:41 am
 

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New Zealand's national broadcaster probes 'inappropriate' editing of Ukraine war stories

New Zealand’s national radio broadcaster has launched an investigation and put a staff member on leave after it said a series of news stories on its website about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had been edited to present “a false account of events”.

June 12, 2023 10:49 am
 

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Body camera footage released after fatal police shooting of 14-year-old in Colorado

Police in Aurora, Colorado, have released body camera footage following the death of a teenager who was shot by an officer after an alleged robbery.

June 12, 2023 9:17 am
 

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Russia says it hits Leopard tanks, U.S. Bradley vehicles in Ukraine

Russia on Sunday said it had destroyed at least seven German-made Leopard tanks and five U.S.-made Bradley vehicles over 48 hours while repelling Ukrainian attacks, though Russian bloggers reported Ukraine had briefly pierced part of the Russian line.

June 12, 2023 8:54 am
 

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Trump is 'toast' if classified records case is proven, ex-AG says

Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Sunday defended Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 37-count indictment against Donald Trump,

June 12, 2023 7:52 am
 

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Boris Johnson's shock exit reverberates through British ruling party

Old rifts resurfaced in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party on Saturday following former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s abrupt resignation from parliament, while the opposition Labour Party sensed opportunity ahead of a general election next year.

June 11, 2023 5:20 pm
 

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India rail crash probe is focusing on manual bypass of track signal

An official probe into India’s rail crash is focusing on suspected manual bypassing of an automated signalling system that guides train movement – action investigators believe sent a packed express train into a stationary freight train, three Indian Railways sources told Reuters.

June 11, 2023 3:37 pm
 

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China has been spying from Cuba for some time, U.S. official says

China has been spying from Cuba for some time and upgraded its intelligence collection facilities there in 2019, a Biden administration official said, following a report about a new spying effort underway on the island.

June 11, 2023 1:40 pm
 

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Russian strikes kill three in Odesa, hit Poltava air base

Russia fired missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine in the early hours, killing three civilians in the Black Sea city of Odesa and striking a military airfield in the central Poltava region, Kyiv authorities said.

June 11, 2023 11:40 am
 

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Trump magnifies attacks on Justice Department after his indictment

Former President Donald Trump used the first public appearance since his federal indictment to ratchet up attacks on the Justice Department, accusing prosecutors, without evidence, of a politically motivated campaign to keep him from the White House.

June 11, 2023 10:37 am
 

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Child plane crash survivors in "acceptable" state of health

Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia’s southern jungle, after surviving a plane crash which killed their mother, are in an “acceptable” state of health, the government said.

June 11, 2023 9:40 am
 

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Ukraine's army reports new gains against Russian forces near Bakhmut

Counterattacking Ukrainian forces have advanced up to 1,400 metres at a number of sections of the front line near the eastern city of Bakhmut in the past day, a military spokesman said.

June 11, 2023 8:34 am

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