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South Korea restores Japan to trade white list amid warming ties

South Korea has formally restored Japan to its list of countries it gives preferential treatment in trade.

April 25, 2023 6:13 am
 

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Number of bodies exhumed from suspected Kenyan cult graves jumps to 47

Kenyan police have now exhumed the bodies of 47 people thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death.

April 24, 2023 6:04 pm
 

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Australia to prioritise long-range strike capability in defence shakeup

Australia’s government will prioritise long-range precision strike, domestic production of guided weapons, and diplomacy – key points of a review released today recommending the country’s biggest defence shakeup since World War Two.

April 24, 2023 5:03 pm
 

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Russia claims progress in battle for Bakhmut

Russia on Sunday said its forces had advanced in Bakhmut while a top Ukrainian commander said his troops were holding the frontline through the city, all but destroyed in some of the bloodiest combat of the 14-month war.

April 24, 2023 4:23 pm
 

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Some foreign citizens hurt in Sudan

The armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom have evacuated embassy staff from Sudan, while other nations rushed to get their citizens to safety as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum.

April 24, 2023 3:36 pm
 

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EU ministers braced for Ukrainian frustration over ammunition plan

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba gets a chance to vent Kyiv’s frustration to European Union foreign ministers over wrangling that is holding up an EU plan to buy ammunition to help Ukraine fight Russia’s invasion.

April 24, 2023 2:57 pm
 

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Nine injured in shooting at Texas high school prom party

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.

April 24, 2023 1:54 pm
 

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New migrant caravan heads for Mexico City to speed up legal route to US

Thousands of migrants, detained for months in southern Mexico, formed a new caravan in protest on Sunday to head for the capital to speed up their applications for U.S. asylum.

April 24, 2023 12:45 pm
 

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Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19 for third time

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the third known infection, adding that while he was not seriously ill he would take a few days off.

April 24, 2023 12:01 pm
 

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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Kermadec Islands region: USGS

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands region near New Zealand today, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

April 24, 2023 11:40 am
 

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Around 60 civilians killed in northern Burkina Faso attack

Around 60 civilians were killed on Friday in northern Burkina Faso by people wearing the uniforms of the Burkinabe armed forces, local prosecutor Lamine Kabore said on Sunday, citing information from police in the town of Ouahigouya.

April 24, 2023 10:35 am
 

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Brazil takes fight against racism abroad

Government officials from Brazil are using their president’s first visit to Europe.

April 24, 2023 9:03 am

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