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Head of election commission blames slow progress on political parties treating process like a ‘forensic audit’ -
US secretary of state on last stop of African tour has been clear about US misgivings related to Paul Rusesabagina’s conviction
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Six police officers and at least 21 civilians killed, as hundreds take to streets in frustration at economic hardship and rising prices -
Analysts say result too close to call, with poor turnout amid cost of living crisis and soaring unemployment -
Antony Blinken announces formal working group during Kinshasa visit, while voicing concerns over auction of oil and gas permits -
Tough economic realities have pushed campaigns beyond ethnic and personality-driven politics
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Government pledges ‘judicial and political steps’ to enable talks to resume with nation’s last guerrillas broken off three years ago -
Four radio station employees among dead as alleged gang members rampaged through Ciudad Juárez
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Jakapil kaniukura was about 5ft long and probably walked upright in then-steamy Patagonian landscape about 100m years ago -
Power utility Hydro One said the outage, which started at about noon on Thursday, affected 10,000 customers -
Declaration comes amid fears Jair Bolsonaro could attempt January 6-style coup to retain power if voted out in October -
Trees are advancing into the Arctic tundra and retreating from boreal forests further south, where stunting and die-offs are expected
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Two leaders raised possibility of in-person encounter when they last talked by phone in late July, US official confirms -
David Lambourne, who serves on the high court of Kiribati, was detained on Thursday after a failed attempt by the Kiribati government to deport him
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While Seoul experienced torrential downpours, rainfall levels are down in China’s Yangtse River basin -
Kelly Wu-Chiao Hsieh called for operations to uphold the ‘median line’ in the Taiwan Strait in response to China’s military exercises -
The once-banned drug is now on sale at market stalls, beach clubs and even hotel receptions. But the laws in this ‘pot paradise’ are blurry -
Properties seen in Oscar-winning film to be curbed after three people drown in South Korean capital
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David Littleproud says regional Australians should be considered at Labor’s jobs summit as he outlines vision to party faithful
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Staff and media beneficiaries perplexed by ‘totally unnecessary disruption’ as institute pivots to promote ‘social change journalism’ -
Boonwurrung elder fights plans to transfer land from the satirist’s estate to the Bunurong Land Council -
Analysis: with Millennials and Gen Z outnumbering baby boomers, attention turns to the ‘youth vote’ -
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Farmers in Auvergne despair as cows cannot be fed on grass left parched by hot summer -
Ukraine claims strike on Russian depot near key southern bridge; UN urges demilitarised zone around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid more shelling
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Fears over escalating crisis at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant; Russian airbase deep behind frontline in Crimea damaged; anger over Amnesty report -
Man opens fire at random in city of Cetinje, reportedly after a family dispute -
Divulging details about Ukraine’s defence plans is ‘frankly irresponsible’, Zelenskiy says -
Water levels fall to below 40cm on parts of key route for transporting fuel, wheat and other commodities
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The removal of Slingshot Rat has sparked debate over the legality of taking cultural artefacts from occupied land -
Public rallies around gunman who surrendered after bank agreed to give him funds for father’s medical bills
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‘Deviant’ works by artists including Picasso and Warhol return to display at exhibition in Iranian capital -
President urges regime, which denies involvement, to release Tice, who disappeared in 2012 covering Syrian war -
Shahram Poursafi, who US says belongs to Revolutionary Guards, offered money to hitman to avenge Suleimani death, DoJ alleges -
Ahmad Abouammo found to have given users’ personal information to Mohammed bin Salman’s aide
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Lawyer Tungnath Chaturvedi took on the might of Indian Railways after being charged 20 rupees – or 21p – too much -
Campaigners say many people have had to stop or switch antiretroviral medication regimes – but the government denies supply crisis
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Rajapaksa allowed in on diplomatic passport for ‘temporary’ stay, say Thai authorities -
Sean Turnell was arrested and charged with violating the official secrets act five days after Aung San Suu Kyi’s government was ousted in 2021 -
Taliban in Kabul investigating death of prominent figure they describe as a ‘huge loss’ -
Shopkeeper filmed telling customer he had been told to deny rations to anyone refusing to buy flag in run-up to Independence Day
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The Met Office says increased risk of fires as well as adverse health effects for the vulnerable -
Big online retailers are barring shoppers – sometimes for reasons they don’t understand
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Exclusive: Scale of the cuts risks lives and homes as firefighters find themselves on the frontline of the climate crisis -
Members of Aslef union on 24-hour strike, affecting services in England, Scotland and Wales -
Outgoing PM expected to find new home for his old trade as journalist after Telegraph cools on his qualities -
Analysis of tax proposals shows a full-time employee on national minimum wage would gain £1 a week
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Author has surgery after he was stabbed in the neck as he prepared to give speech in Chautauqua, in upstate New York -
US citizen released after paying fine as United Arab Emirates court confiscates $4.9m it says illegally moved through country
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President says he declassified secret and sensitive documents – but that may not matter for him to be prosecuted -
Denomination’s executive committee says it has been subpoenaed after consultant’s report shined light on crisis -
Hadi Matar, 24, in custody after author of Satanic Verses was stabbed at literary event in western New York -
Details contained in explosive search warrant show US officials investigating whether three criminal statutes violated
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