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Not fewer than 22 Israelis per day die from smoking-related sicknesses, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Israel Cancer Association (ICA). According to the ICA and…
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Austrian chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, whose People’s party got the largest share of the country’s vote in the European elections. Photograph: Leonhard Föger/Reuters. Austria’s…
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, takes the Oath of Office alongside Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, at the Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, May…
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U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive aboard Air Force One at Tokyo Haneda Airport in Tokyo, May 25, 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump has…
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Late Binyavanga Wainaina Prize-winning Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina has died in Nairobi after a short illness at the age of 48. He won the Caine Prize for…
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thanked voters for re-electing his conservative coalition in a shock result at the federal…
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Former Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke Bob Hawke, a transformative and charismatic left-wing lawmaker with a “larrikin’’ streak who served as Australian prime minister from…
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German chancellor also shares views on Brexit and climate crisis in interview Merkel with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the G20 in Hamburg in 2017. Photograph: Anadolu…
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The Pearl Continental Hotel is popular among foreign visitors Three gunmen have stormed a five-star hotel in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, killing at least one…
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Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II The UN has appointed the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, as a member of the new class of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocates.…
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Pope Francis Pope Francis has made it mandatory for Roman Catholic clergy to report cases of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups to the Church. In an Apostolic letter, which is…
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The BBC has fired a presenter who tweeted an image of a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption “Royal Baby leaves hospital’’. Meghan, wife of Prince Harry, gave birth, in…
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These are the sixth national polls since the end of white-minority rule Anger over corruption, the faltering economy and land reform are key issues as South Africans vote in the…
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Asia Bibi Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has left the country, officials have confirmed. Her conviction…
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President Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA), Ben Okoli, says a Nigerian, Mr Okechukwu Henry, from Imo State, was stabbed to death by unknown South African…
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