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Former Canadian Olympian charged in major US cocaine-smuggling case
Snowboarder Ryan Wedding and 15 others are accused of shipping 60 tonnes of cocaine a year to the US and Canada.
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Preview: New Zealand vs West Indies – Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 semifinal
West Indies won the tournament in 2016, while New Zealand will be hoping to enter their first final since 2010.
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Kenya impeaches deputy president over ‘corruption, undermining government’
Rigathi Gachagua, who has fallen out with President Ruto, was too ill to attend proceedings, his lawyers said.
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US hails Israeli announcement of killing Sinwar, calls for Gaza ‘day after’
Biden and Harris say Sinwar's death, which has yet to be confirmed by Hamas, brings the Gaza war closer to an end.
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US’s Harris reacts to news of Sinwar death
US Vice President Kamala Harris has reacted to Israeli reports that it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
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World reactions after Israel says it killed Hamas leader Sinwar
Hamas has yet to comment on Israeli announcement its forces killed the group's leader in southern Gaza on Wednesday.
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Netanyahu says war on Gaza “not over yet” after death of Hamas’s Sinwar
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the war on Gaza is "not over yet" after the death of Hamas's Sinwar.
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Seeing double in Nigeria’s ‘twins capital of the world’
The global average birth rate for twins is around 12 per 1,000 births, but in Igbo-Ora, it is closer to 50 per 1,000.
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Diego Garcia remains a dark British-American secret in the Indian Ocean
The recent Chagos deal between the UK and Mauritius is a true victory neither for Chagossians nor international law.
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Advocates question US ‘threat’ to Israel over Gaza aid: What to know
Experts urge Washington to follow US law and immediately suspend aid to Israel as humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens.
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AI helping US Treasury bust fraudsters, saving billions
The technology helped recover $1.3bn in tax fraud in the 2024 fiscal year, says the Treasury.
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Israel’s Minister of Defence says Sinwar ‘eliminated’
Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant announced the ‘elimination’ of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
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Trump vs Harris: Who is leading in US election polls?
Al Jazeera tracks the latest polls with less than a month to go before US voters choose a new president on November 5.
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Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi al-Wahidi falls into coma waiting for evacuation
Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi al-Wahidi has fallen into a coma waiting for Israeli authorities to approve his evacuation.
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US sanctions Chinese companies accused of making Russian drone parts
China has forged closer ties with Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, but it has repeatedly denied supplying weapons.
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US shields Lebanese citizens from deportation amid Israel’s war
Around 11,000 Lebanese nationals in the US can stay for 18 months and file for work permits under new status.
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Israel says killed ‘most wanted man’ Hamas’s Sinwar
The Israeli military has said that its troops have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.
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Israel claims Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed
Israel says Sinwar was killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza. PM Netanyahu says score is 'settled'.
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Is the US government doing enough to help hurricane victims?
Damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton is estimated to be more than $100bn.
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Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to $880m sex abuse payout
The settlement to 1,353 alleged victims is the largest payout by a US Catholic diocese over decades-old abuse claims.
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