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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Debt ceiling deal: US House overwhelmingly passes bill
Nigeria's fuel subsidy: How the new president has shocked the nation
AI: War crimes evidence erased by social media platforms
US actor Danny Masterson found guilty on two rape counts
Amazon to pay $30m over Alexa and Ring privacy violations

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Tree of Life synagogue: Gunman driven by 'malice and hate'
Chinese fighter jet buzzed US military plane, says Pentagon
Ben Roberts-Smith: How war hero's defamation case has rocked Australia
Black bear walks into bakery and eats 60 cupcakes
Manhattanhenge: How to see it this year
Elizabeth Holmes walks into Texas prison to start sentence

Monday, May 29, 2023

After the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, can a community heal?
Man uniting Indian families torn by colonialism
German police arrest stripper over toy gun
Kosovo: Fresh clashes as Nato troops called in to northern towns

Sunday, May 28, 2023

FTX: Singapore state fund Temasek cuts pay after failed investment
Sudan Darfur crisis: 'Everything civilians can use has been burned or destroyed'
Turkey elections: What to expect from newly emboldened Erdogan
Ukraine war: Zelenksy praises air force after Russia's largest drone attack yet
Kitten stuck in rain pipe for three days found alive
French Open 2023: Nadal, Murray and Raducanu missing, while Djokovic, Alcaraz and Swiatek favourites
New parliament: PM Modi inaugurates building amid opposition boycott

Saturday, May 27, 2023

China's C919 passenger plane makes maiden flight
Mozambique cholera: Why outbreaks have sparked unrest
Turkish presidency run-off decides if Erdogan should have five more years
US and Mexico sound alarm over cosmetic surgery-linked fungal outbreak
We're ready to retake our country - Ukraine security boss Oleksiy Danilov

Friday, May 26, 2023

Oleksiy Danilov interview: Ukraine counter-offensive 'ready to begin'
Powerball lottery winner faces lawsuit alleging ticket theft
IPL 2023: Who are India's next cricketing stars?
Driver swept backwards in raging Spanish floodwaters

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Twitter engineering boss quits after DeSantis launch glitches
NY woman charged over threats after Club Q shooting
Neuralink: Elon Musk's brain chip firm says US approval won for human study
Africa's week in pictures: 19-25 May 2023
Was Russia attacked by a Ukrainian drone boat in the Black Sea?
Aderrien Murry: Mississippi boy, 11, shot by officer after calling police

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank: 500 jobs cut by new owner First Citizens
Dead fraudster mystery grips Australia
Why Turkey's election is being closely followed in Africa
Will these Trump voters back DeSantis this time?
Belgorod: Russian paramilitary group vows more incursions
Watch: Eight of Tina Turner's most legendary songs

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

US professor fired after machete threat to New York Post reporter
Casey DeSantis: Who is the wife of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis?
South Africa load-shedding: The roots of Eskom's power problem
Ron DeSantis to launch 2024 presidential bid on Twitter - reports

Monday, May 22, 2023

Ukraine war: Nato watches Russian 'Zombies' in Estonia
Sudan conflict: Air strikes and clashes as new ceasefire begins
Ray Stevenson: Thor, Star Wars and Rome actor's career in pictures
India wrestlers risk Olympic dream for '#MeToo' protest
TikTok sues Montana to overturn first US state ban
Writers pay protest interrupts Warner Bros CEO speech
G20: India hosts tourism meet in Kashmir amid tight security

Sunday, May 21, 2023

Watch: Green flash as meteor blazes across sky in Australia
China bans major chip maker Micron from key infrastructure projects
Thousands mass for pro-EU rally in Moldovan capital, amid tensions with Russia
How jokes and ringtones spurred birth control in India
Watch: Japan riot police pin G7 protesters to ground in violent scuffle
G7: Taking a stand against China's economic coercion
Bakhmut: Zelensky indicates Russia has control of city

Saturday, May 20, 2023

At least nine killed in El Salvador stadium stampede
Sudan conflict: Warring factions agree seven-day ceasefire, US says
The school in an empty department store
Ukraine war: ICC 'undeterred' by arrest warrant for chief prosecutor
British novelist Martin Amis dies aged 73

Friday, May 19, 2023

Turkey election: Why the world is watching the presidential race
Jim Brown: Legendary NFL running back dead at 87
Week in pictures: 13-19 May 2023
How West Ham's night of glory turned ugly... in 85 seconds

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Bijnor: Leopard attacks spark fear in Uttar Pradesh district
Outcry as Australian police taser 95-year-old care home resident
Could a US debt default unleash global chaos?
Pastor Mackenzie's Kenyan cult: The mother who fled Shakahola forest to save her children
G7 summit: Why there are eight more seats at the table this year
Disney scraps $867m Florida plan amid Ron DeSantis feud

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

FBI charges man with stealing Dorothy's The Wizard of Oz slippers
Ukraine war: Boy of 5 among civilians killed in shelling
DeSantis limits trans treatments, drag shows, pronoun use in Florida
How Canadian walrus Smooshi ended up in Abu Dhabi
Ukraine: The Mariupol steel workers longing for home
G7 summit: Taiwan looms large as Japan prepares to host leaders
Serbians hand in guns and question culture of violence after two shootings

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Police inquiry after used condoms sent to 65 women
Record inflation: Five ways Argentines try to cope
Delhi Metro: India's uneasy relation with public gestures of love
Biden G7: President to cut short foreign trip for debt ceiling talks
Asante King asks British Museum to return gold to Ghana

Monday, May 15, 2023

Nigeria election: The mystery of the altered results in disputed poll
Myanmar Rohingya: What future for the refugee baby lucky to survive?
The man who wants to radically reform Thailand's politics
China sentences 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison for spying
Vice and Motherboard owner files for bankruptcy

Saturday, May 13, 2023

The daring riders of India's 'well of death'
The transgender Indonesian Muslims trying to secure their future
Ukraine war: Russians in Germany split over Putin's invasion
Sudan crisis: Sudanese singer Shaden Gardood killed in crossfire
Cyclone Mocha: Major evacuations as cyclone threatens Bangladesh

Friday, May 12, 2023

Papua New Guinea minister quits over luxury Coronation trip controversy
Kenyan farmer: 'I'm afraid that elephants will kill me'
Sudan conflict: Grandmother died trapped by fighting in Khartoum
Imran Khan's dramatic arrest saga... in under 90 seconds
Pakistan shut down the internet - but that didn't stop the protests
17-year-old Honduran migrant dies in US custody

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Ten-day jail terms for US fishing tournament cheats
Africa's week in pictures: 5-11 May 2023
Jordan Neely: Ex-Marine to be charged over New York subway death
Elon Musk says he has appointed new Twitter boss
Shireen Abu Aqla: Al Jazeera reporter's family still hope for justice

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Eurovision Q&A: Sweden's returning champion, Loreen
Kambo: Australia investigates suspected frog mucus deaths
Heather Armstrong: 'Queen of mommy blogging' dead at 47
House Republicans release probe into Biden family finances
Italian mafia: Police arrest 61 suspected 'Ndrangheta in widespread raids
Steve Rosenberg plays 10 Eurovision hits in two minutes

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Eurovision Q&A: Who the hell are Teya and Salena?
George Santos: Republican congressman facing charges in federal probe
Cheng Lei: 1,000 days imprisoned in China for an unknown reason
Briton pleads guilty in US to 2020 Twitter hack
E Jean Carroll: Jury finds Trump sexually abused writer in NY department store
On board the Eurovision superfan train to Liverpool

Monday, May 8, 2023

Ukraine says it downed Russian cruise missiles aimed at Kyiv
Ukraine war: Jet pilots talk about the air war with Russia
Deaths raise fresh fears over cow vigilantism in India
Meet Melanie and Chayse: The disabled woman and her sex worker
Is Congress playing a high stakes game of political chicken?
Jury hears closing remarks in Donald Trump civil rape case
Three children among victims of Allen mall shooting in Texas

Sunday, May 7, 2023

St Kitts and Nevis is not totally free under King Charles III, says PM
India Kerala: At least 21 dead as boat capsizes
Thailand election: The young radicals shaking up politics
Janet Yellen: US treasury secretary warns of debt ceiling 'catastrophe'
Texas mall shooting: Suspect identified by US media as 33-year-old man
Sudan fighting: Student engineer electrocuted fixing power in Darfur clinic
DR Congo floods: Digging through mud to find relatives

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Watch the King's Coronation side by side with his mother's
Texas shooting: People flee as gunshots are heard at mall
Canadian province of Alberta declares wildfire emergency
Your pictures on the theme of 'three colours'
Serbia mass shootings: Country reels in the wake of deadly attacks
Manipur violence: Dozens dead as ethic clashes grip Indian state

Friday, May 5, 2023

Sudan fighting: Warring sides set for Saudi Arabia talks
Fire rages at Shell chemical plant in Texas
Daniel Penny: Ex-Marine defends NYC subway chokehold
Their plane went down - how this WW2 Canada crew survived
Week in pictures: 29 April - 5 May 2023
Sudan fighting: Bittersweet ending for one family fleeing conflict

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Serie A: Fans ecstatic after Napoli’s first win in 33 years
The journalists imprisoned for reporting the death that shook Iran
Polarised politics are tearing Pakistan apart
Ukraine: Drone shot down over Kyiv burns through sky
Udinese 1-1 Napoli: Southern Italian team wins Serie A title for first time in 33 years

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Fed raises US interest rates to highest in 16 years
Vinesh Phogat: Protesting India wrestlers say police assaulted them
Ukraine war: Zelensky in The Hague as fresh blasts rock Kyiv
Katty Kay meets the would-be queen of Italy
US regulator says Meta putting child users at risk
Ros Atkins on... the Russian videos appearing to show Kremlin drone attack

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

India's Go First cancels flights after bankruptcy
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recounts bout of profound loneliness
Suspect in Texas neighbour shooting arrested - reports
US senator appears topless during Zoom vote
Kosovo conflict: Serbia agrees to help find hundreds of missing
Belgian Bullet hopes to trigger snooker explosion back home

Monday, May 1, 2023

Vanessa Hudson: Qantas appoints first female CEO as Alan Joyce steps down
Two hospitals broke law by denying abortion - US health officials
Kenya starvation cult: 'My wife and six children followed Pastor Mackenzie'
Debt ceiling: Janet Yellen warns US could hit debt ceiling by 1 June
Ukraine war: More than 20,000 Russian fighters dead in Bakhmut, US says
Ron DeSantis-aligned oversight board votes to countersue Disney