Russia expels UK defence attache in tit-for-tat diplomatic row
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VideoFamily hires crane to lift woman to 7th-floor flat as walking was 'too stressful'
A family hired a crane to lift a woman to her 7th-floor flat so she didn't have to climb the stairs in Qinhuangdao, China on May 7. The new mother had just returned home after having a C-section operation.
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Dominican Republic to vote in poll dominated by Haiti crisis
Dominican President Luis Abinader is poised for a comfortable re-election on Sunday, analysts say, buoyed by support for his tough stance on migration from troubled neighboring Haiti."He is heading towards a comfortable re-election," Dominican political scientist Rosario Espinal told AFP. "He has known how to take measures that would add support for his re-election: subsidies, increased employment, the issue of Haitian migration."
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Forced to give birth after rape, Honduran woman seeks UN remedy
On a November day in 2015, Fausia went to fetch water from a river near her home in rural Honduras.- Human rights violations - Every day in Honduras, three girls younger than 14 are "compelled to sustain pregnancies resulting from rape and become mothers," according to the CDR, citing health ministry data from 2022.
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Ukrainian drone attack kills mother, son in Russia's Belgorod region, governor says
Vyacheslav Gladkov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one of several drones fired at the region hit a car in the village of Oktyabrsky, killing a woman at the site of the attack. Her young son died of his injuries after being taken to a hospital.
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All we know on the Newton fire as people urged to stay away
West Midlands Fire Service have asked people to avoid the areas as they battle the Newton blaze - submitted pictures show the flames rising high from the Princip Street address
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New York mayor Eric Adams announces first ‘urban rat summit’
New York City produces 14 billion tons of trash annually — a feast for the much-maligned rodents
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Creepy, bald female AI robot praises Buffalo Bills and chicken wings at New York grad address
Named Sofia, the ‘humanoid robot’ did not read prepared remarks, but responded to questions from D’Youville student body president John Rizk at the event on Saturday
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