Violence breaks out at St George's Day event in central London
Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine
King honours Queen, William and Kate with new titles
'Never off duty!': British police officers catch suspected thief in Barcelona
Ukraine aid bill clears the US Senate and ends of months of bitter deadlock
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Maduro announces return of UN rights office to Venezuela
President Nicolas Maduro announced Tuesday that a United Nations human rights office would begin operating in Venezuela once again, after it was suspended and its staff ordered to leave in February. The change comes as Maduro is under fire at home and abroad over his leftist government's human rights record as he cracks down on dissent while seeking a third term in power.He has in particular drawn criticism for preventing a widely popular opposition leader from running against him in July electi
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Senate finally passes aid bills worth billions to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay
The Senate passed the bill 79-18 after months of opposition from isolationist Republicans
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Top price predicted for long-lost Klimt portrait at Vienna auction
A painting by symbolist icon Gustav Klimt that reappeared after nearly a century will be sold at auction in Vienna on Wednesday despite questions surrounding its provenance.The auction house estimates its value at 30-50 million euros ($32-53 million), but Klimt works have sold for higher prices at recent auctions.
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They stormed the US Capitol in 2021 - now they want to serve there
Three years ago, Derrick Evans was taking part in the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol, joining hundreds of other Donald Trump supporters who refused to accept his defeat in the presidential election. Evans is not the only January 6 veteran using the assault on the Capitol as an argument for election.
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Recycled 'zombie' misinformation targets US voters
Migrants, vaccines, pedophilia rings -- old conspiracy theories are resurfacing ahead of the US election despite being repeatedly debunked, in what researchers call "zombie" falsehoods that appear to resonate with polarized voters.Yet it later grew into the sprawling QAnon conspiracy movement, which gained popularity ahead of the 2020 election.
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Colombian rebels holding Amazon hostage in peace talks
Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.The guerrillas also charge a percentage on production of coca -- the leaf used to make cocaine -- and on illegal miners advancing ever deeper into the rainforest, said Ebus.
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Altered New York Times cover mocking Indian PM Modi circulates online ahead of polls
After India's Supreme Court ruled that the government's electoral bond scheme was "unconstitutional", online posts shared a purported New York Times cartoon mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the decision. AFP found the original newspaper cutting did not feature the cartoon, which was created as satire by a social media user.
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