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Russia says has evidence Moscow attackers were linked to Kyiv
MOSCOW, March 29 — Russia said Thursday it had evidence that the perpetrators of last week’s massacre at a concert hall outside Moscow were linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”. President Vladimir Putin and his security services continue to allege Ukraine and
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S.Africa’s ex-president Zuma barred from May election
JOHANNESBURG, March 29 — South Africa’s electoral officials said Thursday that they had excluded former president Jacob Zuma from May elections, further stoking tensions in the run-up to the polls. The country is to hold general elections on May 29
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Harvard library removes human skin from book binding
NEW YORK, March 29 — Prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it had removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries. A copy of the 19th-century book Des Destinées de l’Ame —
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Islamic State spokesperson praises group’s attack on concert hall in Russia
CAIRO, March 29 — The spokesperson for Islamic State praised the group’s attack that killed more than 140 people in a Russian concert hall near Moscow. Abu Huthaifa al-Ansari was speaking in a recorded message posted on Thursday on the
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Bolsonaro asks Brazil court to return passport for trip to Israel
BRASILIA, March 29 — Former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under investigation as an alleged coup plotter, asked Brazil’s high court for the temporary return of his passport to visit Israel, his lawyer said Thursday. The request is “for
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Biden rakes in US$25m in US fundraiser featuring Obama, Clinton, Lizzo
NEW YORK, March 29 — President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton on Thursday that organisers said raised more than US$25 million for Biden’s US reelection campaign. Biden, who
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Hamas-linked group in south Lebanon says strike kills seven
BEIRUT, March 27 — A Lebanese militant organisation closely linked to Palestinian group Hamas said today that seven people were killed in an overnight strike in south Lebanon. Speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised
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Myanmar military to hold annual armed forces day
NAYPYIDAW (Myanmar), March 27 — Myanmar’s junta holds its annual Armed Forces Day parade today in a show of force as it struggles to contain a growing armed resistance that has captured broad swathes of territory. The military has suffered
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Six presumed dead, search and rescue suspended
BALTIMORE, March 27 — Authorities yesterday suspended their search for six people missing after a packed cargo ship slammed into a Baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse and blocking one of the busiest US commercial harbours. “Based on the length
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Part of Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after report of ship impact
BALTIMORE, March 26 — The Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, has partially collapsed and workers may be in the river, police said today, after media reports that a cargo ship had hit the bridge. The extent of the damage to
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