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DR Congo kidnappers demand $500,000 for priest

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More evacuees leave Syria’s Ghouta as regime eyes reconquest

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Netanyahu cancels UN deal on African migrants in shock reversal

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UN probes reports of ‘serious harm to civilians’ in Afghan airstrike

Africa

President Xi hails Mugabe’s successor as ‘old friend of China’

Africa

Ethiopia dissidents hopeful but wary over new PM

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S. Korea distances itself from firm assisting DR Congo vote

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Gay dating app Grindr scorched for handling of HIV data

Africa

Britain to ban ivory sales

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Indonesians nabbed over sun bear slaughter: police

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Oh deer: Japan park issues tips as animals nibble tourists

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Oil to solar: Saudis push to be renewable energy powerhouse

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Fiji PM links climate change to fatal cyclone

Africa

Sierra Leone’s ‘little gifts’ incite fight against graft

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Trump outraged over Mexico migrant ‘caravan’

Africa

Amnesty calls on Mali to probe extrajudicial killings

Africa

20 killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian army base, villages

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London murder rate overtakes New York as stabbings surge

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US firm Harbour Energy makes bid for Australia’s Santos

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Thousands of teachers march for US school funding

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Saudi prince says Israel has ‘right’ to its land

Africa

Vote count row delays S.Leone presidential race result

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Trump rolls back Obama-era fuel efficiency rules

Africa

Guinea opposition leader calls for end to post-election protests

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2C cap on global warming won’t save Arctic sea ice: studies

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SpaceX launches cargo to space station using recycled rocket, spaceship

Africa

Tributes to South Africa’s Winnie Mandela

Africa

UN disputes Morocco’s claims of incursions in W. Sahara

Africa

Netanyahu suspends Israel-UN deal on resettling African migrants

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France braces for mass rail strikes

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Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth over Pacific

Africa

Mandela and his three wives: Evelyn, Winnie and Graca

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Egypt’s Sisi sweeps vote with 97 percent, turnout down

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Russia says spy poisoning could be ‘in interests’ of UK government

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Trump proposed White House summit to Putin in March: Kremlin

Africa

Five Shabaab killed in US strike in Somalia: US military

Africa

South Africa hails Australia ‘retraction’ on offer to white farmers

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Civilian casualties in Afghan airstrike on madrassa

Africa

Ethiopia’s new PM, in key speech, reaches out to opposition and Eritrea

Africa

Bashir vows ‘war on corruption’ to revive Sudan economy

Africa

Two degrees no longer seen as global warming guardrail: studies

South Africa

Deadline looms for Guptas as India investigates their taxes

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China slaps retaliatory tariffs on 128 US products

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Malala leaves Pakistan after emotional visit

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Costa Rica votes in ex-minister as next president, spurns preacher rival

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China’s ‘space dream’: A Long March to the moon

Africa

Prisoner or free man? Mystery surrounds Gaddafi’s son Seif

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Point Nemo, Earth’s watery graveyard for spacecraft

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Storied Safari Rally seeks a revival in East Africa

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French railways warn of major disruption ahead of anti-Macron strike

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Coming down in flames: Fiery endings for spacecraft

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Trump says Mexico not stopping migrant flow, threatens NAFTA

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Poulter stars in Texas to punch ticket to Masters

Africa

Four Ugandans killed in Shabaab attack on AU base in Somalia

Africa

Ramaphosa congratulates Botswana President Masisi on his inauguration

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Suspected poacher shot dead in Kenya’s Solio Ranch

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Kane fit to make Spurs bench at Chelsea

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Trump targets Amazon again in new tweets

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US, S. Korea begin low-key army drills amid diplomatic thaw

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Russian governor resigns over deadly mall blaze

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Nepali Sherpa aims for record 22nd Everest summit

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Some US states press ahead on climate change goals, despite Trump

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Sweden introduces eco-friendly aviation tax

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Indian scientists lose contact with satellite

Africa

Pope urges end to ‘carnage’ in Syria in Easter message

Africa

UN peacekeepers attacked by C. Africa armed group

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Candice Warner: ‘It’s my fault’ for husband’s ball-tamper crisis

Africa

Botswana’s new president vows to tackle unemployment

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Congolese migrants claim better, safer life in Rwanda

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Russia diplomats, families, leave US embassy

Africa

Leading Senegal MP arrested after protesting ally’s fraud sentence

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Syria’s army vows to finish off last Ghouta rebels

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Gazans bury their dead after bloodiest day in years

Africa

DR Congo main opposition to be led by founder’s son

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Four teen girl suicide bombers launch attack in Nigeria, two killed