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Badenoch appoints Andrew Griffith shadow chancellor in sweeping reshuffle
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Nepal’s hesitance to accept foreign help for flood relief comes under scrutiny
A group of the country’s private sector power producers says Nepali authorities lost crucial time in rescuing hundreds of people
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U.S., Venezuela strike oil deal. And, the staggering hidden toll of U.S. heat deaths
The U.S. and Venezuela have entered into an oil deal. And, NPR spent two years tracking heat-related deaths and found
Read MorePassengers stranded as strike disrupts flights at Kenya’s main airport
Kenya Airways says the strike has caused delays of more than six hours, with some flights cancelled.
Read MoreFrench high schools rush to put Macron’s phone ban into force
Unions say ban will take time to enact, while president also wants under-15s social media ban as key legacy French
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Russia’s jet-powered drones bring empty Kyiv supermarket shelves and rattle Ukrainians
Russian forces relentlessly battered Kyiv and cities in the region around the Ukrainian capital for a fifth straight day, leaving
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