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Baltimore bridge collapse: Mayday call saves lives
27 Mar 2024Many lives were saved by a mayday call from the ship's crew, which prompted local officials to stop traffic driving onto the bridge before it collapsed.
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Video shows police raiding Sean 'Diddy' Combs's properties
27 Mar 2024Agents carrying guns and donning bulletproof vests were seen conducting their operations at the US rapper's mansion in Los Angeles. Video
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Princess Kate rumours linked to Russian disinformation
27 Mar 2024In the days before the Princess of Wales revealed her cancer diagnosis, there had been a surge in online rumours and often wild claims.
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Sacha Baron Cohen hits back over Rebel Wilson book
27 Mar 2024The actors have become involved in a dispute over Rebel Wilson's plans to publish what Sacha Baron Cohen has described as "demonstrably false claims" about him.
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'I could have been there' - US contractor fears his co-workers after bridge collapse
27 Mar 2024Two people have been rescued, but six more are believed to have been on the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve from extradition to US
27 Mar 2024The Wikileaks founder's extradition from Britain is on hold until after a court said the US must provide assurances he won't face the death penalty.
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Why did the Baltimore bridge collapse and what do we know about the ship?
27 Mar 2024Explainer - Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after a container ship smashed into a pylon, sending eight people into frigid water below. Here's what we know.
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Australian freed after spending 30 hours in drain
26 Mar 2024The man said he had gotten stuck while looking for his phone, but police say he fled a crime scene.
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'An unthinkable tragedy' - major bridge in Baltimore collapses
26 Mar 2024The 3km-long Key Bridge has collapsed and there are reports of cars in the water.
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'Large bang' forces Qantas flight down to one engine
26 Mar 2024Passengers said the cabin crew immediately started preparing for an emergency landing without even waiting for the pilot to make the call.
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Israel scraps visit after US allows passage of Gaza ceasefire resolution
26 Mar 2024Relations between the United States President and Israel Prime Minister have sunk to a wartime low, with the US allowing passage of a Gaza ceasefire resolution at the UN.
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Judge agrees to reduce Trump fraud bond
26 Mar 2024Donald Trump's legal team said he was unable to secure the original $788m bond from a private company, now he will have to come up with $297m.
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Donald Trump's hush-money trial to begin 15 April
26 Mar 2024Donald Trump had tried to delay the criminal trial over hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
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US, UK accuse China of spy campaign that may have hit millions
26 Mar 2024Officials have accused Beijing of massive campaign that hit politicians, electoral services, academics, journalists and more.
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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in shakeup amid safety crisis
26 Mar 2024It is part of a a broad management shakeup brought on by the planemaker's sprawling safety crisis exacerbated by a January mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX plane.
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UN Security Council passes resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
The UN Security Council has called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position.
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Men charged with Moscow attack appear in court blindfolded, injured
25 Mar 2024Video showed some of the suspects being marched by masked police into a court in the Russian capital..
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Four killed as race car hits spectators at Hungary rally
25 Mar 2024At least eight people including a child were injured as the car left the road and hit spectators.
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Grief and anger as more than 100 killed in Moscow concert attack
25 Mar 2024Across the country the Russian tricolour is flying at half mast, entertainment and sports events have been cancelled, TV newsreaders are wearing black.
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Few voters globally worried about climate change
25 Mar 2024More voters are heading to the polls in 2024 than in any year before, and the potential impact for climate change is significant.
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Ireland's new, 37-year-old Prime Minister
25 Mar 2024Simon Harris became Ireland's prime minister in waiting on Sunday after he was elected unopposed to succeed Leo Varadkar as leader of the governing Fine Gael party.
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Kyiv, Lviv under Russian air attack, Poland activates aircraft, officials say
24 Mar 2024In a major attack on Lviv, Russian missiles have been flying close to the Polish border.
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Kate's cancer the latest bombshell in royal family's year of woe
24 Mar 2024Three cancer diagnoses and a shock death have rocked the Windsors in what some are describing as the darkest period for the family in years.
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Nigerian captors release 200 kidnapped school children and staff
24 Mar 2024The children were taken from a school in north-western Kaduna state on 7 March.
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