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A large blast in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed at least 70 people and injured more than 4,000 others, the health minister says. Videos show smoke billowing from a fire, then a mushroom cloud following the blast at the city's port. Officials are blaming highly explosive materials stored in a warehouse
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A former Minneapolis police officer has been arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter following the death of an unarmed black man in custody. Derek Chauvin, who is white, was shown in footage kneeling on 46-year-old George Floyd's neck on Monday. He and three other officers have been sacked. Days of looting
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched a mass screening programme for coronavirus. The president on Monday evening said 10,000 field workers will be visiting homes to screen people - and those found with symptoms will be quarantined either in their homes or in hospitals. Mr Ramaphosa said the programme in a
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. The event, due to begin on 24 July, will now take place "no later than summer 2021". "I proposed to postpone for a year and [IOC] president Thomas Bach responded with 100% agreement,"
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American country music legend Kenny Rogers has died aged 81. A family representative said he "passed away peacefully at home from natural causes". Rogers topped pop and country charts during the 1970s and 1980s, and won three Grammy awards. Known for his husky voice and ballads including The Gambler, Lucille and Coward Of
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All sport in Italy has been suspended until at least 3 April because of coronavirus, the country's prime minister Giuseppe Conte has announced. This includes Serie A but not Italian clubs or national teams participating in international competitions. Serie A - Italy's top flight - had already said all games would be
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Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has survived an assassination attempt Monday after a blast went off near his convoy in the capital, Khartoum. Hamdok wrote on Twitter he was "safe and in good shape" following Monday's explosion. "What happened will not stop the path of change, it will be nothing but an additional push in
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The first case of the coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa has been confirmed in Nigeria. The patient is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and flew into the commercial city of Lagos from Milan on 25 February. Authorities say he is stable with no serious symptoms and is being treated at a
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A military funeral has been held in Egypt for former President Hosni Mubarak, who died on Tuesday aged 91. The current President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, walked alongside Mubarak's sons, Alaa and Gamal, in a procession behind his coffin as it was taken to the Field Marshal Tantawi mosque in Cairo. The government
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Sudan's rulers are to hand over ex-President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The former president faces charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over the conflict that broke out in the country's Darfur region in 2003. He was ousted as president in April 2019. He came to power
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