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World News Apr 28
At least four killed and dozens injured in Indonesia train crash

Officials say a commuter train and a long-distance train collided on the outskirts of Jakarta on Monday....

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World News Apr 28
Canada's Carney launches a sovereign wealth fund. What is it?

The fund - which Canadians can invest in directly - will help pay for major infrastructure projects in the country, the ...

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Melania Trump urges ABC to 'take stand' on Jimmy Kimmel after widow joke

In a parody aired days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Kimmel called Melania an "expectant widow". ...

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Venice opera house drops incoming music director after nepotism remarks

Beatrice Venezi's appointment had been marred in controversy since being announced last September, prompting orchestra m...

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Pakistan accused of attacking Afghan university

Air attacks on the province of Kunar have killed at least seven people and injured 75, sources tell the BBC....

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Russian fighters confirm withdrawal from northern Mali city after separatist attacks

Ethnic Tuareg fighters say they are in control of Kidal following a weekend of nationwide attacks, alongside Islamist gr...

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French coastguard rescues more than 100 migrants crossing Channel

A boat carrying 106 people broke down at sea, while others were rescued attempting to board the vessel. ...

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World News Apr 27
Plane crash in South Sudan kills all 15 on board

The authorities are investigating but early reports suggest bad weather and poor visibility may be to blame....

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World News Apr 27
Gunmen raid Nigerian orphanage and kidnap children

The attack saw 23 children and the facility's proprietress kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday....

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Sri Lankan monks arrested after 110kg of cannabis discovered in their luggage

Officials say each monk was found with around 5kg of Kush - a particularly potent form of the drug - hidden within "fals...

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Performer describes locking eyes with Trump as they ducked for cover during shooting

Oz Pearlman - a self-described "mentalist" - was speaking to Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and press secretary Karolin...

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World News Apr 27
What we're learning about suspected Washington press dinner gunman

The man arrested at the event attended by President Trump is due in court on Monday....

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How Kenya's Sabastian Sawe broke iconic sub-two-hour barrier at the London Marathon

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe on becoming the first person to break the two-hour barrier for the marathon....

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Colombia offers record $1.4m-reward for rebel it blames for deadly bomb attack

Officials say a rebel leader known as "Marlon" ordered the attack in which 20 people were killed....

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Archbishop praises Pope's anti-war comments during Vatican visit

Dame Sarah Mullally, the first female head of the Church of England, had a private discussion with Pope Leo during the t...

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World News Apr 27
Ukraine's drone commander has Russian oil, troops and morale in his sights

In a rare interview, Commander Robert Brovdi shared how his unit accounts for a third of all targets destroyed on the ba...

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World News Apr 27
Michael Jackson biopic smashes box office record

The film received poor reviews but has stormed the box office, taking $217m (£160m) globally....

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World News Apr 27
At least 42 killed in Chad after water well dispute escalates

The dispute was initially between two families before escalating into a cycle of reprisal attacks....

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Trump says King will be 'very safe' during US visit after security talks

The state visit will go ahead despite concerns raised after a gunman targeted an event attended by the president. ...

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World News Apr 27
Remembering Raghu Rai: The photographer who showed India to itself

With Rai's passing, India has lost a visual historian who was a chronicler of its most defining and often painful moment...

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World News Apr 27
The Chinese sports brand taking on Nike and Adidas

Now one of the biggest sportswear firms, Anta's rise follows a playbook adopted by many Chinese giants....

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World News Apr 27
Pirates seize another vessel off Somali coast as threat level increased

The UK's maritime monitor reports at least four suspected piracy incidents in the past week off the coast of Somalia. ...

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World News Apr 27
Kim Jong Un opens memorial for N Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine war

Kim Jong Un and Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov unveiled the memorial in Pyongyang....

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French teen who licked vending machine straw faces jail in Singapore

The teen, who posted on social media a video of himself licking the straw, could be jailed for more than two years....

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Missing 5-year-old girl likely abducted from Outback home, police say

Police are searching for a man recently released from prison over her disappearance....

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World News Apr 27
Did Trump save eight Iranian women from execution?

The US president says he saved eight Iranian women from execution, but Iran says otherwise....

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World News Apr 26
Video shows correspondents' dinner suspect charge checkpoint

Surveillance video released by Donald Trump shows the suspect running past metal detectors as security agents draw their...

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World News Apr 26
BBC visits Chernobyl ghost city 40 years after world's worst nuclear accident

The BBC's Jessica Parker visits Pripyat, which was abandoned in 1986 after an explosion at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear ...

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World News Apr 26
Watch: How one orangutan braved new bridge to unite his split community

The forest where the Sumatran orangutans live has been split by a road....

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