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A nostalgic tale about family, hope and hardship has opened an unexpected conversation.
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A nostalgic tale about family, hope and hardship has opened an unexpected conversation.

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The quake comes less than six months after Venezuela’s then-leader Nicolás Maduro was seized by US forces.

Prosecutors say Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala could provide evidence against “high-ranking officials”.

Temperatures in Germany could hit 40C in some areas while French officials say deaths linked to the heat are being seen among young people.

Previously, the airline had typically charged parents a fee of £8 each way to sit with their young children.

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The rare school shooting that left three students killed and 20 others injured has shocked the country.

Senator Iván Cepeda was beaten by right-wing businessman Abelardo de la Espriella by less than a percentage point.

More than 260 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are known to have died during the current outbreak.

Sevastopol’s Moscow-installed governor warns there will be no electricity in some areas until the evening.

Ahmed Al Ahmed tackled one of the gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish event in December.

Brad Lander unseats Dan Goldman in a race that laid bare the city’s divisions over the Israel-Gaza war.

An officer was shot in the neck during the Texas disorder by “Antifa Cell operatives”, prosecutors said.

The BBC spoke with Stanford University graduates about what they really think about artificial intelligence.

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The U.S. military said that Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain that failed or were shot down, and that the U.S. launched strikes on an Iranian facility in response.