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        <description><![CDATA[Daniel Angel Masie Nchama had no idea what he was getting into when Russian recruiters sent the young man from Equatorial Guinea into battle in war-ravaged Ukraine.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Germans on Sunday mourned a deadly Islamist attack near Berlin Pride, while police were hunting for a 21-year-old suspect in the latest ramming assault to shake Germany.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez returned to his country on Sunday, almost eight months after US President Donald Trump controversially pardon]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the subject of an ICC arrest warrant, on Sunday bashed former prosecutor Karim Khan as a &quot;con job,&quot;]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[One hundred days before the US midterm elections, President Donald Trump&#039;s Republicans are staring down polling that points to the loss of the House of Representatives.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ukraine&#039;s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia has sought an extra 30,000 troops and missile launchers from North Korea to fight his country.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[More than 50,000 additional people have been ordered to leave villages around Bordeaux]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[The latest talks come after the US resumed attacks on Iran in an effort to end Tehran&#039;s control of the strait]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[A Minnesota man who shot dead a state lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for what a judge called an &quot;attack on democracy,&quot; US media reported.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Four women and two men are in the running to succeed Antonio Guterres as leader of the United Nations, which faces unprecedented global instability, wars and its own crushing budget crisis.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Visiting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week warned&nbsp;ASEAN envoys that Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz would set a &quot;dangerous precedent&quot;.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Many states are also calling for a woman to hold the position for the first time.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Venezuela&#039;s ousted president Nicolas Maduro and his wife will go on trial in the United States in June 2027.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Lebanon is working towards a &quot;complete Israeli withdrawal&quot; from areas it occupies, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Wednesday.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From October 1, electricity bills will be VAT-free, saving an average household around &pound;45 ($61) a year.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[German authorities have warned that AI is increasingly being used to facilitate the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham was set to convene his first cabinet meeting on Tuesday after purging the government of his predecessor&#039;s loyalists.]]></description>
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