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Active school shooter armed with rifle plunges Wisconsin’s Mount Horeb district into lockdown
A Wisconsin school district has been plunged into a terrifying lockdown as reports are coming in of an active shooter "armed with a rifle" near the campus.
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Harvey Weinstein set to appear in court following quashed conviction
Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is expected back in a New York court on Wednesday, days after his state rape conviction was overturned.
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Russia displays Western military equipment seized during Ukraine conflict
I’m in Victory Park, Moscow’s giant memorial complex dedicated to the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany. A new open-air exhibition has just opened.
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Dutch woman arrested over shooting of Spanish former politician
Woman detained in Netherlands for alleged role in non-fatal shooting of Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid last year
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Georgian protesters against ’foreign agents’ bill faced teargas and stun grenades
Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to pass
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Former Italian foreign minister convicted for involvement in Monte Carlo apartment sale
A former Italian foreign minister has been convicted and sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for his role in the sale of an apartment in Monte Carlo inherited by his right-wing party.
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Half a ton of cocaine was found on a fishing boat in Australia
Men intercepted travelling on fishing boat off Gladstone in what federal police say is one of the state’s largest cocaine busts
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Ex-president Trump faces jail threat if he continues to defy gag order, receives $9k fine
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has threatened him with jailtime if he continues to violate a gag order in the case, after hitting him with a $9,000 fine for nine separate violations.
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Netanyahu states Israel will proceed with Rafah invasion, ceasefire deal or not
Israel will attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of whether or not a ceasefire and hostage release deal is reached, Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
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The alarming footage as Russian cluster bombs strike Ukraine’s ’Harry Potter Castle’, claiming 5 lives and injuring two children
Five people were killed and more than 30 people injured in a Russian cluster munition attack on a private law academy in Ukraine.
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Over 50 feared drowned as Senegalese boat sinks off Canary Islands
Nine people rescued from boat sailing perilous Atlantic route that reportedly left Senegal with 60 people onboard nine days ago
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Lithuania scrutinizes company suspected of breaching EU sanctions
Lithuanian authorities are inspecting a company owned by the family of a prominent presidential candidate, after media reports suggesting the firm may have violated European Union sanctions against exports to Belarus.
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Gérard Depardieu questioned by French police regarding sexual assault accusations
Two women say actor assaulted them, one on a film set in 2021 and the other on another shoot in 2014
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Mint Butterfield, billionaire’s missing 16-year-old child, discovered in van a week after disappearance
Mint Butterfield, the 16-year-old child of the founders of Slack and Flickr, who went missing last week was found in the back of a white van unharmed on Sunday
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A coal billionaire is building the world’s biggest clean energy plant and it’s five times the size of Paris
Five times the size of Paris. Visible from space. The world’s biggest energy plant. Enough electricity to power Switzerland.
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Russia makes daily tactical advances in eastern Ukraine amid concerns over Ukrainian military reports
Vladimir Putin’s forces have made further gains in at aleast three locations along the eastern front in Ukraine
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Antony Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia in effort to resume Gaza ceasefire discussions
US secretary of state to discuss avoiding regional conflict amid fears about Israeli ground invasion of Rafah
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Circus performer falls from ’Wheel of Death’ at Blackpool Tower as crowd watches
The crowd at Blackpool Tower Circus were evacuated during a show after an acrobat fell while performing a dangerous stunt, later receiving treatment from paramedics
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Harvey Weinstein hospitalised in New York days after overturning of rape conviction
Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalised in New York City.
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Turkish authorities have confirmed the death of an 83-year-old former banker after discovering human remains
Korhan Berzeg, 83, had not been heard from for 312 days when his remains were finally found
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Workers accuse Google of ‘tantrum’ after 50 fired over Israel contract protest
Tech giant fired number of people who protested against $1.2bn Project Nimbus, which supports Israeli military and government
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The prince, the plotters and the would-be putsch: Germany to try far-right coup gang
Ex-soldier, conspiracy theorist, astrologer and anti-vaxxer among the first of 27 people on trial for trying to violently topple the German government – led by Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss
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Two Brit tourists ‘seriously injured’ after being ‘assaulted by Magaluf bouncer’ in brutal attack
One victim is said to have lost their vision vision in the alleged attack
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Pro-Palestine activism has extended to 40 campuses across the United States, resulting in the arrest of hundreds
Following Columbia’s lead, students across the US are demanding ceasefire and divestment – and hundreds have been arrested
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The Ukraine agriculture minister has been detained as part of a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry
Mykola Solskyi accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was head of major farming firm and an MP
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