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Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs has been forced to apologise to the embassies of Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso after three diplomats’ teenage children – all of whom are Black – were searched at gunpoint by police officers....

With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times

Shah’s stature (he is just under 4ft 2in, or 126cm, according to Guinness World Records), combined with his fearlessness, have helped him find a niche in cinema that has led to an absurdly storied career, not to mention an MBE last month for his services to the film industry....

Dozens of Melbourne Airport staff have been accused of working for organised criminals attempting to smuggle drugs into the state....

The international criminal court issued arrest warrants on Tuesday for Russia’s former defence minister and its military chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine....

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, told the new chief of Ukraine’s state guard service to clear its ranks of people discrediting it after two of its officers were accused of plotting to assassinate senior officials....

Ukrainians are having to cope with widespread emergency blackouts as Russia continued to pound critical infrastructure over the weekend....

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Organizers hope those disillusioned by electoral politics will vote with an eye on abortion rights after fall of Roe...

Revelation of emails to Imperial College scientists comes amid growing concerns about security risk posed by academic tie-ups with China...

OpenAI whistleblowers have urged the US financial watchdog to investigate non-disclosure agreements at the startup after claiming the contracts included restrictions such as requiring employees to seek permission before contacting regulators....

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