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Italy's new PM Meloni sets out programme to parliament

Italy's new PM Meloni sets out programme to parliament

Giorgia Meloni will address Italy's parliament for the first time as prime minister on Tuesday, setting out her plan for government one month after her far-right party's historic election victory.

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Ex-Australia skipper Paine accuses South Africa of ball-tampering

Ex-Australia skipper Paine accuses South Africa of ball-tampering

Tim Paine has accused South Africa of blatant ball-tampering just days after Australian cricket was rocked by the sandpaper-gate scandal in 2018, alleging it was covered up by the match broadcaster.

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Brazilian suspect in murder of British journalist, Amazon expert, granted house arrest

Brazilian suspect in murder of British journalist, Amazon expert, granted house arrest

A Brazilian judge has allowed one of the suspects in the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira to be released on bail to house arrest, local media said Monday.

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Moscow theatre siege survivors haunted two decades on

Moscow theatre siege survivors haunted two decades on

Twenty years after Chechen separatists seized a crowded theatre in Moscow, spurring a hostage standoff that ended with more than one hundred dead, the survivors are haunted by the memories and plagued by unanswered questions.

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Megayacht sparks warnings Hong Kong could become Russia haven

Megayacht sparks warnings Hong Kong could become Russia haven

The recent visit of a Russian megayacht to Hong Kong has sparked warnings from corruption investigators that the city could become a haven for oligarchs and officials hiding from Western sanctions.

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Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight climate threat

Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight climate threat

Rolling crises linked to war, weather disasters and the pandemic have shaken global food systems and tipped millions into hunger and poverty.

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European KO another impending blow but Barca financial problems run deeper

European KO another impending blow but Barca financial problems run deeper

By the time Barcelona kick off against Bayern Munich on Wednesday at the Camp Nou, they may already be eliminated from the Champions League.

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Sunak to be appointed UK's third PM this year

Sunak to be appointed UK's third PM this year

Rishi Sunak will on Tuesday be installed as Britain's third prime minister this year, replacing the humiliated Liz Truss after just seven weeks and inheriting a daunting array of problems.

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Vote could hobble Biden foreign policy but Ukraine shift seen unlikely

Vote could hobble Biden foreign policy but Ukraine shift seen unlikely

Kevin McCarthy, who could soon be second in line to the White House, startled US allies when he warned that his Republican Party would no longer write a "blank check" to Ukraine.

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Indigenous Guarani live in deepening poverty in Brazil

Indigenous Guarani live in deepening poverty in Brazil

In the middle of a football match on an improvised dirt pitch in southern Brazil, a famished young Indigenous boy abruptly abandons the game, throws a stick into the sky and fells a bird.

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