Niger coup raises questions about uranium dependence
The military coup in Niger last week raises the question of Europe’s dependency on uranium mined…
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Iraq’s Yazidis: reclusive group hunted by Islamic State
The Yazidis, who Britain on Tuesday officially acknowledged as victims of “acts of genocide”…
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Ukraine removes hammer and sickle from giant Kyiv statue
Workers on Tuesday lowered a hammer and sickle from a gigantic sculptural figure that watches over the…
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Presidential hopes darken for Senegal’s Sonko
Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko’s presidential plans have been blighted by a fresh…
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Two-day holiday in Iran over extreme heat
Iran on Tuesday declared a two-day holiday for government workers and banks nationwide as searing temperatures…
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‘Pee-wee Herman’ actor Paul Reubens dies aged 70
Paul Reubens, the US comic who became famous in the 1980s for playing eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman,…
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Broad bows out with match-winning wicket as England draw Ashes
Stuart Broad enjoyed a fairytale finish as England beat Australia by 49 runs to win the fifth Test at…
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Musk removes giant, flashing X sign after furore
The company formerly known as Twitter removed a towering, blinking X from atop its San Francisco headquarters…
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‘Fire whirls’ threaten Joshua tree desert in scorching US
A huge wildfire was raging out of control through the environmentally sensitive Mojave Desert on Monday,…
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