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- Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
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Credit Suisse customers unruffled by stock slump
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Family and friends of a 16-year-old British transgender girl who was stabbed to death in a park paid their last respects on Wednesday at her funeral.
'Revolutionary': Scientists create mice with two fathers
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Syrians mark 12th anniversary of anti-regime uprising
Thousands of Syrians demonstrated in the war-ravaged country's rebel-held northwest on Wednesday, marking 12 years since the start of pro-democracy protests and rejecting any international "normalisation" with Damascus.
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King Charles III calls for Commonwealth unity
Charles III on Monday attended his first Commonwealth Day service as king, issuing a call for unity to tackle the globe's most pressing issues.
Bizarre, beloved 'Everything Everywhere' wins best picture Oscar
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Surreal sci-fi film "Everything Everywhere All at Once" dominated the Oscars on Sunday, winning seven golden statuettes including best picture, Hollywood's most coveted prize.
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Ke Huy Quan: from 'Temple of Doom' to Oscar winner
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'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' wins best animated film Oscar
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Match of the Day shortened and silenced in wake of Lineker row
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UK's King Charles grants brother Edward Duke of Edinburgh title
Britain's King Charles III on Friday awarded his younger brother Edward the title Duke of Edinburgh, in line with the wishes of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip.
Macron, Sunak seek to overcome years of Franco-British feuding
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Shirley Kurata: designer for the 'Everything Everywhere' multiverse
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Prince Harry's daughter christened 'Princess Lilibet Diana'
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have begun calling their young daughter Lilibet a princess, apparently ending uncertainty over the royal titles of their two children.
Hundreds mourn Ukrainian saboteurs killed in Russia
Hundreds of mourners packed a Kyiv church on Tuesday for the funeral of volunteers killed on a sabotage mission in Russia, following a spate of attacks along Moscow's frontier.
Sweden's Princess Madeleine to move back home
Sweden's Princess Madeleine, who has been living with her British-American husband in the United States, will move back to Stockholm in August, the Swedish Royal Court said Tuesday.
Colombia hopes to remove dead drug lord's hippos
The governor of a region of Colombia where a herd of some 150 hippos -- descendants of animals once owned by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar -- are breeding out of control said Monday he hopes for the greenlight to send half of them to sanctuaries in India and Mexico.
Oscar short docs race showcases booming art form
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