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5 things to know about Britain's election
The United Kingdom is holding its first general election in five years on Thursday. Polls close at 10 p.m. local time (5 p.m. ET).
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In rare parliament intervention, Sonia attacks Modi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, making a rare intervention in Parliament on Wednesday, sharply attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for a "blatant U-turn" on their promise of transparency and good governance,…
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Co-pilot Lubitz ‘practiced rapid descent’
The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps in March appears to have practiced a rapid descent on a previous flight, a report by French investigators says.
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32 killed in Yemen’s Aden boat shelling
At least 32 people have been killed in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden while trying to flee heavy fighting in a boat.
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Nepal bans use of drones
The Nepal government has banned drones in its skies following the April 25 earthquake, fearing sensitive information might be leaked and pictures of its valuable heritage sites clicked illegally.
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China’s Wang, the richest man in Asia
Billionaire Wang Jianlin has surpassed Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Li Ka Shing and Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma to become the wealthiest man in Asia after Wanda Group’s stock soared in Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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US offers $20m in rewards on '4 IS leaders'
The US government is offering rewards totalling $20m (£13m) for information on what it says are four leaders of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
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4 to hang over Afghan mob-killing
Four Afghan men have been sentenced to death over a mob attack in which a woman was beaten to death after being accused of burning the Koran.
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6 more bodies found in Thai mass grave
Authorities in Thailand have dug up the bodies of six suspected Rohingya migrants from Myanmar at a rubber plantation near a mountain where a mass grave was found at the weekend.
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Over 200,000 road deaths a year in China
More than 200,000 people are killed on China’s dangerous roads every year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday - at least four times official government statistics.
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Foreign rescue workers start leaving Nepal
Rescue workers from different nations have started leaving Nepal as government urged foreign rescue workers to return home.
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Indonesia to stop sending domestic workers to ME
Indonesia will stop sending new domestic workers to 21 middle eastern countries, reports said Tuesday, after the recent execution of two Indonesian women in Saudi Arabia angered Jakarta.