Fifteen children drown, 25 more missing in Nigeria boat tragedy
Fifteen children drowned and 25 others were missing after their overloaded boat capsized on a river in northwest Nigeria, a local official said Wednesday.
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Hong Kong political cartoon suspended after government complaints
Hong Kong's most prominent political cartoonist has had his comic strip suspended after a satirical post was criticised by government bodies, the artist and a source with direct knowledge of the matter said Wednesday.
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Stock markets down as US inflation eases slightly
Stock markets were muted Wednesday after much-anticipated data showed US consumer inflation had eased only slightly in April.
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More freed after Nigeria Baptist church abductions
Gunmen freed more of the 25 people kidnapped for ransom from a Baptist church in northwest Nigeria over the weekend, some of them abandoned by their captors because of ill health or old age, a senior church leader said on Wednesday.
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Protesters throw cake at Volkswagen shareholders' meeting
Activists hurled cake at Volkswagen bosses on Wednesday, as the German carmaker's annual shareholders' meeting was disrupted by protests over human rights and climate change.
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UK tabloid publisher apologises in Prince Harry phone-hacking trial
The publisher of the British tabloid The Mirror, accused by Prince Harry and other celebrities of unlawful information gathering, apologised at the opening of a trial in London on Wednesday.
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US braces for migration surge with thousands of forces at border
The United States on Wednesday was readying its response to an expected surge of migrants seeking to enter, with officials saying 24,000 law enforcement personnel have been deployed to the Mexican border.
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Fans in frenzy as Beyonce set to kick off concert tour
Ecstatic Beyonce fans sang and danced in feverish excitement in Stockholm Wednesday in the final countdown to the superstar kicking off her first solo tour in seven years.
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Climate maths 'doesn't add up' without carbon capture: COP28 chief
The Emirati oil chief leading this year's UN climate talks said Wednesday the world must get "serious" about new emission-capturing technology, rather than focussing only on replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy.
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Race row as Egyptian archaeologist releases Cleopatra documentary
An Egyptian archaeologist on Wednesday released a documentary on the life of Cleopatra, the same day Netflix began streaming a controversial production depicting the ancient queen as black.
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