Curtain closes on Paris 2024 as Olympic flame passes to Los Angeles | Paris Olympics 2024 News
The US and China ended the games with 40 gold medals each, but the US topped the table because it had more silver
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Hamas urges return to existing Gaza ceasefire proposal | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The group has said it wants a truce plan based on US President Joe Biden’s May 31 ceasefire proposal. Hamas has asked mediators
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Rwanda’s Kagame sworn in for fourth term after 99 percent election win | Elections News
President Paul Kagame secures himself another five years in power, pledging to ‘consolidate national unity’ amid criticism from opposition. Rwandan President Paul Kagame
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‘A dream’: How the Americas’ first free town took its independence back | Arts and Culture News
San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia – Overlooking the usually sleepy, languid town of San Basilio de Palenque is a statue of Benkos Bioho,
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Olympics: USA rack up relay golds; Barshim bows out with high jump bronze | Paris Olympics 2024 News
The United States have won their eighth consecutive Olympic women’s 4×400-metre relay crown to clinch the country’s 14th track and field gold medal
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Canada’s B-Boy Phil Wizard wins first Olympic breaking gold in Paris | Paris Olympics 2024 News
The Canadian beat France’s Dany Dann in front of a partisan crowd to take the first-ever men’s gold medal in breaking. Canada’s B-Boy
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Thousands protest in Serbia’s Belgrade against lithium mining project | Protests News
Protesters say they fear project by mining giant Rio Tinto would pollute water sources and endanger public health. Thousands of people have taken
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Brazilian authorities recover bodies, probe cause of deadly plane crash | News
Civil defence teams are working to recover bodies of 58 passengers, four crew killed in fiery crash in Sao Paulo state. Authorities in
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Bangladesh chief justice agrees to resign amid new student protests | Protests News
Hundreds protest outside the Supreme Court calling for Obaidul Hassan, seen as loyal to ex-PM Hasina, to step down. The chief justice of
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Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 100: Officials | News
Gaza’s civil defence agency said three Israeli rockets hit the school in the Palestinian territory’s al-Daraj district. More than 100 Palestinians have been
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