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• Fred the pig caught after mischief rampage

  06-10-2023 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Colorado officials say the captured 400-lbs Fred is "always hungry" and "loves his belly scratches".
  
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• Guatemala president-elect’s supporters block roads to protest party suspension

  06-10-2023 23:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Demonstrations surge after court upheld suspension of Bernardo Arévalo’s party over alleged voter registration fraudThousands of protestors have blocked roads across Guatemala in surging demonstrations to support the president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo, after the country’s highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud.Arévalo, an anti-corruption crusader who won a landslide victory in the August elec
  
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• Talks after US fighter jet shoots down armed Turkish drone in Syria

  06-10-2023 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ankara vows to continue targeting Kurdish groups but the US calls for more coordination between the Nato allies.
  
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• Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara dismisses PM and dissolves government in major reshuffle

  06-10-2023 23:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has removed the country's prime minister and dissolved the government, a senior public official announced Friday, in yet another major reshuffle in the West African nation. Prime Minister Patrick Achi is being removed alongside the members of the government after the president signed a decree terminating their roles in exercising his constitutional powers, the presidency’s secretary-general, Abdourahmane Cissé, said in a statement. Ivory Coast
  
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• World Cup: Can the roar of home fans help India win?

  06-10-2023 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They are playing at home which could be an advantage but also a pressure point, writes Suresh Menon.
  
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• World Gymnastics Championships: Simone Biles makes history with women's all-around gold

  06-10-2023 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history after winning her second gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships.
  
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• Tweet saying FTX was "fine" was false, court hears

  06-10-2023 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The FTX co-founder tells court that Sam Bankman-Fried's public claims about FTX did not match reality.
  
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• 115 decomposing bodies found improperly stored at funeral home

  06-10-2023 22:19
  
  A funeral home offering environmentally friendly burials is under investigation after it was discovered that human remains were being improperly stored.
  
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• Nurse main suspect in death of Afrobeats star MohBad, say Nigerian police

  06-10-2023 21:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Lagos police chief says unnamed nurse injected singer before his death last monthA nurse has been identified as the “principal suspect” in the mysterious death of a Nigerian Afrobeats star, which triggered days of protests by thousands demanding justice.Investigations into the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as MohBad, in the commercial hub of Lagos have pointed to the nurse who treated the late singer before his death, the Lagos police chief, Idowu Owohunwa, told reporters o
  
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• Lebanese prison fire leaves 3 dead, 16 injured

  06-10-2023 21:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Prisoners in a Lebanese jail on Friday set their cells on fire, leaving three inmates dead and 16 others injured, according to a police statement. Police said the fire started in several cells on the second floor in the main prison in the eastern city of Zahle after an apparent escape attempt. It said 19 prisoners suffered from smoke inhalation and were taken to hospital where three died later. The police statement said guards had discovered a hole that was being dug in a wall, angering the inma
  
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• Canada applauds trade dispute panel's ruling on US softwood lumber policy review

  06-10-2023 21:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Canada welcomed on Thursday a trade dispute panel ruling which said the U.S. should review parts of its policy on softwood lumber which includes duties on most such products exported from its northern neighbor. The duties are the legacy of a decades-long trade dispute over the structure of Canada's timber sector that could not be resolved when a quota agreement expired in 2015. U.S. producers say Canada unfairly subsidizes its lumber sector. The United States has based its tariffs on a finding t
  
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• WATCH: Puppy reunited with family after being lost in Maui fires

  06-10-2023 21:29
  
  "The story of Roman is one of perseverance and hope."
  
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• Typhoon Koinu approaches southern China, Hong Kong after Taiwan sees record-breaking winds

  06-10-2023 21:29 via foxnews.com
  
  A typhoon was headed toward southern China and Hong Kong on Friday after bringing record-breaking winds and leaving one dead in Taiwan. Typhoon Koinu, after initially weakening, regained strength as it headed west across the South China Sea toward China's Guangdong province, the China Meteorological Administration said. The slow-moving storm was forecast to remain at sea, bringing rain to China's southern coast through the weekend as it passes south of Guangdong and Hong Kong. The storm was abou
  
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• Heavy rainfall triggers deadly flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka, leaving 6 dead

  06-10-2023 21:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides and downed trees in many parts of Sri Lanka, killing at least six people and forcing authorities to close schools in some areas, officials said Friday. Strong monsoon rains have been pounding the Indian Ocean nation for more than a week, flooding houses, fields and roads. On Friday, a large tree fell on a moving bus in Colombo, killing five people and injuring five others, said Dr. Rukshan Bellana, a spokesperson for the capital’s main hospital. TA
  
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• President Biden expands Mexican border wall - but can it stop crossings?

  06-10-2023 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts say it is unlikely the barrier will have any long-term impact on migration flows.
  
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• What it takes to win 'Fat Bear Week'

  06-10-2023 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The popular event, founded by former park ranger Mike Fitz, has become an internet sensation.
  
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• Narges Mohammadi: Iranian woman jailed for rights work wins Nobel Peace prize

  06-10-2023 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Narges Mohammadi is currently serving a 10-year sentence in Iran's notorious Evin prison.
  
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• Rapper Drake taking break from music to focus on health

  06-10-2023 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rapper said he might take "a year or something" away from music, in part to address stomach issues.
  
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• Doctors Without Borders reports artillery fire in troubled Sudanese city, leaving 11 dead and 90 injured

  06-10-2023 19:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Heavy artillery fire in a conflict-stricken Sudanese city killed at least 11 people and injured 90 others, the aid group Doctors Without Borders said. In a post Friday on X, formerly known as Twitter, the aid group — known by its French initials MSF — said the attack took place in the Karari neighborhood of Omdurman city Thursday but did not say which of the country's warring parties were responsible. Children were among the dead, it said. Sudan has been rocked by violence since mid-
  
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• Indonesia denies responsibility for haze in Malaysia amid cross-border air quality concerns

  06-10-2023 19:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Indonesia denied Friday that forest and peat fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands were causing the haze in Malaysia, after the neighboring government sent a letter complaining about the air quality and asking to work together to deal with the fires. Forest and peat fires are an annual problem in Indonesia that strains relations with neighboring countries. In recent years, smoke from the fires has blanketed parts of Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and southern Thailand. Some parts of Malaysia said
  
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• Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces preliminary charges in Libya campaign financing scandal

  06-10-2023 19:41 via foxnews.com
  
  French investigative judges filed preliminary charges on Friday against former President Nicolas Sarkozy for his alleged involvement in an attempt to mislead magistrates in order to clear him in a case regarding the suspected illegal financing from Libya of his 2007 presidential campaign. The preliminary charges accuse Sarkozy of "benefitting from corruptly influencing a witness" and "participating in a criminal association" in order "to mislead the magistrates in charge of the judicial investig
  
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• Zelenskyy accuses Russia of 'terror' following bombing of Ukrainian village that killed 52: 'Absolute evil'

  06-10-2023 18:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the recent Russian attack that killed dozens of people in a Ukrainian village in a speech Thursday, when he excoriated Russia for hitting civilian locations. Zelenskyy spoke in Spain on Thursday about the bombing of the village of Hroza in the Kharkiv region that killed at least 52 people. "Today, Russian terrorists launched an attack that one can't even call beastly. Because it would be an insult to beasts. A deliberate missile strike on a villa
  
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• Ukraine war: Blood stains visible in the soil as village of Hroza mourns

  06-10-2023 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko says every family in Hroza has been affected by Thursday's missile strike.
  
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• Iranian Security forces arrest, threaten mother of teen girl in coma over dress code clash: report

  06-10-2023 17:26 via foxnews.com
  
  The case of 16-year-old Amrita Gervand took another tragic turn as security forces reportedly arrested the girl’s mother and released her only on condition that she not speak about her daughter’s state.  "Armita Geravand remains in a coma, closely monitored by government authorities who have implemented rigorous security measures," Awyar Shekhi of Hengaw organization for Human Rights told Fox News Digital.  "Shahin Ahmadi, her mother, who was forcibly disappeared by governm
  
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• Three bears that holed up in factory in Japan are captured and killed

  06-10-2023 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Official calls for use of hunting guns in towns to be made legal amid rise in number of marauding bearsThree bears that snuck into a tatami mat factory in northern Japan and were holed up inside for nearly a day have been captured and killed, according to town officials and media reports.A patrolling official spotted the bears, believed to be a parent and two cubs, as they entered the factory on Wednesday morning in Misato, a town in Akita prefecture, where there have been a number of reported b
  
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• Kazakhstan drafts media law to increase use of Kazakh language over Russian

  06-10-2023 17:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Legislation under debate stipulates share of state language on television and radio should grow to 70%Kazakhstan has announced efforts to promote the use of the Kazakh language over Russian in its media, amid growing scepticism over Moscow’s influence in the country since the invasion of Ukraine.Kazakh is the official language of the former Soviet republic in central Asia, but Russian is recognised too and is widely spoken among the tightly controlled country’s population of about 20
  
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• NYC Mayor Eric Adams goes to Mexico to discuss migrants, says there is ‘no more room in New York’

  06-10-2023 17:00 via foxnews.com
  
  New York City Mayor Eric Adams told reporters in Mexico that "there is no more room in New York," as he continues his Latin America tour in hopes of discouraging migrants from heading north to the Big Apple.  The Democrat made the remark in Puebla on Thursday after addressing the state’s congress, during which he said, "We are neighbors, We are familiar," and migrants "are our future and we cannot lose one of them."  "There is no more room in New York. Our hearts are endless, but
  
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• Darien jungle, a treacherous route for migrants, becomes more accessible as Panama sees uptick in arrivals

  06-10-2023 16:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Rain-swollen rivers only briefly slowed the otherwise uninterrupted flow of migrants through this jungle-covered border area separating Colombia and Panama and by midweek another 2,000 bedraggled migrants stumbled out of the Darien jungle. Pregnant women and men carrying children atop their shoulders waded across the waist-deep Tuquesa river and into the Indigenous outpost of Bajo Chiquito where some fell to the ground in exhaustion and relief as Panamanian officials waited to register their arr
  
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• American tourist arrested for smashing Jerusalem museum statues

  06-10-2023 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Images shared by Israeli police show the two ancient Roman sculptures lying broken on the floor.
  
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• Moment Tupac Shakur murder suspect is arrested

  06-10-2023 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newly released bodycam footage shows the 60-year-old former gang leader getting handcuffed in Las Vegas.
  
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• AOC slams sanctions against Venezuela and deportation flights

  06-10-2023 16:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said US measures to pressure Maduro’s government contribute to exodus of people from that countryLeft-wing congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the US was “contributing to the destabilisation that drives migration” with measures such as sanctions on Venezuela and Thursday’s decision to resume deportation flights to the South American country.She also demanded that Joe Biden reverse his recent decision to expedite border wall construction. C
  
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• PM Sunak's new proposal aims to completely ban cigarettes

  06-10-2023 15:23 via foxnews.com
  
  The United Kingdom's prime minister is making eradication of smoking a top priority. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak explained Wednesday his proposition to ban cigarettes for a minimum age — then raise that age by one, year after year.  "People take up cigarettes when they’re young. Four in five smokers have started by the time they’re 20," he said. "Later, the vast majority try to quit ... if we could break that cycle, if we could stop the start, then we would be on our way to
  
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• New Mexico footprints are oldest sign of humans in Americas, research shows

  06-10-2023 15:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Fossil footprints date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago, upending previous theory that humans reached continent laterNew research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are probably the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many archaeologists thought they knew.The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands national park and date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago, according to resear
  
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• Banff grizzly bear attack: Uncle reveals chilling final message he received from Canadian couple before deaths

  06-10-2023 14:50 via foxnews.com
  
  The uncle of a Canadian man who was mauled to death by a grizzly last week alongside his partner in Alberta’s popular Banff National Park has revealed that he received a final message from the couple.  Colin Inglis told the Calgary Herald he received the SOS call from Doug Inglis and Jenny Gusse’s Garmin GPS device around 8:15 p.m. last Friday after hearing hours earlier that they were delayed in reaching a camping location in the Panther Valley area of the park.  "Bear att
  
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• In Lebanon, less than half of the 4 million people that need humanitarian aid have received help, UN says

  06-10-2023 14:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Lebanon faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with nearly 4 million people in need of food and other assistance, but less than half getting aid because of a lack of funding, a U.N. official said Thursday. Imran Riza, the U.N. humanitarian chief for Lebanon, adds that the amount of assistance the world body is giving out is "much less than the minimum survival level" that it normally distributes. Over the past four years, he said, Lebanon has faced a "compounding set of multip
  
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• Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi?

  06-10-2023 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The human rights campaigner was given the award for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran.
  
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• Ukraine cyber-conflict: Hacking gangs vow to de-escalate

  06-10-2023 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian and Russian hacktivists tell the BBC they will comply with newly-created cyber-war rules.
  
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• Weather tracker: Typhoon Koinu causes disruption in Taiwan

  06-10-2023 13:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Heavy rain and strong winds force schools and businesses to shut and leaves thousands without powerTyphoon Koinu made landfall in southern Taiwan on Thursday morning, reaching the country as a category 4 typhoon on the Hengchun peninsula as the storm’s eye crossed over Eluanbi for about five minutes. At this stage, the maximum sustained winds were recorded at 135mph, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.By Thursday afternoon, the storm was 62 miles off the western coast of Eluanbi
  
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• American tourist arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel

  06-10-2023 12:46
  
  Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, damaging two second-century Roman statues
  
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• Dick Butkus, legendary Chicago Bears linebacker, dies at 80

  06-10-2023 12:41
  
  Dick Butkus, the legendary Chicago Bears linebacker, has died, his family said in a statement to ESPN. He was 80.
  
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• Australian man rowing across Pacific Ocean rescued after capsizing

  06-10-2023 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Robinson, 24, had been hoping to become the youngest person to row across the ocean.
  
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• Bidens' dog Commander gone from White House after string of biting incidents

  06-10-2023 12:28
  
  Commander Biden, the first family’s German shepherd, is no longer at the White House as they evaluate “next steps” following a string of biting incidents.
  
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• Economic spotlight turns to US jobs data as markets are roiled by high rates

  06-10-2023 12:22
  
  Job growth in the United States has remained resilient for the past 2 1/2 years even after high inflation flared and the Federal Reserve jacked up interest rates at the fastest pace in four decades
  
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• Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

  06-10-2023 12:17
  
  Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."
  
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• Russian lawmakers will consider rescinding ratification of global nuclear test ban

  06-10-2023 11:02
  
  The speaker of the Russian parliament says lawmakers will consider revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban
  
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• Fire sweeps through a 6-story residential building in Mumbai, killing 6

  06-10-2023 11:02
  
  A fire in a six-story residential building has left at least six dead and another 38 injured in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital
  
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• Why the handyman who turned the tables on squatters confronted a celebrity chef accused of living rent-free

  06-10-2023 09:30 via foxnews.com
  
  A handyman with experience removing squatters said he helped an older woman reclaim her Hollywood home from Iron Chef winner and former judge Adam Fleischman, who she claimed was living there rent-free. After the woman, Claudia, contacted him, Flash Shelton went to the house and confronted Fleischman for living in the home since May without ever paying rent. The handyman filmed the situation and posted it to his YouTube channel, hoping media attention would encourage the Umami Burger founder to
  
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• Vermont State Police searching for 'armed and dangerous' suspect in 'suspicious death' of woman on trail

  06-10-2023 09:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Authorities in Vermont are searching for an "armed and dangerous" suspect in connection with the "suspicious death" of a woman on a popular trail on Thursday. Vermont State Police responded to the Rail Trail near 1587 South St. in Castleton at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday after receiving a call reporting a dead woman in the area. Upon arrival, troopers located the woman and pronounced her dead at the scene. The agency said a witness reported hearing gunshots before noticing a possible suspect walkin
  
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• Professor warns California's equity-based math curriculum will be a 'complete failure'

  06-10-2023 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A Stanford math professor issued a stark warning Thursday on California's new math curriculum, arguing the push for "equity" could backfire academically as students continue to reel from post-pandemic learning loss.  Brian Conrad, who read the entire 1,000-page teaching framework, joined "FOX & Friends" to discuss why the effort to include conventional math curriculum is critical in preparing kids for careers and college later in life.  "There are these things like advocating these
  
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• What my interview with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reveals about the power of democracy

  06-10-2023 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  PROGRAMMING ALERT: Watch the Fox Nation special 'To Rescue the Constitution' on Sunday, October 8 at 10 pm. The special, hosted by Bret Baier, dramatically reveals the life of George Washington, the Founder who did more than perhaps any other individual to secure the future of the United States. The helicopter flew over the clear blue waters of the Red Sea landing on the island of Sindalah, a new Saudi resort under construction, part of more than one trillion dollars of construction projects in
  
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