World Bank halts new Uganda loans over anti-LGBTQ+ law
Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act contradicts the World Bank Group's values, the global financier says.
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US lottery player wins $1.58bn Mega Millions jackpot
This is the third largest in US lottery history - and a ticket in Florida belongs to the lucky winner.
1970-01-01 08:00
Lionesses from 1971 hopeful for World Cup success
"If the England team of now played us they'd thrash us," says a former Lioness.
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UK signs deal with Turkey to disrupt people-smuggling gangs
It includes increased collaboration and intelligence-sharing but no deal to return failed asylum seekers.
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Rahul Gandhi: Congress MP blames Indian PM Modi for Manipur crisis
The Congress party MP was speaking during a no-confidence motion debate in parliament.
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Deflation: Why falling prices in China raise concerns
The world's second largest economy has slipped into deflation for the first time in more than two years.
1970-01-01 08:00
Royal prodigal son's return stirs up Thailand
The second of four estranged sons visits the country of his birth for the first time in 27 years.
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IAS, IPS and IFS: Is India stifling criticism by retired bureaucrats?
A new rule gives the federal government more power to withhold or withdraw pension of former bureaucrats.
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Amazon nations fall short of agreed goal to end deforestation
A summit in Brazil sees the countries that share the Amazon basin agree only to a new alliance on the issue.
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Five people killed in Cape Town taxi strike violence
A police officer and a British national are among those killed since the strikes began, police say.
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UPS driver pay deal in US to be worth $170,000 a year, firm says
The shipping giant warns of lower profits after it agreed a deal to avert a US drivers' strike.
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Marseille police officers arrested over death during rioting
Mohamed Bendriss may have died after being hit by a police weapon during the unrest earlier this summer.
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