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World leader resigns after granting pardon to man linked to child sexual abuse case
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Israel strikes kill 44 after Netanyahu says ground invasion is coming
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No drug-test Enhanced Games grossly irresponsible, says anti-doping chief
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Three-month-old baby stabbed in Australia
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Police scale back search for missing mum as community prays for her return
Victoria Police have scaled back their search after seven days of no sightings.
Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano, no tsunami expected
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Putin calls on US to stop fighting in Ukraine and push for peace deal
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Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians ahead of expected southern Gaza invasion
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Chile ex-president dies ‘saving passengers’ in helicopter crash
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Startling images show the ongoing war’s impact to this small area in Gaza
Rafah is the next target in Israel's military offensive against Hamas.
Putin's war admission in Tucker interview: 'We could have stopped those hostilities a year and a half ago'
Putin claims Boris Johnson urged Ukraine against signing peace deal with Russia.
'My memory is fine': Biden forgets when he was vice president and when his son died
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US officials were aware of the situation and are following up with Israeli authorities.
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