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Repent Ye: UK studio helps ex-fans of Kanye get rid of their tattoos

Repent Ye: UK studio helps ex-fans of Kanye get rid of their tattoos

Kimberley Westgarth says she was so disgusted by Kanye West's recent anti-Semitic comments that she is getting rid of her tattoo of him.

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Tunisians to vote on toothless parliament in poll shunned by opposition

Tunisians to vote on toothless parliament in poll shunned by opposition

Tunisia holds a lacklustre election on Saturday for a parliament with virtually no power, the final pillar in President Kais Saied's political overhaul in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.

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Irving drills game-winner for Nets, Celtics and Warriors beaten

Irving drills game-winner for Nets, Celtics and Warriors beaten

Brooklyn star Kyrie Irving drilled a buzzer-beating three-pointer to lift the Nets to fifth straight NBA victory on Friday as reigning champions Golden State and league-leading Boston both lost.

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Germany to cut the ribbon on first LNG terminal

Germany to cut the ribbon on first LNG terminal

Germany will on Saturday inaugurate its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, built in record time, as the country scrambles to adapt to life without Russian energy.

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Malaysia landslide death toll rises to 21

Malaysia landslide death toll rises to 21

Rescue workers scoured muddy terrain for survivors and bodies on Saturday as the death toll from a landslide at a Malaysian campsite rose to 21, including five children, authorities said.

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'It's relentless': Canada media demand action over online abuse

'It's relentless': Canada media demand action over online abuse

"I'm done," exasperated Canadian journalist Rachel Gilmore said in an online post imploring authorities to tackle a dramatic rise of hate, including death and rape threats, against her and her peers.

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Robot plant grows, wilts on fate of UN nature talks

Robot plant grows, wilts on fate of UN nature talks

It's not always easy to make sense of the complex environmental diplomacy taking place at a UN summit billed as humanity's last hope to save nature.

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At COP15, businesses urged to act for nature

At COP15, businesses urged to act for nature

Widely blamed for ravaging Earth's ecosystems, big businesses are nevertheless being turned to as key players in a deal to save nature at the COP15 biodiversity conference.

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Anti-corruption prosecutor in Guatemala given 4-year jail term

Anti-corruption prosecutor in Guatemala given 4-year jail term

A Guatemalan court on Friday handed down a four-year jail term to a senior anti-corruption prosecutor in what critics assailed as a blatant effort to undermine a fight against corruption.

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Canada increases biodiversity funding in crunch UN talks

Canada increases biodiversity funding in crunch UN talks

Canada said Friday it was ramping up its international biodiversity funding, an overture to developing countries during difficult UN talks aimed at sealing a "peace pact with nature."

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