Hariri killers to be sentenced as end looms for Lebanon court
A UN-backed court for Lebanon will sentence two Hezbollah members in their absence Thursday for the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafic Hariri in what could be the cash-strapped tribunal's final act.
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Weapons delays cast doubt on Germany's support for Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised Ukraine world-class weapons -- from self-propelled howitzers to multiple launch rocket systems and an air defence shield capable of protecting a "large city" from Russian strikes.
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McCullum has England 'running towards the danger': Broad
Stuart Broad says England coach Brendon McCullum inspired the dramatic second Test victory against New Zealand by telling his team to "run towards the danger".
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Small gun makers boom as US demand soars
Tony Hook flipped through cell phone pictures of finished work by his New Hampshire shop, explaining how one customer wanted mementos of major life events: a gun to mark each of his children's births.
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Ziggy Stardust: 50 years of Bowie's alien revolution
It is half a century since Ziggy Stardust -- a character that turned David Bowie into an intergalactic star and revolutionised sexual politics in the process -- crashed onto Earth.
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Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon
One of two men arrested over the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon confessed to having buried the pair in the jungle, federal police said Wednesday after human remains were found.
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Hunger crisis could swell already record global displacement: UN
Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed global displacement numbers above 100 million for the first time, and the UN warns the resulting hunger crisis could force many more to flee their homes.
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Saudi embassy in Washington now on 'Jamal Khashoggi Way'
The street in front of Saudi Arabia's embassy in Washington was renamed Wednesday for Jamal Khashoggi as activists vowed never to forget the slain journalist despite President Joe Biden's planned visit to the kingdom.
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Human remains found buried at Amazon missing search site: minister
Human remains were found buried at a site in the Brazilian Amazon during a search for a missing British journalist and an Indigenous expert, a minister said Wednesday.
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Kim Kardashian accused of damaging Marilyn Monroe dress at Met gala
The private museum that owns an iconic dress worn by Marilyn Monroe allowed it to be "permanently damaged" when it lent it to reality star Kim Kardashian for her appearance at the Met Gala extravaganza last month, a Monroe memorabilia collector alleged Wednesday.
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