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Man dies after assault in south Gloucestershire village
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A man has died after an assault in a village in south Gloucestershire on Friday night, police said. Officers from Avon and Somerset police attended an address on Thames Close, Charfield, just before 11pm and found the...
Tanzania charges 20 Maasai with murder after police officer dies during protests
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Twenty Maasai pastoralists from northern Tanzania have been charged with the murder of a police officer during protests over government plans to use their ancestral land for conservation and a luxury hunting reserve. ...
Companies scramble to protect abortion access for employees after court ruling
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Some of America’s largest companies moved swiftly to protect their employees’ access to abortion after Friday’s supreme court decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion in the US. The moves are likely to ...
Daniel Andrews names Jacinta Allan as Victoria’s deputy premier after senior ministers resign
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The Victorian government has unveiled the frontbench it expects to take to the November state election and crowned a new deputy premier. Transport infrastructure minister Jacinta Allan will replace James Merlino as de...
Israel set for general election after collapse of weakened government
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Israel’s weakened coalition government has announced that it intends to dissolve the Knesset, setting the stage for the country’s fifth election in three years and a potential return to office for longtime prime minis...
Factions, new blood and Jeff Kennett: Daniel Andrews’ dilemma after losing four ministers
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A lot of comparisons can made between Victorian premiers Daniel Andrews and Jeff Kennett, though, being from opposite sides of politics, neither of them will likely admit it. Both are considered crash-through leaders,...
Orange roughy: campaigners call for limit to trawling of species after breeding age of 73 revealed
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Ocean campaigners say that a New Zealand fishing fleet that trawls for orange roughy in waters off Tasmania should be “sent back” in light of new data about the vulnerable species. Orange roughy is an endangered deep-...
Bipartisan gun control law sent for Biden’s signature after House vote
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The US House on Friday passed a bipartisan bill to strengthen federal gun regulations, bringing an end to decades of congressional inaction and sending the historic legislation to Joe Biden’s desk. Passage of the bill...