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An ethnic armed group in Myanmar has been accused by state media of killing twenty-five construction workers in the east…
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People in Iran have been voting for a new president with the country facing big challenges, from the pandemic, to…
The sister of a British woman who was attacked by a crocodile in a Mexican lagoon earlier this month has…