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Girl, 5, traumatised after GP assistant wrongly prescribed vaginal pessary, report finds
Mother, who thought daughter was being examined by GP, says girl began to bleed and scream in pain after device was inse...
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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner rejects new allegations of abusive behavior
Platner says claims in New York Times article of physical misconduct and offensive remarks ‘politically motivated’Graham...
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Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700m to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal
US president announces plans for two new coal plants, in Alaska and West Virginia, using Defense Production ActDonald Tr...
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Democrat fails to block US measure to deepen Israel military cooperation
Congressman Ro Khanna says the integration push only boosts Netanyahu, but his push to revoke the measure fell short.
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Ollie Robinson feared he ‘was never playing for England again’ before stunning comeback
Bowler takes four wickets for 10 runs in six overs‘I was just on cloud nine. My legs were numb’Ollie Robinson admitted t...
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Why is the US so invested in Colombia’s election?
Al Jazeera’s Hala Al Shami explains why US officials are invested in Colombia's presidential elections.
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What is the UK’s ‘two-tier policing’ debate?
The murder of Henry Nowak has sparked a political storm in the UK, with renewed claims of ‘two-tier policing’.
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Hezbollah rejects US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon
Hezbollah has condemned a US-brokered ceasefire framework accepted by Israel and Lebanon
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US defence secretary compares Bolivia protests to government ‘overthrow’
The Trump administration has supported Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz after his electoral victory over left-wing MAS.
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DoJ investigates 15 medical schools over alleged discrimination in admissions
Announcement follows DoJ’s recent findings that medical schools at UCLA and Yale illegally used race in admissionsThe US...
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Senate Republicans narrowly block bid to bar Trump’s $1.8bn fund to pay allies
Three GOP senators join Democrats as dispute over proposed payouts exposes party divisionsUS politics live – latest upda...
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Lufthansa employees injured after Boeing 787 collapses in Frankfurt
Several Lufthansa staff members were injured when the nose gear of a Boeing 787 jetliner collapsed at Frankfurt airport.