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Centre-right leader wins re-election in Ecuador
Ione Wells South America correspondent Reuters Noboa told reporters in Santa Elena there was “no doubt as to who the winner” in the run-off vote was Sitting centre-right President Daniel Noboa has won the run-off round of Ecuador’s presidential election, meaning he will now serve a full four-year term. Noboa, who described his victory as…
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Aimee Lou Wood calls SNL White Lotus sketch ‘mean and unfunny’
The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood has called a Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch that impersonated her using exaggerated prosthetic teeth “mean and unfunny”. The British actress said the US comedy programme “punched down” on her and suggested the sketch was misogynistic. In a series of Instagram posts, Wood wrote that she was happy…
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Giant of Latin American literature
Getty Images Mario Vargas Llosa in 1990 Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy. With more than 50 works to his name, many of which have been widely translated, Vargas Llosa…
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South Africa to re-open inquest into Nobel laureate’s death
A South African court is due to re-examine the circumstances around the death of one of the most renowned campaigners against the racist system of apartheid, which had initially been described as accidental. A 1967 inquest ruled that Chief Albert Luthuli was walking on a railway line when he was struck by a train and…
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Ukraine’s allies condemn Russia over missile attack in Sumy
A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, which killed 34 people – including two children – and injured 117 others, has been strongly condemned by Kyiv’s Western allies. Two ballistic missiles struck the city centre mid-morning on Sunday, exploding near the state university and congress centre, leaving bloodied bodies scattered in the…
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Torrential rain sweeps across Spanish Canary Island
Hundreds of homes and roads on Lanzarote have been flooded, after torrential rainfall swept across the Canary Island on Saturday. Lanzarote’s government declared a state of emergency overnight after 6cm (2.4 inches) of rain poured down on the popular holiday destination in just two hours. No injuries have been reported by the Spanish authorities –…
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Teen killed parents as part of Trump assassination plot, says FBI
A high school student from Wisconsin killed his parents as part of a larger plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump, the FBI has said. Nikita Casap, 17, has been charged with the killing of his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, and his stepfather Donald Mayer, 51, who were found dead at their home on 28…
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BBC visits scene of destruction in Sumy after Russian attack
At least 34 people have been killed and 117 injured in a Russian attack on the city of Sumy, according to Ukrainian authorities. Two ballistic missiles struck the city, with the second causing the most casualties when it exploded over a street, officials said. Ukrainian authorities told the BBC that 20 buildings were damaged, including…
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China urges US to ‘completely cancel’ import taxes
Watch: Is the US heading into a recession? Three warning signs to watch Chinese officials are calling on US President Donald Trump to “completely cancel” his so-callled reciprocal tariffs, as a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies grinds on. This week, Trump announced a 90-day pause for a host of global tariffs he…
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Trump in excellent cognitive and physical health, says White House doctor
US President Donald Trump is in “excellent cognitive and physical health”, says his White House physician. In the first annual physical of his second presidential term at a Washington DC-area hospital, Trump was also found to have scarring “on the right ear from a gunshot wound”, after an assassination attempt last July. “President Trump remains…
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