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04 May, 2026
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Bird-watching group uses crowdfunding to buy and preserve a woodland habitat PLANDI
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The merry chirping of birds echoed through towering trees in a small woodland in north-eastern Serbia. Down on the ground, animal tracks could be seen imprinted in the moist grass and…
04 May, 2026
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Police detain suspect in case of rat poison found in baby food jars on supermarket shelves
VIENNA (AP)
Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe.
HiPP, which…
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04 May, 2026
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People struggle to survive on pocket-size government ration books as products dwindle
HAVANA (AP) — José Luis Amate López hasn't had a customer in almost two weeks, not counting the scrawny brown kitten that slinks around the bodega where he works in central Havana.
The shelves…
04 May, 2026
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Rodent causes islandwide electricity blackout in St Lucia
The St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) said that an island wide blackout last weekend was due to an “unexpected fault” that occurred on an 11 kilovolt (11kV) breaker within its…
03 May, 2026
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Rudy Giuliani hospitalised in critical condition, his spokesman says
Rudolph Giuliani, the ex-mayor of New York City and a former adviser to President Donald Trump, is in critical but stable condition at a hospital, his spokesman said Sunday.
02 May, 2026
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Gaston Browne wins fourth consecutive term in Antigua snap election
Incumbent Prime Minister Gaston Browne led the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) to an unprecedented fourth consecutive electoral victory, following a snap election that reduced the main…
30 Apr, 2026
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Judge sentences Ugandan man to death following speedy trial for killing four children
WAKISO, Uganda (AP) — A judge on Thursday sentenced a Ugandan man to death after rejecting his insanity plea in the killings of four children in a nursery school earlier this month. A crowd watching…
30 Apr, 2026
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Antiguans voting for a new government
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC -Voters in Antigua are going to an estimated 190 polling stations on Thursday to cast ballots in a general election that Prime Minister Gaston Browne called almost two years…
30 Apr, 2026
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The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in seven years is heading to Caracas
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela departed a bit early Thursday on its way to the capital of the South American country, seven years…