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Shell Admits Dealing With Nigerian Criminal

Shell has admitted for the first time it dealt with a convicted money-launderer when negotiating access to a vast oil...

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Russian Officers ‘could Face Sanctions’

G7 foreign ministers will attempt to agree a common position on the Syrian conflict, before the US secretary of state...

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Google’s AI Seeks Further Go Glory

Google has challenged China’s top Go player to a series of games against its artificial intelligence technology. It...

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Edward Enninful Has Been Hired As the New Editor

British Vogue has confirmed Edward Enninful as its first male editor. Enninful, who has previously worked for Italian...

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Shell Admits Dealing With Money Launderer

Shell has admitted for the first time it dealt with a convicted money-launderer when negotiating access to a vast oil...

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‘Troops Killed’ In Somali Blast

At least five soldiers have been killed and more than 15 wounded after a suicide bomber wearing a military uniform blew...

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Zuma Condemns ‘baboon Placards’

South Africa's scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma has denounced as racist some of the placards displayed at mass protests...

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Madagascar Deports Suspected Kenyan Drug Kingpin

Ndechumia Bilali Kimali is due to appear in court on drug trafficking charges A Kenyan accused of being the mastermind...

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‘Ethnic Killings’ In South Sudan

He said they were taking revenge after a military defeat A rebel official in South Sudan and a Roman Catholic priest...

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Russia Could Face More Sanctions Over Syria

Further sanctions will be considered against Russia over the "appalling" behaviour of the Syrian regime, Boris Johnson...

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Ed Sheeran Settles Photograph Copyright Infringement Claim

Ed Sheeran has struck a deal to end a $20m (£13.8m) copyright infringement legal claim over his hit song Photograph....

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Supreme Court’s Neil Gorsuch Will Be ‘truly Great’

President Donald Trump has said Neil Gorsuch will be "truly great", as the Colorado judge took the oath to become a...

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South African President Jacob Zuma

Some key allies of the ANC called for President Jacob Zuma to step down South African President Jacob Zuma has branded...

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Why Was A Passenger Dragged Off A US Flight?

Videos showing a man being violently removed from a United Airlines flight have provoked an outcry on social media. The...

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Thousands of Officers Lining Funeral Route

Thousands of police officers have gathered in London for the funeral of PC Keith Palmer, who was killed in last month's...

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Egypt Declares State of Emergency After Deadly Church Attacks

Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic...

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Great Barrier Reef: Two-Thirds Damaged In ‘unprecedented’ Bleaching

Unprecedented coral bleaching in consecutive years has damaged two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, aerial...

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New Evidence On Oil Payments

The BBC has seen evidence that top executives at Shell knew money paid to the Nigerian government for a vast oil field...

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Egypt Declares State of Emergency After Deadly Church Attacks

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic...