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LIVE STREAM: The Royal Baby Watch From St. Mary’s Hospital, Lindo Wing, West London

• July 20, 2013 • Comments Off

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Okay, Cue the Music: Kim Kardashian Gives Birth

• June 15, 2013 • Comments Off

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Census Likely Miscounted the Population of 14 States, a Review Finds May 19, 2022
A survey indicated that census takers in 2020 undercounted the number of people in six states, mostly in the South, and overcounted in eight others. Covid is among many possible reasons.
A Rising Texas Republican’s Advice for His Party: Update Your Look May 19, 2022
Wesley Hunt, a Black Republican poised to win a seat in Congress this fall, thinks his party’s future is in more candidates like him.
Kansas Supreme Court Allows Republican Voting Map to Stand May 19, 2022
A lower court had declared the map an unconstitutional gerrymander. The ruling could cost Democrats a seat in Congress.
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She Wrote ‘How to Murder Your Husband.’ Did She Do It? May 19, 2022
Prosecutors are building a follow-the-string murder case against a romance novelist. She says their real story is one about love.
One Man’s Choice to Be Cremated Under the Open Sky May 18, 2022
A small Colorado town maintains the country’s only public outdoor funeral pyre. Philip Incao saw it as his own perfect ending.
Michigan Judge Suspends an Abortion Ban From 1931 May 17, 2022
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Donald K. Ross, Leading Public Interest Lawyer, Dies at 78 May 19, 2022
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The Guardian, UK

Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years May 19, 2022
Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials sayMozambique has identified its first case of wild polio in three decades following the genetic sequencing of a similar strain of the childhood disease in Malawi earlier this year.Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Afri […]
Widow of man killed in Libya accuses South Africa of ‘silence’ in hunt for his body May 19, 2022
The South African government sent Anton Hammerl’s passport to his widow in 2016 but has refused to say how it came to have itThe widow of a British-based photographer who was murdered by Col Gaddafi’s forces in Libya in 2011 has accused South Africa of withholding crucial information about her husband’s death that could help in efforts to locate his body.Ant […]
‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021 May 19, 2022
Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report revealsConflict and violence forced people from their homes a record number of times last year, a report has found, with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the brunt of mass internal displacement caused by “huge spikes” in fighting.People fleeing violence were […]
‘History repeating’: Amazon base in Cape Town splits Indigenous groups May 19, 2022
Building work is quiet, for now, on £200m project that pits different visions of South Africa’s future against one anotherSmoke curls into the air, a drum beats, the dance begins, a chant is raised. Ten metres away, cars howl past on a busy road, drivers unaware of the sacred ritual taking place in the centre of a bustling South African city.Francisco Macken […]
UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives May 18, 2022
Phénéas Munyarugarama is second person wanted for their involvement in 1994 mass killings to dieOne of the last five fugitives wanted for his role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Phénéas Munyarugarama, died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002, UN prosecutors have announced.Munyarugarama, a local army commander, “died of natural causes” and was buried […]
‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda May 18, 2022
Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office’s controversial schemeIt took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of more than 5,000 miles to reach the UK after fleeing a massacre in his village in Sudan.Now, just over a week after arriving by kayak across the Channel, he is among the first tranche of asylum seekers facing f […]
UK deportation flight to Jamaica takes off with seven onboard May 18, 2022
Home Office initially had 100 people on list of Jamaican nationals to be removed, say reportsA Home Office deportation flight to Jamaica took off in the early hours of Wednesday morning with seven people onboard.Some media reports said the Home Office initially had 100 people on the list of Jamaican nationals that officials hoped to remove. Continue reading. […]
Canada: trial of white men who killed two Indigenous hunters in 2020 begins May 17, 2022
Roger Bilodeau and his son Anthony Bilodeau believed that Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal were thieves, court hearsTwo white Canadian men followed and then shot dead two Indigenous hunters because they believed they were thieves, prosecutors have told a court at the start of a murder trial in Alberta.Roger Bilodeau, 58, and his son Anthony Bilodeau, 33, ha […]

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Ukrainian widow confronts Russian soldier accused of killing her husband May 19, 2022
The 21-year-old serviceman has pled guilty to killing her husband in a village in Ukraine's north-east.
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The former US president corrected himself after saying Putin had invaded Iraq rather than Ukraine.
Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban May 19, 2022
Women's faces are banned from TV screens as Afghanistan's rulers further tighten restrictions.
Israeli coalition government in crisis as MP quits May 19, 2022
An Arab member resigns in anger, leaving the government as a fragile minority for the first time.
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Monkeypox cases investigated in Europe, US and Canada May 19, 2022
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Russian McDonald's buyer to rebrand restaurants May 19, 2022
The fast food giant says the new owner of its 850 Russian restaurants will operate them under a new brand.
Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian separatist allowed to watch Liverpool games on TV May 19, 2022
A Nigerian judge grants Nnamdi Kanu dispensation to watch the climax of his favourite team's season.