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Three MSF employees killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray, aid agency says

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) emergency co-ordinator Maria Hernandez, killed by unknown assailants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, is seen in unknown location in this image released by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on June 25, 2021. Medecins Sans Frontieres/Handout via REUTERS Three employees working for the Spanish branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were killed by unknown

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UK health minister quits after breaking COVID rules with affair

British Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock speaks at a memorial tree planting ceremony at Oxford Botanic Gardens, following a G7 health ministers meeting, ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit, at Mansfield College, Oxford University in Oxford, Britain June 4, 2021. Steve Parsons/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS By Kate Holton LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) –

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Pressure builds on UK’s Johnson to fire health secretary

Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo stand outside the BBC headquarters in London, Britain, June 6, 2021. Picture taken June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls By Kate Holton LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to fire his health secretary after the admission that he

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German investigators seek motive in fatal knife attack by 24-year-old Somali

Flowers and candles were laid at the crime scene in central Wuerzburg, Germany, Saturday, June 26, 2021. German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in the southern city of Wuerzburg on Friday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Investigators were looking Saturday for a motive behind an attack in the

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Knife attack in German city leaves 3 dead, suspect arrested

Police cars attend the scene of an incident in Wuerzburg, Germany, Friday June 25, 2021. German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in the southern city of Wuerzburg on Friday. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP) By FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — A man armed with a long knife

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12 German soldiers wounded in attack on UN mission Mali

A military transport aircraft, an Airbus A400 M of the German Air Force, stands at the Wunstorf, Germany, air base in Lower Saxony before taking off for Mali, Friday, June 25, 2021. Germany’s defense minister said on Friday that 12 German troops and a soldier from another country were wounded following an attack on soldiers

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Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death

In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin’s sentencing, Friday, June 25, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin faces decades in prison for the May 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool) Former

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UK health minister pictured kissing aide; opposition wants appointment ‘looked into’

Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock leaves his house, in London, Britain June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls British Health Secretary Matt Hancock faced more questions about his judgment on Friday after pictures of him kissing and embracing his top aide, a friend hired last year, were splashed on the front page of the Sun newspaper. Hancock,

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US to keep about 650 troops in Afghanistan after withdrawal

In this June 23, 2021, photo, Afghan militiamen join Afghan defense and security forces during a gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that about 650 U.S. troops are expected to be kept in Afghanistan to provide security for the American diplomatic presence after the Pentagon completes its military withdrawal, which is

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Russia warns Britain it will bomb ships next time

British Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender is docked in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sergey Smolentsev By Guy Faulconbridge, Katya Golubkova Russia’s warns Britain over navy confrontation Raab: Russia being ‘predictably inaccurate’ Britain says it will always defend seafaring rights Russia says London is sowing barefaced lies LONDON,

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