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Florida building collapse: Fifth body found in survivor hunt

The death toll has risen to five after the collapse of an apartment block in Florida, authorities say. ...

More churches burn down on Canada indigenous land

Two more Catholic churches burned down in indigenous communities in western Canada early on Saturday. ...

Miami building collapse: Demands for answers grow

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said people "have a right to know" how a 12-storey building collapsed in the US city of Miami, as the search for survivors continues. ...

George Floyd murder: Derek Chauvin sentenced to over 22 years

The US white ex-police officer convicted of murdering African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020 has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in jail. ...

Mariam Thompson, love-struck US army linguist, jailed for 23 years

A US military linguist has been jailed for 23 years for passing classified information to a foreign national linked to the Lebanese Islamist militant group Hezbollah. ...

Canada: Hundreds of unmarked graves found at residential school

An indigenous group in Canada says it has found hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan. ...

German hunt for gunman who killed two in Espelkamp

German police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a man and a woman in Espelkamp, a small northern town near the city of Bielefeld. ...

Biden and Putin praise Geneva summit talks but discord remains

The presidents of the US and Russia have praised their talks in Geneva but have made little concrete progress at the first such meeting since 2018. ...

Kim Jong-un admits North Korea facing a 'tense' food shortage

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has formally acknowledged that his country is facing food shortages. ...

Russia's Putin: Biden will be less impulsive than Trump

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he hopes his US counterpart Joe Biden will be less impulsive than his predecessor. ...

France to scale down Sahel military operations

France is to scale down counter-terrorism operations in the Sahel region of West Africa after eight years, President Emmanuel Macron has said. ...

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: UN aid chief says there is famine

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock has said there is famine in northern Ethiopia after the release of a UN-backed analysis of the situation. ...

Nicaragua arrests third possible challenger to Daniel Ortega

Authorities in Nicaragua have arrested a third potential presidential challenger to veteran leader Daniel Ortega in elections later this year. ...

France President Emmanuel Macron slapped in the face

French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the south-east of France. ...

Abubakar Shekau: Boko Haram leader is dead, says rival militant group

The leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, rival Islamist militants said in an audio recording. ...

Qantas 'disturbed' by claims of gang infiltration

Qantas said it was "disturbed" by claims that some staff may have been involved in organised crime following an Australian media report that gangs had "infiltrated" the airline. ...

Colombia unrest: President Duque pledges police reform after protests

Colombian President Iván Duque has vowed to modernise the country's police and increase oversight of officers. ...

Burkina Faso attack: More than 130 killed in village raid

Armed men have killed over 132 people in an attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the country's worst attack in recent years, the government says. ...