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China sends first civilian astronaut to space as Shenzhou-16 blasts off
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Deadly Russian strikes obliterate Dnipro medical facility in central Ukraine
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World in photos

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Africa

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Ugandan president signs one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law
Nearly 1.4 million people displaced in Sudan since civil war erupted, UN report says

Americas

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Brazilian Indigenous groups protest as lawmakers approve bill limiting recognition of ancestral lands
Canada’s ex-Conservative party leader says Chinese misinformation campaign targeted him in last election
Natalee Holloway case suspect Joran van der Sloot wants to be transferred to the US, lawyer says
Brazil’s Lula proposes common South American currency

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China rejects US proposal for defense chiefs to meet in Singapore this week
Malaysia investigating possible looting of World War II British shipwrecks
Japan warns it will destroy any North Korean missile that enters its territory after Pyongyang signals satellite launch imminent
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