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Putin behind poisoning: Navalny

Toxicology tests show he was poisoned by the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok

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Agency launches fact-checking programme with TikTok

Under the agreement, AFP fact-check teams will verify potentially false and misleading videos

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French Pacific outpost votes in new independence poll

The referendum is part of a carefully negotiated de-colonisation plan agreed in 1998 to put an end to decade-long conflict

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US court approves US$800m settlement in LV mass shooting

Families of victims of America's worst mass shooting – a rampage that left 58 dead and more than 800 wounded – now 'closer to closure'

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'Glass Fire' damage to wine region laid bare

At least a dozen Napa wineries and vineyards were burned this week

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Armenia and Azerbaijan vow to keep fighting as deaths mount

Armenian PM says it is not ‘appropriate’ to talk about negotiations in times of ‘intensive hostilities’

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US Senate passes funding to prevent government shutdown

Bill will extend funding past the November 3 presidential election

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Sri Lanka to ban cow slaughter

It will be in force after govt finalises scheme to care for cattle too old to plough fields

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Belgium gets PM 16 months after elections

Alexander De Croo will head 7-party coalition govt

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Top Japanese chef in France kills self after assault claims

Taku Sekine’s family say he ‘got caught in a violent spiral of depression’ after becoming target of ‘false and malicious gossip’ online

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Japan's military seeks record US$52 bil budget

This increase in defence expenditure marks nine straight years of spending

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Indian police accused of forcing cremation of gang rape victim

The case sparked widespread anger that was further fuelled by accusations police seized the body and cremated it against the family's wishes

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Japan 'Twitter killer' victims consented to their deaths, say lawyers

The killer's lawyers want the charges against him reduced because the victims supposedly gave their consent to be killed