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120,000 ‘stolen’ babies: Georgia’s trafficking scandal

Georgian student Elene Deisadze was browsing TikTok in 2022 when she stumbled across the profile of a girl, Anna Panchulidze, who looked exactly like her. Months later, after chatting and becoming friends,
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Malaysia fertility rate falls

Malaysia’s total fertility rate (TFR) fell below replacement level, declining from 2.1 children per woman in 2010 to 1.6 in 2022, an official told the country’s parliament on Friday. Among the reasons
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Turkey's Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek addresses a press conference to unveil a savings measures package in Ankara, Turkey, May 13, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Turkey removed from money laundering grey list

The global financial crime watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed Turkey from its “grey list” of countries that requires special scrutiny, the country’s Finance and Treasury Ministry said on Friday.
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Bolivian President Luis Arce talks to the media during a press conference in La Paz on June 27, 2024. - Bolivia's government said on June 27, 2024, that 17 people, including active and retired military personnel and civilians, have been arrested over a failed coup against President Luis Arce. (Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP)

Bolivia president denies conspiracy after failed coup

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday denied conspiring with his former army chief, who was arrested after deploying troops and tanks to the heart of the capital La Paz, where they tried
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Ukrainian servicemen of the 55th Artillery Brigade "Zaporizhzhia Sich" fire a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions, in the Donetsk region, on June 27, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)

Russian oil depot on fire after Ukrainian drone strike

A Ukrainian drone hit a petrol depot early Friday setting it on fire, a Russian regional governor said, adding that the strike took place hundreds of miles from the border. Maxim Yegorov,
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US President Joe Biden and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections at CNN's studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP)

Faltering Biden struggles in fiery debate with Trump

A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults.
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Riot police stand guard outside the government palace following an attempt on the eve by a military movement to seize the palace by force, in La Paz, on June 27, 2024. - Two Bolivian army leaders have been arrested after soldiers and tanks took up position in Plaza Murillo, the historic square where the presidency and Congress are situated, on the eve in what President Luis Arce called an attempted coup. (Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP)

Bolivia arrests 17 as failed coup deepens instability

Bolivian authorities on Thursday paraded handcuffed detainees in front of the media, announcing 17 arrests after a botched coup d’etat that has deepened political turmoil in a country mired in severe economic
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