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FRENCH LEGISLATIVE ELECTION

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FRANCE 24 and RFI contest ‘definitive’ broadcasting suspension in Mali
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Live: EU says ‘era of Russian fossil fuels in Europe is coming to an end’

Record-breaking early heatwave hits India, Pakistan, temperatures keep rising

Liverpool on course for Champions League final after 2-0 win over Villarreal

Biden, Clintons lead tributes to Madeleine Albright at memorial service

Measles cases surge 80% as Covid interrupts vaccination campaigns
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In bulletproof vests and helmets, Ukrainian farmers risk lives to plough fields
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Video: Russian bombardments leave Mykolaiv residents without water supply

Macron targeted by tomatoes on first public appearance after re-election

Covid: Beijing in race to stave off Shanghai-style lockdown with more mass testing

Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal currency
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Hundreds killed in tribal clashes in Sudan's West Darfur

Myanmar junta court sentences Suu Kyi to five years for corruption

Israel launches deadly air strikes on ammunition depot, targets in Syria
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Poland, Bulgaria seek alternative sources as Russia cuts gas supply
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Malaysian authorities start 'witch hunt' for Rohingyas fleeing migrant detention centre

Mali accuses France of spying over video of mass grave
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Video: Afghan businesses struggle to survive since Taliban takeover

UN raises bar for using Security Council veto

Moldova urges calm, boosts security after Transnistria blasts

Retired Colombian soldiers confess to murdering scores of civilians
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Man City narrowly beat Real Madrid in Champions League semi-final thriller

Texas court stays execution of mother Melissa Lucio of over death of two-year-old
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