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The son of a former Filipino dictator, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, claimed victory on Wednesday May 11 as the country’s new president after results showed he had won in a landslide .
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded a medal of courage to Patron, a Jack Russell terrier, for his admirable service detecting bombs since the start of the Russian invasion.
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At least 60 people have been killed after a bomb exploded on a school in eastern Ukraine on Saturday May 7.
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Ncuti Gatwa, the Rwandan-Scottish actor who rose to prominence playing Eric Effiong on Netflix’s hit TV series “Sex Education”, has been named as the next Doctor on the BBC’s long-running “Doctor Who” TV series.
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John Lee, the hardline security chief who oversaw Hong Kong’s pro-democracy crackdown, has been elected as its new leader on Sunday May 8 after running uncontested.
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An explosion rocked a well-known luxury hotel in Havana, Cuba, on Friday May 6, killing at least 26 people, including a pregnant woman and a child, and injuring at least 74 people.
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The Taliban has ordered all women in Afghanistan to wear burqas covering themselves from head-to-toe when going out in public.
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Sofia Sapega, a Russian law student and the girlfriend of Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Belarus court.
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A boxing program is creating new opportunities for young people in disadvantaged communities in Brazil.
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Spain’s Barcelona has launched an accessible service at a beach to help people with disabilities to enjoy the waves.
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One of Panama’s smallest Indigenous communities has elected a woman leader for the first time ever.
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American actor and activist Angelina Jolie has made a surprise visit to Ukraine to meet people who have been affected by the war.