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Mexico obesity: Oaxaca bans sale of junk food to children

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Children will no longer be able to buy sugary drinks and calorie-laden snacks in Oaxaca.

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The actress says she "should never have played Nina" in the heavily criticised 2016 biopic.

China sentences Canadian to death on drugs charge

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The man has been accused of producing ketamine as relations between the countries remain fraught.

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Teens arrested with AK47 at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida

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The boys were fleeing police and "had no idea" they had entered the US president's property.

Coronavirus: Los Angeles to shut off water and power to party houses

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Houses have become nightclubs despite coronavirus-linked restrictions, Los Angeles mayor says.

Beirut explosion: Aerial footage shows site of blast

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Footage captured by drone shows the scale of the destruction after the explosion in Beirut on Tuesday.

Beirut explosion: Exploring the damage after the blast

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A Beirut resident show how people are trying to help clean up and recover after the blast.

Hong Kong foreign press says journalists being targeted in US-China stand-off

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The Foreign Correspondents' Club warns pressure from Beijing could jeopardise press freedom.

Coronavirus: How does a Covid-19 pandemic come to an end?

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Ahmedabad: Fire in India Covid hospital kills eight in critical care

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The blaze had spread after a staff member's PPE kit caught fire due to a short circuit.

Hiroshima bomb: Japan marks 75 years since nuclear attack

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The first nuclear weapon used in war killed 140,000 people - Japan surrendered days later, ending WW2.

Beirut explosion: Angry residents demand answers after blast

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People in Lebanon call for justice after a blast that left at least 137 dead and about 5,000 injured.

Rappers and actors push Zimbabwe hashtag viral

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The social media campaign tapping into the anger of the global #BlackLivesMatter phenomenon.

Kashmir: 'I could land up in jail if I express myself freely'

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Artists, poets and journalists feel that freedom of expression is under attack in Kashmir.

Zarka's husband sliced off her nose. A surgeon offered to restore it for free

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A young Afghan woman suffered a brutal domestic assault, but surgery gave her a ray of hope.

Hiroshima bomb: The day Michiko nearly missed her train

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The horrors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb are laid bare through the story of one woman's life.

Coronavirus: France records two-month high in cases

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Spain has also recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases in months.

Facebook and Twitter restrict Trump accounts over 'harmful' virus claim

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The social networks say a post of a TV interview Mr Trump gave contained Covid-19 "misinformation".

Poland LGBT protests: Three charged with hanging rainbow flags off statues

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The offences they are charged with are punishable by a fine or up to two years in prison.

Michelle Obama: Former US first lady says she has 'low-grade depression'

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The former US first lady blames it on the pandemic, racial tensions and the Trump administration.

Jake Paul: FBI swat team seizes guns at home of YouTube star

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The social media star is no stranger to controversy and has had other run-ins with law enforcement.

US election: Biden to accept nomination remotely as virus worsens

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Joe Biden will not attend the Democratic convention in Milwaukee because of the coronavirus pandemic.

City growth favours animals 'more likely to carry disease'

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Turning wild spaces into farmland or cities creates opportunities for diseases to cross into humans.

Beirut explosion: What we know so far

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A devastating explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed at least 137 people and injured thousands.

Beirut blast: The mother in labour during explosion

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Emmanuelle was getting ready to give birth at St George's hospital in Beirut when an explosion rocked Lebanon's capital.

Beirut explosion: Port officials under house arrest as rescue efforts continue

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Rescue efforts continue a day after the explosion that left at least 135 dead and over 4,000 injured.

Twitter hack teen's court date 'Zoombombed' with porn

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Reporters suggested the hearing was not password-protected, allowing disruption in.

Protest leader beats 20-year Democratic veteran

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Cori Bush, a racial justice activist who was once homeless, wins Missouri's Democratic primary.

Coronavirus: How an aged care crisis seized 'ill-prepared' Australia

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As Australia endures its most deadly virus period, has it failed its most vulnerable people?

Zhang Yuhuan: Chinese court clears man of murder after 27 years in prison

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Zhang Yuhuan, who always claimed his innocence, was China's longest-serving wrongfully convicted inmate.

Instagram rolls out its TikTok rival Reels

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The photo-sharing app adds new features that will be very familiar to TikTok fans.