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83-year-old man becomes oldest to be executed in the US
Alabama has executed an 83-year-old man making him the oldest known person put to death in the modern era of U.S. capita...
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Queen backs Charles to become new head of the Commonwealth
The Queen has said she hoped Prince Charles would take on leadership of the Commonwealth, answering some who say it shou...
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Government to ban sales of plastic straws and cotton buds
Britain plans to ban the sale of plastic straws and other single use products and is pressing Commonwealth allies to als...
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Robots used to assemble IKEA flatpack chair
Robots in Singapore have completed a task many humans dread - assembling flat-packed IKEA furniture....
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Life sentence for man who deliberately infected people with HIV
A man who set out on a deliberate campaign to infect men in Brighton with HIV has been jailed for life....
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Tributes paid to former First Lady Barbara Bush who's died at 92
Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died on Tuesd...
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De La Rue will not appeal loss of Passport contract
De La Rue said it would not appeal a decision to award the contract to make Britain's new blue post-Brexit passports to ...
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One dead after engine blast on passenger plane
An engine on a Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard exploded and broke apart in mid-air, killing one passeng...
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May apologises to Caribbean leaders over immigration errors
Theresa May has apologised to representatives from 12 Caribbean countries over recent harsh treatment by immigration bur...