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Burkina's stuntman biker, 72, reignites road safety debate

Burkina's stuntman biker, 72, reignites road safety debate

Burkina's celebrity stuntman, 72 years young, sped down the dusty road lying back on his moped seat, feet draped over the handlebars -- and no protective gear.

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Stocks drop before inflation data, as bitcoin nears $60,000

Stocks drop before inflation data, as bitcoin nears $60,000

Major stock markets dropped Wednesday as investors digested corporate news and awaited key inflation numbers, while cryptocurrency bitcoin closed in on $60,000 thanks to feverish demand.

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France's Senate to vote on making abortion a constitutional 'freedom'

France's Senate to vote on making abortion a constitutional 'freedom'

A French government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the constitution is to be tested Wednesday in a crucial vote in the right-dominated Senate.

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Navalny's funeral set for Friday in Moscow

Navalny's funeral set for Friday in Moscow

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's funeral is planned for Friday in a Moscow church, his allies said two weeks after his shock death in an Arctic prison.

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Church bells, strikes mark year since Greece's worst train crash

Church bells, strikes mark year since Greece's worst train crash

Church bells tolled, transport came to a halt and marchers gathered across Greece on Wednesday as the country marked a year since the "national trauma" of its deadliest train crash, which killed 57 people and injured dozens more.

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Ukraine film with gay hero prompts praise and protest

Ukraine film with gay hero prompts praise and protest

In a new comedy film that challenges Ukraine's lingering homophobia, an activist reassures a bewildered family hosting him, saying: "I'm gay, not a Martian."

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Battleground Ukraine: 10 years of Russian aggression

Battleground Ukraine: 10 years of Russian aggression

Ukraine has been locked in an existential fight for its freedom ever since Russia sent armed soldiers with no insignia -- dubbed the "little green men" -- to take over the Crimea peninsula on February 28, 2014, following a pro-EU revolution in Kyiv.

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Google CEO slams 'completely unacceptable' Gemini AI errors

Google CEO slams 'completely unacceptable' Gemini AI errors

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday slammed "completely unacceptable" errors by its Gemini AI app, after gaffes such as images of ethnically diverse World War II Nazi troops forced it to stop users from creating pictures of people.

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Vietnam's 'rice bowl' cracks in monster heatwave

Vietnam's 'rice bowl' cracks in monster heatwave

Southern Vietnam, including business hub Ho Chi Minh City and its "rice bowl" Mekong Delta region, suffered an unusually long heatwave in February, weather officials said Wednesday.

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Gaza death toll nears 30,000 as aid groups warn of 'imminent' famine

Gaza death toll nears 30,000 as aid groups warn of 'imminent' famine

The Gaza war's reported Palestinian death toll neared 30,000 Wednesday as fighting raged in the Hamas-run territory despite mediators insisting a truce with Israel could be just days away.

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