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Tearful Casandra Ventura tells court Diddy beat and humiliated her
Madeline HalpertBBC News in New York courtSean "Diddy" Combs' ex-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, has told the hip-hop mogul's sex-trafficking trial that he controlled her life and coerced her into "humiliating" sex acts.The prosecution's star witness testified about the alleged physical...
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Menendez brothers: Judge resentences pair over 1989 murders
A Los Angeles judge has resentenced two brothers who are serving life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion, making them eligible for parole.Judge Michael Jesic gave Erik and Lyle Menendez a...
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Uruguay’s José Mujica, world’s ‘poorest president’, dies
Gerardo LissardyBBC News MundoAFP/Getty ImagesFormer Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as "Pepe", has died at the age of 89.The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world's "poorest president" because of his modest lifestyle.Current...
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India-Pakistan conflict: How real is the risk of nuclear war?
Corbis via Getty ImagesSumit Ganguly, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, believes that "neither India nor Pakistan wants to be labelled as the first violator of the post-Hiroshima nuclear taboo"."Furthermore, any side that resorts to the use...
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The heartbeat of a billion: What Virat Kohli meant to India
Getty ImagesThe lack of ICC and IPL titles according to Shastri, is misleading as an index to his captaincy ability."He always played to win, sought and nurtured fast bowlers to win overseas, demanded high intent and supreme fitness...
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Sinaloa cartel father-son drug kingpins charged by Justice Department for allegedly running one of the world’s largest fentanyl networks
A father-son duo and other Sinaloa cartel leaders were charged Tuesday with allegedly trafficking massive amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the United States, the Department of Justice said. Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his...
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Cryptocurrency boss’s daughter escapes kidnap gang in Paris
A masked gang have tried to abduct the daughter and young grandson of a cryptocurrency chief in Paris, but after a violent struggle they drove off empty-handed.The botched kidnap bid was captured on video by an onlooker in Paris's...
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José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a one-time Marxist guerrilla and flower farmer whose brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world,...
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Trump touts $142bn arms deal on Saudi visit, lifts sanctions on Syria
US President Donald Trump has said the US has "no stronger partner" than Saudi Arabia during his first major foreign trip - a whirlwind visit of Gulf countries mainly focused on shoring up investment. Day one of the trip...
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Watch: Wildlife dyed blue in São Paulo chemical spill
Brazilian authorities say they are investigating river contamination levels after a truck accident caused a chemical dye spill in...