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10 iconic moments at fashion's biggest night
3 May 2024The annual showcase of the famous, fashionable, beautiful and (occasionally) damned - takes place next week. We look back on some of its biggest moments.
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European court backs Italy in Greek statue dispute with Getty Museum
3 May 2024Italy always believed it was smuggled out of the country and had made several attempts to recover the statue, including through international police authorities and diplomacy.
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Emotional support alligator taken and released in swamp
3 May 2024WallyGator's owner believes he was taken as a prank and later released by local animal control.
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Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion
3 May 2024Trump stands accused of trying to hide a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election.
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What do we know about Mexico's Baja California, where two Australians have gone missing?
3 May 2024The region borders the United States making its surf spots driveable for visitors from California, but in recent years homicide rates have soared due to conflict between Mexico's drug cartels.
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Samoa's dengue fever outbreak: What you need to know
3 May 2024New Zealanders travelling to Samoa are recommended to have comprehensive insurance as the country deals with a dengue outbreak. Audio
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Daniel Anjorin: Marcus Monzo in court over death of schoolboy in Hainault
3 May 2024Marcus Arduini Monzo is remanded in custody after being charged with murdering Daniel Anjorin, 14 in the UK.
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Alarm in Israel at reports of possible ICC legal action over Gaza
3 May 2024Reports suggest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be among those the UN's top criminal court issues arrest warrants for.
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Police clear out US pro-Palestinian encampment, detain protesters
3 May 2024Hundreds of police officers in riot gear have cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Why Europe's most famous tourist attractions are turning people away
2 May 2024They say money can't buy you happiness, but at Europe's busiest tourist hot spots, it can get you peace and quiet.
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South Korea approves new inquiry into deadly Halloween crowd crush
2 May 2024South Korea's National Assembly has voted to approve a bill to launch a fresh probe into the deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital Seoul in 2022.
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Georgia rocked by clashes over 'foreign agent' bill
2 May 2024Riot police fired tear gas and a water cannon into crowds protesting against a bill seen by the opposition as targeting media freedoms.
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Police mass near UCLA pro-Palestinian protest camp, a day after violent clashes
Live television footage showed police in tactical gear filing onto the UCLA campus adjacent to a complex of tents occupied by throngs of demonstrators.
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Uber faces $500m London black cab drivers lawsuit
2 May 2024Almost 11,000 London cabbies say Uber's business dealings have lost them money.
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Johnson & Johnson looks to settle baby powder lawsuits for $10.9 billion
2 May 2024In tens of thousands of lawsuits, consumers claim baby powder and talc products contain asbestos and cause ovarian cancer.
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Verstappen chases Miami hat-trick as Newey makes headlines
3 May 2024Red Bull's Max Verstappen can complete a hat-trick of Miami Grand Prix victories but the Departure of his team's star designer is the big talking point.
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New Solomon Islands prime minister elected
2 May 2024Jeremiah Manele's victory signals a return of the incumbent government formerly headed by Manasseh Sogavare.
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Israel supporters attack pro-Palestinian camp at US protest
2 May 2024Police were deployed while video showed people wielding sticks or poles to hammer on wooden boards being used as makeshift barricades.
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Harvey Weinstein will be retried after rape conviction overturned
2 May 2024The New York judge said he expected the retrial to be held after 2 September.
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School praises 'gentle character' killed in sword attack
2 May 2024The 14-year-old died in hospital after being stabbed in London where four other people, including two police officers, were seriously injured.
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US author Paul Auster dies aged 77
1 May 2024US author Paul Auster, who wrote the New York Trilogy mystery novels, has died at the age of 77.
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Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters in US university raid
1 May 2024Officers have entetred a Columbia University hall and nearby protest encampment, putting more than 50 detainees onto a bus.
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'Lock your doors': London sword attack witnesses describe horror and screams
1 May 2024Sickening images being shared among people in London reveal in unforgiving detail an attack in which a 14-year-old was killed.
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Plastic-eating bacteria can help waste self-destruct
1 May 2024Scientists make a self-destructing plastic using plastic-eating bacteria in a sci-fi like development.
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