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12 dead, dozens hurt as bus overturns, passengers thrown on highway in South Africa

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Panama has released dozens of migrants deported from the United States who were held for weeks in a remote camp on the condition that they would leave the Central American nation in 30 days
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Panama releases dozens of detained deportees from U.S. into limbo following human rights criticism

PANAMA CITY — After weeks of lawsuits and human rights criticism, Panama on Saturday released dozens of migrants who were held for weeks in a remote camp after being deported from the United ...
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Driverless 'bus of the future' is tested in Barcelona

Renault is testing a new driverless mini-bus in Barcelona this week
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Trump tells Zelensky he’ll address issue of abducted Ukrainian children

President Trump promised to address the issue of Ukraine’s missing and abducted children by Russia during a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, despite the halting of U.S. funding ...
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Ethiopia introduces new tax to fill gap after USAID funding pause

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3 men randomly shoot at customers in Toronto pub, wounding 12

Police said three armed individuals entered the pub and "opened fire indiscriminately on the people sitting inside."
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At least a dozen US states rush to ban common food dyes, citing health risks

RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ giving fresh momentum to longtime efforts to outlaw additives, which is now a bipartisan movement. At least a dozen US states – from traditionally conservative Oklahoma to ...
The Guardian - Mar. 11
Trump administration mulling new travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries

New memo lists 41 countries – including Afghanistan, Cuba and Syria – that could face new restrictions, evoking first-term Muslim ban. The Trump administration is considering issuing travel ...
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Armed Teen Is Stopped From Boarding a Flight in Australia, the Police Say

Passengers and crew held down the 17 year old, who had a shotgun and also claimed to have bombs, until the police arrived, the authorities said.
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Two-thirds of arms imports to Nato countries in Europe come from US

Continent’s deep reliance on American-made weapons underscored by Sipri data
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SEC shatters record for most men's NCAA Tournament teams from one conference

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Starmer shifts from boots on the ground in Ukraine to air and sea defence

UK prime minister hosts meeting of senior armed forces figures from 31 nations
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13 Injured as School Bus Overturns on New Jersey Highway

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Intel Names Lip-Bu Tan as New CEO Amid Turnaround Efforts

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Highest-rated Class of 2025 men's basketball recruits from Alabama

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House Democratic campaign arm says it raised more than $11.1M in February

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Swedish companies join forces to steer children away from gang crime

Dozens of big businesses from Ikea to Spotify back youth job initiatives as country grapples with epidemic of violence
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13 hurt when school bus crashes, overturns in New Jersey

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NBC News - Mar. 11
Karaban, Johnson help UConn men pull away from Villanova for 73-56 win in Big East Tournament quarterfinal

NEW YORK – Alex Karaban and Samson Johnson took over down the stretch as the UConn men’s basketball team pulled away from Villanova for a 73-56 win in the quarterfinal round of the Big East ...
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The Bus Stop Murder

The tragic story of a schoolgirl who was stabbed to death in a row about a teddy bear.
BBC News - Mar. 13
'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region

Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid
ABC News - Mar. 13
Ethiopia's Tigray regional govt appeals for help after fighters seize key towns

The interim government of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has appealed for the Ethiopian federal government to intervene after a faction of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front seized control of two major ...
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Armed with more eligibility and NIL, Diego Pavia's value could go from nonexistent to full-fledged empire

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Niko Medved emerges as leading candidate to be next Gophers men’s basketball coach

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NCAA Tournament: Upset picks, players to watch and title contenders in the men's bracket

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Two men found guilty over £4.8m Oxfordshire gold toilet heist

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ROUNDUP: Engineers' McGowen named D3 men's basketball All-Region

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Art Schallock, Oldest Living Former M.L.B. Player, Dies at 100

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At Least 12 Injured in Toronto Pub Shooting

The pub, Piper Arms, was hosting its opening night on Friday when three men walked in and “opened fire indiscriminately” before escaping by car, the police said.
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