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UK news group apologises to staff for sexual harassment: report

UK publisher Guardian News & Media has apologised to women who said a veteran ex-columnist at The Observer newspaper had sexually assaulted or harassed them, US media reported.. The Guardian itself has been at the forefront of media revelations over such claims at Britain's main UK business lobby group the CBI. Meanwhile, high-profile hedge fund boss Crispin Odey on Saturday quit the firm he founded after the Financial Times reported sexual assault claims by eight women. ved/rfj/phz/gw

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 2 mins read

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UN chief seeks to streamline troubled Mali peacekeeping mission

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for maintaining but streamlining a decade-old peacekeeping mission in troubled Mali, whose military leaders have clashed with the West and turned to Russia.. - Shattering ties with West - Mali's military rulers have increasingly clashed with the West, imposing operational restrictions on peacekeepers and breaking the country's longstanding alliance with former colonial power France.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 3 mins read

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UN chief seeks to streamline troubled Mali peacekeeping mission

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for maintaining but streamlining a peacekeeping mission in troubled Mali, whose military leaders have clashed with the West and turned to Russia.. Mali's military rulers have increasingly clashed with the West and former colonial power France wound up a controversial nine-year military operation in November.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 1 mins read

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Russian strikes kill 10 in Zelensky's hometown

Russian strikes early Tuesday on the hometown of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky killed ten people, as Moscow said it had captured Western armoured vehicles from Kyiv's forces.. Zelensky said after the strikes that Russian forces were waging a war against "residential buildings, ordinary cities and people".

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 3 mins read

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Italy's Berlusconi, the first populist

A showman billionaire who entered politics late and took the fight to the "establishment" with his straight-talking charm, Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paved the way for right-wing populists.. He would be a "worker-Prime Minister" and end the "policy of incomprehensible chatter, stupid bickering, and politicians without real jobs".

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 3 mins read

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Man held after three killed in UK's Nottingham

Police arrested a man Tuesday after three people were found dead and a van tried to mow down three others in the central English city of Nottingham in incidents authorities believe are linked.. "We believe these three incidents are all linked and we have a man in custody," she added.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 2 mins read

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'Final Beatles record' out this year aided by AI: McCartney

A "final Beatles record", created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released later this year, Paul McCartney told the BBC in an interview broadcast Tuesday.. McCartney did not name the song that has been recorded but according to the BBC it is likely to be a 1978 Lennon composition called "Now And Then".

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 3 mins read

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Toll from Russian strike on Ukraine's Kryvyi Rig rises to six

The toll from nightime Russian missile strikes on infrastructure including a five-storey residential building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rig has risen to six, officials said Tuesday.. "More terrorist missiles, Russian killers continue their war against residential buildings, ordinary cities and people.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 1 mins read

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Oil transfer from abandoned Yemen ship to start soon: UN

Salvage teams are close to starting the transfer of more than one million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker anchored off Yemen after two weeks of preparatory inspections, the United Nations said.. The operation will see private company SMIT Salvage pump the oil from the Safer to the Nautica, a super-tanker the United Nations purchased for the operation, then tow away the empty tanker.

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 2 mins read

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'Final Beatles record' out this year aided by AI: McCartney

A "final Beatles record", created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released later this year, Paul McCartney told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.. McCartney did not name the song that has been recorded but according to the BBC it is likely to be a 1978 Lennon composition called "Now And Then".

Tue, Jun 13, 2023 2 mins read