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A Nigerian court has sentenced to death a police officer convicted for shooting dead a lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas day last year.
The Lagos State High Court found the police officer, Drambi Vandi guilty of one count of murder of Bolanle Raheem, who was pregnant at the time.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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CUE: Beijing's reminded Washington of its legal duty to keep Chinese diplomats safe, after a man crashed his car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Monday. Police shot and killed the driver, who's not been identified.
Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong
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Climate change could make much of India, Pakistan, China, and Sub-Saharan Africa inhospitable by the end of this century, according to a new study.
A research report from the Penn State College of Health and Human Development says if the global temperature rises by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels – the repercussions, could be catastrophic.
Ishan Garg has more.
IN: The impact...North Korea is lauding its leader Kim Jong Un as it celebrates the 78th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party on Tuesday.
The occasion comes with warnings from Pyongyang that it will soon attempt another satellite launch.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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President Biden says at least 11 Americans are now known to have been killed in Israel, and he says that the US government believes it is "likely" that American citizens are among the hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas.
The US is scrambling to provide Israel with additional supplies of munitions and other weaponry.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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US stocks closed higher Monday, after shaking off early losses following escalations in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, oil and gas prices surged as traders feared the violence could affect global supplies.
Sally Patterson reports.
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A Harvard professor has won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Claudia Goldin is just the third woman to be awarded the prestigious prize - it has been given to 90 men.
Her research exposed the causes of gender inequality in the workforce.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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The United States is moving an aircraft carrier and fighter jets to the eastern Mediterranean, in a sign of support amid fears of an escalating crisis in the region.
Several American citizens were killed in what President Joe Biden calls an "unprecedented and appalling assault" by the Hamas terror-group over the weekend.
Following the attack, Israel has ordered a "complete siege" of Hamas-controlled Gaza, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday telling his US counterpart that his county has no other choice but to unleash a ground operation into the Palestinian enclave.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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