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Nigeria has initiated talks with Gavi Alliance, a global health partnership to obtain the oral cholera vaccine from them.
This is in the wake of an outbreak of cholera in the country.
Tesem Akende reports from Jos.
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France's leading far-right party the National Rally say they have identified 50 strategic posts in government and the civil service that would be barred for dual nationals if they win the upcoming general election.
The latest polls show the National Rally finishing ahead of both the left-wing coalition and President Macron's centrist alliance.
Ross Cullen reports.
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Central and Eastern European leaders are reportedly discussing the formation of a new faction within the European Parliament.
According to Hungary's Nepszava newspaper, the proposed group would include Hungarian, Czech, and Slovak parties outside any EP political group, as Pablo Gutierrez reports.
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US says India is considering institutional reforms after allegations that a senior government official was involved in a plot to kill a US citizen in America.
An Indian man is currently being held in Manhattan for allegedly plotting to have a Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Sisngh Pannu killed.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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The US State Department has reinstated its assertion that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange put lives at risk — but it declined to say how.
Mr Assange landed back in Australia on Wednesday after pleading guilty to violating espionage law in a deal that sets him free from a 14-year legal battle.
He served time behind bars in the UK and stayed at the Ecuadorian embassy in London whilst fighting extradition to the United States, having been responsible for one of the biggest leaks of classified material in American history.
Benji Hyer reports.
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China has hit back after the US Ambassador to China accused Beijing of getting in the way of people to people ties.
Nicholas Burns told the Wall Street Journal Beijing was "taking dramatic steps to make it impossible" for citizens from both sides to reconnect.
Our Washington Correspondent Jagruti Dave has more.
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US President Joe Biden is offering a pardon to thousands of veterans who were convicted under a military law that banned homosexuality.
Announcing the proclamation on Wednesday, the president said he was "righting an historic wrong".
The news comes as Americans across the United States mark Pride Month, which celebrates and commemorates lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history.
Sally Patterson reports.
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The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the US government *can* request the removal of misinformation on social media.
The case had threatened to radically redefine how lawmakers interact with the tech world, with plaintiffs arguing that this intervention violates the first amendment — the constitutional right to free speech.
Benji Hyer reports.
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The progressive wing of America's Democrat Party has suffered a major blow overnight, with Congressman Jamaal Bowman losing the race to become the candidate in federal elections later this year.
His defeat in his own district in a suburb of New York City capped the most expensive House of Representatives primary in history, with voters choosing to take him off November's ballot.
Benji Hyer reports.
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