World in brief – French president won’t run for second term
Francois Hollande has announced he will not stand for re-election as France’s president.
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World in brief – Suspect captured after two officers killed in Iowa
A suspect allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of two police officers in Iowa has been captured and taken into custody.
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World in brief – Trump and Clinton neck-and-neck
With less than a week until the election, new opinion polling shows that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are neck-and-neck.
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World in brief – Japanese former disabled care employee kills 19 people
A former disabled care centre worker has stabbed 19 people to death and injured 25 in Japan’s worst mass killing since World War II.
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World in brief – Conflict in South Sudan prompts mass evacuation
The intensified civil war in South Sudan has forced several countries to begin evacuating their citizens from the country.
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World in brief – South Sudan plane crash kills dozens
At least 36 people have been killed in South Sudan after a plane crashed near Juba’s international airport shortly after takeoff.
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African Union investigates forced cannibalism in South Sudan
An inquiry into South Sudan’s civil war has cited evidence of forced cannibalism, rape, dismemberment and other atrocities.
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