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Who is Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s new far-right president?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - To detractors, he's a dangerous cheerleader for dictatorship. To supporters, he's the leader capable of delivering salvation from Brazil's political, social and economic crises. Jair Bolsonaro, a divisive far-right firebrand and self-styled
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Netflix removes episode of comedy show in Saudi Arabia: FT
Netflix has removed an episode of a show critical of Saudi Arabia following a complaint by the kingdom, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The internet-streaming service removed the second episode of Patriotic Act with
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NASA spacecraft survives risky encounter with faraway dark world
An unmanned NASA spacecraft has sent a signal back to Earth that it has successfully made it through a risky flyby past the most distant planetary object ever studied, the US space agency said on
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Rescuers pull baby boy alive from Russian apartment collapse
Rescuers have pulled an infant boy alive from the rubble of an apartment building, some 35 hours after a collapse that has killed at least seven people and left dozens missing. They found the
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Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil’s far-right leader to be sworn in
Sao Paulo - Brazil's far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro will be sworn on Tuesday during a ceremony in the capital Brasilia, likely marking the beginning of a hard conservative shift in governing Latin America's largest
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Hello, 2019: New Year’s celebrations around the world
Australia's largest city, Sydney, put on its biggest-ever fireworks display in a spectacular welcome to the New Year, kicking off a wave of celebrations for billions around the world. A record amount of pyrotechnics
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Bangladesh journalists attacked during elections
There have been allegations of attacks on journalists during the recently concluded Bangladesh elections. Al Jazeera's Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Dhaka and spoke to a veteran journalist who says he was beaten by several
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Hodeidah ceasefire accord failing Yemen’s lifeline
The fate of the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah is at the centre of a UN-backed ceasefire agreement between the Houthis and pro-government forces. The United Nations has accused both sides of failing to
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Israeli PM Netanyahu rules out resignation if prosecutors move to indict him
JERUSALEM: An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian to 18 years imprisonment on Monday for stabbing to death a British woman in Jerusalem last year, under a plea bargain acknowledging he is mentally ill.Jamil Tamimi,
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Israel jails mentally ill Palestinian for Briton’s killing
CAIRO: Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi are calling for constitutional changes that would allow him to stay in power once his second term ends in 2022.Backers of the former military chief, re-elected


