Brazil's Bolsonaro begins 27-year jail term for coup bid
Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed coup, after he exhausted all appeals.
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Trump sends Witkoff to Moscow in hopes of finalisation Ukraine deal
Donald Trump said Tuesday he is sending his envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow as the US president seeks to close out a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
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24 Nigerian girls freed after school kidnapping
Two dozen Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their boarding school last week in the country's northwest have been released, the presidency announced Tuesday.
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Thousands rally in Turkey against violence towards women
Around two thousand protesters rallied in Istanbul on Tuesday to denounce gender-based violence in Turkey, where around half of murders of women remain unsolved.
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Israel says Gaza hostage coffin received
Israel said on Tuesday it had received the coffin of a hostage held in Gaza, with the remains undergoing forensic examination to determine their identity.
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California affirms vaccine advice after US govt autism change
Liberal US states led by California on Tuesday said parents should continue to get their children immunized, contradicting what they said was "dangerous misinformation on vaccines and autism" issued by the federal government.
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Canada Olympic swimming champion Oleksiak banned two years
Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak, the country's most decorated female Olympian, has accepted a two-year suspension over her failure to report her whereabouts three times within a year, swimming officials said Tuesday.
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US to slap big surcharge on foreign visitors to national parks
Foreign tourists visiting US national parks including the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone will now pay a hefty surcharge, the Trump administration announced Tuesday.
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PSG court hearing on Mbappe league ruling set for February
The preliminary court hearing requested by Paris Saint-Germain over a French football league (LFP) decision in the dispute between the club and Kylian Mbappe has been scheduled for February 23, a source close to the case told AFP on Tuesday.
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Talking turkey: Trump turns pardon ritual into political roast
Donald Trump turned Washington's fluffiest tradition into something a little tougher to carve on Tuesday -- swapping holiday cheer for political score-settling as he pardoned two turkeys in the annual White House Thanksgiving ceremony.
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