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  Man with 39 wives dies in India at 76

  Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 07:12pm on June 14, 2021

  A polygamist and sect leader who had 39 wives and at least 127 children and grandchildren has died in northeastern India aged 76, officials said....

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  Dhaka University female student found dead in bathroom

  DU Correspondent | Updated at 12:20pm on June 06, 2021

  A Dhaka University student was found dead in her rented flat at Azimpur Staff Quarter in Dhaka on Sunday. The dead is Israt Jahan Tushti,...

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  14 civilians killed in Yemen’s Marib: state media

  Agence France-Presse . Marib | Updated at 11:00am on June 06, 2021

  A strike killed 14 civilians on Saturday at a petrol station in the Yemeni city of Marib, the government’s last northern stronghold, state media said,...

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  66 killed by gunmen in northwest Nigeria

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 10:52am on June 06, 2021

  A gang of cattle thieves killed 66 people in raids on seven villages in northwest Nigeria’s Kebbi state, police told AFP on Saturday...

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  50 dead in two attacks in DRC

  Agence France-Presse . Bunia | Updated at 08:03pm on May 31, 2021

  At least 50 people were killed overnight in two new attacks in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, monitors said Monday, as a local official...

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  Journalist Shahiduzzaman Khan dies of Covid-19

  Staff Correspondent   | Updated at 08:21pm on May 30, 2021

  The Financial Express executive editor and chief news editor Shahiduzzaman Khan died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Dhaka on Sunday. He was 71. Financial...

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  Thousands homeless as cyclone batters India

  Agence France-Presse . Digha | Updated at 03:49pm on May 27, 2021

  Thousands of people were homeless Thursday after a cyclone battered Covid-ravaged India, killing four people. Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian Ocean...

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  UN chief declares ‘war’ on Covid, India toll tops 3 lakh

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 11:02am on May 24, 2021

  The UN chief on Monday declared the world ‘at war’ against Covid-19, as India’s death toll crossed 3,00,000 and Japan opened its first mass vaccination...

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  21 runners die as extreme weather hits China cross-country race

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 04:23pm on May 23, 2021

  Twenty-one people were killed after hail, freezing rain and high winds hit runners taking part in a 100-kilometre cross-country mountain race in China, state media...

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  2 killed, 11 hurt in Barishal AL factional clash

  Our Correspondent . Barishal | Updated at 06:43pm on May 20, 2021

  At least two people were hacked to death and 11 sustained injuries in a clash between two factions of local Awami League on Thursday at...