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Kenya president, facing cash crunch, accuses tax agency of graft

Kenya's President William Ruto on Friday accused the tax collection agency's staff of cutting government revenue by engaging in corruption, colluding with tax evaders and taking bribes.

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Sweden, U.S. voice hope for NATO enlargement by July

Sweden still hopes to be a member of NATO by the time of the alliance's summit in Vilnius in July, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Friday, an anticipation echoed by a senior Biden administration official in Washington.

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Germany extends military mission to Mali for one final year

Germany extended its military mission in Mali for one final year on Friday as Berlin aims to wind up by May 2024 a decade-old mission that has been hampered by disputes with the ruling military junta in Bamako and the arrival of Russian forces.

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Italy court suspends death order for bear that killed runner

An Italian court on Friday suspended for at least another month a culling order for a bear blamed for the killing of a 26-year-old runner in the Italian Alps.

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Spanish grassroots club players see more racism outside the sport

As public debate about racism in Spanish football hit boiling point this week after complaints from Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr, players at grassroots football clubs saw racism in sports as a lesser problem than in their everyday lives.

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Rwanda suspect denies killings but 'sorry' over genocide

One of the Rwanda genocide's most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the death of 2,000 people hiding in a church, denied on Friday any involvement though said he was "sorry" for the 1994 killings.

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German court deems raids against Russian-Uzbek oligarch unlawful -lawyers

A German court has ruled that raids conducted last year at the Bavarian villa of Russian-Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov and other locations were unlawful, a law firm representing him said in a statement on Friday.

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Ten years after Turkey's Gezi protests, some say vote a chance for justice

For some Turks who remain scarred by a state crackdown on nationwide demonstrations a decade ago, Sunday's runoff presidential vote is a chance to finally get justice against those who carried out heavy-handed attacks on protesters.

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Sudan war spells more disaster for Darfur city on Chad border

When war engulfed Sudan's capital last month, it quickly spread to the western Darfur region, reigniting an old conflict and sending a wave of refugees over the border into Chad.

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Polish activists condemn proposed inspections of LGBT-friendly schools

Right activists who published a directory of LGBT-friendly schools in Poland condemned on Friday a plan by a parliament-appointed official to inspect the establishments on the list, saying it could have a damaging effect on young people.

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Analysis-NATO struggles in the shadows to find new leader

The race to be the next NATO boss is heating up. But it is a race run largely in the dark, with no sign of a winner yet.

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Aid worker back in Belgium after Iranian diplomat prisoner swap

A Belgian aid worker arrived back in Belgium on Friday night from Iran, where he had been accused of spying and jailed until being freed in a prisoner swap with an Iranian diplomat who had been imprisoned in Belgium in connection with a failed bomb plot.

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New Thai govt must continue peace talks with insurgents - Thai official

Thailand's new government must continue engaging with insurgents in the country's south to ensure peace, a top Thai official involved in the talks said on Friday.

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Separatists in Indonesia's Papua threaten to shoot Kiwi hostage if denied talks

Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February if countries do not comply with their demand to start independence talks within two months, a new video released by the group on Friday showed.

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New case against jailed Kremlin critic Navalny goes to court next week

Moscow's city court will hold a hearing on May 31 in a new case against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, according to official documents posted online, on charges that could keep him in prison for decades.

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Cycling-British federation bars transgender women from competing in female category

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Erdogan defies predictions of political demise ahead of Turkey election runoff

President Tayyip Erdogan has defied forecasts of his political demise in Turkey's elections, rallying voters with a potent mix of religious conservatism and nationalism that looks set to propel his rule into a third decade on Sunday.

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After inauguration fanfare, immense economic challenges await Nigeria's Tinubu

Nigeria's incoming President Bola Tinubu will inherit anaemic economic growth, record debt and shrinking oil output, but before he can start fixing these pressing problems he will need to secure public support for painful decisions.

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Earthquake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning - NHK

A strong earthquake shook eastern Japan on Friday evening, but there was no tsunami warning, according to public broadcaster NHK.

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Canada's oil capital Calgary to be swing city in Alberta election

Canada's corporate oil capital Calgary will be a crucial battleground in Alberta's provincial election on Monday, with the latest polling suggesting Rachel Notley's left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) holds a slight edge in the city.

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Azeri envoy to France sees chance of Armenia peace deal at Europe summit

Azerbaijan and Armenia could sign a peace settlement in their decades-old conflict over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh when their leaders meet at a European summit next week, Baku's envoy to France said on Friday.

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Heavy rains turn streets into rivers on Spain's Mediterranean coast

Torrential rains on Thursday that followed a prolonged drought turned streets into rivers that swept away cars and nearly some pedestrians in towns along Spain's Mediterranean coast.

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Migrants who tried to cross Mediterranean brought back to Libya, U.N. says

Nearly 500 migrants who tried to cross the central Mediterranean have been brought back to Libya, a spokesman for the U.N. migration agency said on Friday, two days after charity groups lost contact with the boat carrying them.

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Al Shabaab attacks African peacekeepers in Somalia, big death toll feared

Islamist al Shabaab militants attacked a military base housing Ugandan forces with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia on Friday, and a Somali army captain said both sides suffered heavy casualties.

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Israeli settler kills Palestinian who army says attempted stabbing, amid rise in violence

An Israeli settler shot dead a Palestinian man who the military said tried to carry out a stabbing attack in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday.

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