Police searching for missing swimmer after a shark attack in Western Australia

A man is missing after a reported shark attack at a beach in North Fremantle, Western Australia according to police and the state government.
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Opinion: My father is imprisoned in Nicaragua. His fate could hang on their upcoming presidential election

Last year, like many people across the US, I couldn't imagine feeling more anxious about a presidential election than I did in November 2020. In the weeks leading up to the vote, I followed every twist of an often surreal and harrowing campaign.
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State Department establishes task force on Ethiopia as conflict rages

The State Department has established a new task force to oversee its "planning, management and logistics related to events in Ethiopia," a spokesperson confirmed Friday.
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Armed groups join forces in Ethiopia in biggest threat yet to embattled Prime Minister

Armed groups fighting Ethiopia's central government are swelling in numbers as they advance on the capital Addis Ababa, posing the biggest threat to embattled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's rule since a bloody year-long conflict began in the country's northern Tigray region a year ago.
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Drug violence sparks chaos at popular tourist resort in Mexico

A hotel in Mexico popular with American tourists was sent into chaos Thursday amid reports of gunfire. According to local authorities, a confrontation between drug dealers had exploded into lethal violence on a beach nearby.
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Macron's ex-bodyguard handed jail sentence over May Day assaults

A former security adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron was sentenced on Friday to three years in jail, two of them suspended, over charges including roughing up May Day protesters in 2018, media reported.
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Ethiopia crisis deepens as nine groups form anti-government alliance

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