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  Last update: 15:11 GMT 17.04.2021

  15:11 GMT 17.04.2021

  UK

  Topless Woman Reportedly Detained Outside Windsor Castle During Prince Philip's Funeral Ceremony

  Police officers led the woman away from Windsor Castle, where a solemn ceremony was taking place. Prince Philip died last week aged 99.

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  Last update: 13:50 GMT 17.04.2021

  13:50 GMT 17.04.2021

  Europe

  French Town Hall Staff Find Heaps of Gold Coins in Old House

  The dilapidated three-storey building, in which the gold bars were discovered, was previously sold to the Morez town hall for €130,000 ($155,765).

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  Last update: 13:05 GMT 17.04.2021

  13:05 GMT 17.04.2021

  US

  Probe Launched Into Site of US Military Base in Guam After Human Remains Were Dug Up There

  About a dozen human burial sites from between 1,500 BC to 1,000 AD, as well as caches of ancient pottery and tools have been dug up at a number of separate construction spots at Camp Blaz over the last year.

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  Last update: 13:00 GMT 17.04.2021

  13:00 GMT 17.04.2021

  Opinion

  NYPD Veteran: Until US Comes Up With Unified Use of Police Force System, Mass Protests Will Continue

  The US has been swept by protests again after 20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer. The fact that the incident took place several kilometres from the site where George Floyd died only fuelled public anger over what is believed to be police violence. Is there an option to end to police violence and public disorder?

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  Last update: 10:07 GMT 17.04.2021

  10:07 GMT 17.04.2021

  Middle East

  Israel Reveals Video of IDF Strike on Gaza Strip in Response to Earlier Rocket Fire

  Netizens earlier posted videos of the IDF airstrikes, claimed to be filmed from the ground in Gaza itself. The Israeli military claims to have targeted a training facility, an anti-aircraft missile launcher post, and a concrete production plant allegedly belonging to Hamas.

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  Last update: 09:34 GMT 17.04.2021

  09:34 GMT 17.04.2021

  Russia

  Is Russian Defence Chief Out to Clone 3,000-Year-Old Warriors?

  Sergei Shoigu recalled that Russia has conducted several expeditions in his native Republic of Tuva in southern Siberia, home to a number of prehistoric Scythian burial spots.

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  Last update: 05:47 GMT 17.04.2021

  05:47 GMT 17.04.2021

  Latin America

  Will Evo Morales' Lithium Dream Finally Come True Under Bolivian President Luis Arce?

  The Bolivian government is preparing to re-launch the lithium industrialization process, Periodico Bolivia reported on 8 April. Bolivia's former Vice Minister of High Energy Technologies Luis Alberto Echazu has explained how Evo Morales' bold lithium plan was disrupted and why regional integration is essential for the industry's development.

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  Last update: 04:48 GMT 17.04.2021

  04:48 GMT 17.04.2021

  World

  Live Updates: COVID-19 Global Death Toll Exceeds 3 Million

  The global coronavirus tally is now over 139 million cases, with the death toll from the pandemic approaching the 3 million mark, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University.