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British adventurer Karl Bushby returns home after a 28-year walk around the world

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Karl Bushby, 57, reached his mother's house in Hull, northern England, on Monday after walking some 50,000 km through 29 countries.

European troops rehearse a future Ukraine deployment in Poland

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About 2,800 troops take part in the exercise, called Koalicja, from Nov 9 to 22 in Nowa Dęba, a training hub in southeastern Poland about 100 km from the Ukrainian border.

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China steps up Middle East diplomacy with Iran and Oman meetings

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Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a senior Iranian security official in Beijing on Monday that dialogue and negotiation remained "the only viable path forward" as the region's conflicts drag on.

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Britain doubles the wait for permanent residency, with an exemption for care workers

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Most foreign workers in the United Kingdom will wait 10 years, not five, to qualify for indefinite leave to remain, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told Parliament on Monday. The rules take effect next year and apply to workers already in the country.

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Greenland opens a new international airport as it looks toward independence

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The first international flight from Copenhagen landed in Ilulissat last Thursday. The airport's new runway is long enough for large passenger aircraft.

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Governance in Africa improves slightly as rights and security decline, Mo Ibrahim index finds

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The 2026 Ibrahim Index of African Governance found that 30 countries, home to half of Africa's population, scored better in 2025 than in 2016, while 23 deteriorated and one was unchanged.

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Russia says it is in talks with four African countries on large nuclear plants

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Alexei Likhachev, head of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said on Friday it is discussing large plants with four countries. Nuclear power was a topic at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow.

India evacuates thousands as a second cyclone in a week nears its coast

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About 2,000 people had been moved from low-lying coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh by Monday, and officials planned to evacuate some 30,000, the state's disaster management authority said.