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Photos: Community unites in Senegal’s Dakar to clean dilapidated school

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Brazil goes to polls in decisive election for future of Latin America

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Kyiv bridge hit in further Russian drone attack as German chancellor makes surprise visit

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Cornell president says university ‘must do better’ after rape allegations

Michael Kotlikoff described the allegations of a woman who says she was drugged and gang raped as "deeply disturbing".