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Colombian election reflects on ‘total peace’ promise as violence surges again
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The Guardian · World

Colombian election reflects on ‘total peace’ promise as violence surges again

Four years after president’s pledge, his would-be successors are divided on how to tackle rising guerrilla attacksThe landmark 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the largest insurgent army in Latin America succeeded in some ways: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) ag...

Harriet Barber in Medellín and Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro
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US gas prices hit $4.23 high as Hormuz fears drive oil surge
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The Guardian · World

US gas prices hit $4.23 high as Hormuz fears drive oil surge

Blockade threat in vital strait and Trump’s stance lift crude, pushing pump prices to highest level since 2022Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAverage US gas prices have hit a new high at $4.23 per gallon, their highest since 2022 and a record since the st...

Edward Helmore
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Purdue Pharma to be dissolved as judge approves criminal sentence in opioid case
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The Guardian · World

Purdue Pharma to be dissolved as judge approves criminal sentence in opioid case

OxyContin maker to be replaced by new company aiming to combat opioid crisis as legal settlement takes effectPurdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, is set to be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the week’s end, as a sweeping legal settlement resolving thousands of laws...

Associated Press
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South Africa deports and fines Mugabe’s son after employee shot at family home
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The Guardian · World

South Africa deports and fines Mugabe’s son after employee shot at family home

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe pled guilty to immigration and firearms-related offences unrelated to shootingTwo months after an employee was shot in the back at the Mugabe family home in a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, a South African court has fined and ordered the deportation of Robert Mugabe’s you...

Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
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AstraZeneca makes surprise U-turn with £300m pharma investment in UK
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The Guardian · World

AstraZeneca makes surprise U-turn with £300m pharma investment in UK

Drugmaker had stalled large-scale projects in England but has now pledged investment at two sites, announced by Keir StarmerBritain’s biggest drugmaker AstraZeneca has said it will invest £300m in the UK in a surprise U-turn after pausing large-scale projects last year.The drugmaker had pulled back...

Julia Kollewe
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