WASHINGTON -- Derek Chauvin, a former police officer of Minneapolis, in the U.S. state of Minnesota, was sentenced in a federal court to 21 years in prison on Thursday for violating George Floyd's civil rights.

Chauvin previously pleaded guilty to civil rights violation during Floyd's arrest on May 25, 2020. (US-Derek Chaunvin-Sentence)

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MOSCOW -- Russia is open to peace talks, and the negotiations with Ukraine will get more difficult with time passing by, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

"We do not refuse peace negotiations, but those who refuse should know that the more time they waste, the more difficult it will be for them to negotiate with us," Putin said during a meeting with State Duma leaders and party faction heads. (Russia-Ukraine-Putin)

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ROME -- The number of deaths caused by a powerful landslide triggered by a melting glacier in northern Italy climbed to ten on Thursday, with another victim missing and feared dead.

The landslide on the Marmolada in the Dolomite Mountains occurred on Sunday after a glacier collapsed amid unusually high temperatures. (Italy-Glacier Collapse-Death)

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LAGOS -- At least three civilians were killed and one other abducted when unknown gunmen raided a village in Nigeria's northeast state of Adamawa on Wednesday, an official said Thursday.

In a statement released in Yola, the state capital, Ahmadu Fintiri, the governor of Adamawa, said the gunmen shot dead in the attack a cleric and two of his sons while took away his 13-year-old daughter from their home at the village of Njairi in the Mubi area of the state on Wednesday. (Nigeria-Attack) Enditem

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