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Gilberto Hernández: Panama national team footballer killed by gunmen
By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A player for Panama’s national football team has been shot dead in the city of Colón. Gunmen opened fire on a group of people, among them 26-year-old Gilberto Hernández, who had gathered in a building in the city. Hernández died and seven others were injured in the attack. It is…
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Gabon coup leader Brice Nguema being sworn in as president
By Thomas Naadi BBC News, Libreville Brice Nguema, the leader of Gabon’s military junta, is being sworn in as the nation’s interim president. General Nguema led last Wednesday’s coup against Ali Bongo, toppling the president shortly after he was named winner of a disputed election. The general has some popular support – crowds of cheering…
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Barbie overtakes Super Mario Bros to be 2023’s biggest box office hit
By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter Barbie has officially become the year’s biggest box office hit, after the doll’s big-screen earnings overtook the Super Mario Bros Movie’s total. The Barbie movie, which sees Margot Robbie’s titular toy swap her pink fantasy home for the real world, has now made $1.38bn (£1.1bn) globally. That has…
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Burning Man: Revellers begin to leave as boggy conditions improve
By David Willis & Kathryn Armstrong BBC News, Burning Man in Nevada & London Weather conditions at the Burning Man festival in the US have eased enough to allow revellers to start leaving. Heavy rain had turned the event, held in a desert in Nevada, into a mud bath. The ground is now dry enough…
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Rustem Umerov: Who is Ukraine’s next defence minister?
Rustem Umerov, who is set to replace Oleksii Reznikov as Ukraine’s defence minister, has a history of holding key negotiations with Russia. He represented his country in peace talks at the beginning of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022. He has been a key force in securing the safe repatriation of high-profile prisoners, and has participated…
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Australia rescues sick researcher from Antarctica
By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Australia has successfully evacuated a sick Antarctic researcher from a remote outpost on the icy continent. An urgent rescue operation was launched last week to reach the man, who has an undisclosed “developing medical condition”. The mission required a medical retrieval team, a massive icebreaker ship and two helicopters.…
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Typhoon Haikui: Dozens injured after storm sweeps Taiwan
By Frances Mao and Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Singapore and Taipei More than 40 people were injured in Taiwan after Typhoon Haikui ripped across the island, uprooting trees and forcing thousands to evacuate. The storm – which made landfall on Sunday on the east coast – was the first to directly hit the island in four…
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Biden disappointed Xi will not attend G20 summit
US President Joe Biden has said he is “disappointed” that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping plans to skip the upcoming G20 summit in India. Chinese Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent Beijing at the summit in New Delhi this week, Reuters reported. “I am disappointed… but I am going to get to see him,”…
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South Africa says inquiry finds no evidence of arms shipment to Russia
By James Gregory BBC News An independent inquiry has found no evidence that South Africa supplied weapons to Russia, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. The panel rejected claims made by the US ambassador to South Africa that a Russian ship was loaded with ammunition and arms in Cape Town last December. The allegations had raised…
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Jammu: Long wait for justice after India cough syrup deaths
By Vineet Khare BBC News, Jammu The last time three-year-old Anirudh was captured on video, he lay listlessly on a hospital bed with wires attached to his hands. His mother is seen desperately trying to feed him, talking about the games he can play once he recovers. Three days later, on 10 January 2020, the…