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Thousands mark 60 years since ‘I have a dream’ speech
Thousands of people in Washington DC have commemorated 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr’s famous ‘I have a dream’ speech – a pivotal event in the civil rights movement. His family and activists recounted its importance and reflected on where equality stands now in 2023. Addressing the crowd, Rev Al Sharpton said: “Sixty years…
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The indigenous groups fighting the quest for ‘white gold’
NATALIA FAVRE By Berta Reventós (text) & Natalia Favre (photos) Purmamarca, Argentina “Our land is drying up and our water is polluted,” says Nati Machaca, one of the protesters manning a roadblock in the village of Purmamarca, high in the Andes mountains. Ms Machaca is a spokeswoman for the indigenous groups living in Jujuy, a…
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Jacksonville racist shooting: Community ‘sick and tired’
Officials in Jacksonville, Florida, expressed disgust at a racist shooting in which a gunman killed three black people in a store. Jacksonville Sheriff T K Waters said manifestos authored by the shooter showed the attack was “racially motivated”, while councilwoman Ju’coby Pittman said the community was “hurting” and was “sick and tired of being sick…
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Auctioneer exposed by BBC admits illegally selling rare ancient coins
By Sarah Saey & the BBC Arabic Investigations team BBC News Arabic A British auctioneer who was at the centre of a BBC investigation has pleaded guilty at a New York court to a series of charges in connection with unlawful sales of rare ancient coins. Richard Beale, director of London-based auction house Roma Numismatics,…
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The indiscriminate devastation of Canada’s raging wildfires
By Wyre Davies BBC News, British Columbia Joanna Kelly is a barrister in the Kelowna law courts – this week she’s been given permission to appear in legal cases by video-link partly because she has very few formal clothes to wear. They, and most of her other possessions, went up in flames last week. On…
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Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day
Stéphanie Para By Hugh Schofield BBC News in Corrèze Archaeologists have found evidence of a mass execution of German prisoners who were forced to dig their own graves and then shot by the French Resistance a few days after D-Day, during World War Two. French and German teams discovered bullets and cartridges, as well as…
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Emmerson Mnangagwa: ‘The Crocodile’ wins second term as Zimbabwe president
Reuters By Alex Binley BBC News Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, the electoral commission says. However, the opposition claimed there had been widespread vote-rigging and international observers said the vote fell short of democratic standards. Mr Mnangagwa is only Zimbabwe’s second president. A 2017…
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How Putin’s long friendship with Wagner boss Prigozhin turned ugly
Alexey DRUZHININ/SPUTNIK/AFP By Andrei Goryanov BBC Russian Theirs was a relationship borne out of the murky world where Russia’s state security services mingled with the criminal underworld. While Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner military company grew into one of the most influential structures in Russia, Vladimir Putin became increasingly dependent on its battlefield successes in Ukraine. But…
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Blackswan: The K-pop girl group with no Korean members
DR Music By Yuna Ku BBC Korean Donning sari-inspired clothing and intricate jewellery, four young women are seen dancing energetically at a temple. Then, gulal, a colourful powder used in traditional rituals, is spread across the sky and onto their faces. This is not a Bollywood movie but the latest music video of K-pop girl…
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OnlyFans: Who is Leonid Radvinsky, the elusive owner of a porn empire?
Leonid Radvinsky via LinkedIn By Malu Cursino BBC News OnlyFans’ profits have skyrocketed in the past year and news that its owner earned more than $300m (£238m) in dividends has ignited fresh questions about the pornography mogul. Leonid Radvinsky is a 41-year-old Ukrainian-American entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of $2.1bn. He bought the company…