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Manipur: The ugly truth behind India video of sexual assault
Getty Images By Sharanya Hrishikesh & Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi The emergence of a horrific video that shows two naked women being paraded and molested by a mob in the violence-hit Indian state of Manipur has highlighted who often pays the highest price during conflict. Warning: This article contains details some readers may find…
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Travis King: North Korea ‘not responding to calls’ on missing soldier, says US
Reuters By Kelly Ng & Jean Mackenzie in Singapore and Seoul North Korea is not responding to attempts to negotiate the release of a US soldier who fled over its heavily-armed border, Washington says. Private Travis King crossed the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Korea on Tuesday. The Pentagon had contacted North Korea,…
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Police search for suspected lion roaming Berlin area
Reuters By Antoinette Radford BBC News Police are searching for a wild animal in the south-western outskirts of Berlin after a big cat, believed to be a lioness, was spotted in the area. A video posted on Twitter on Wednesday morning appears to show a lioness in a forest in the Kleinmachnow area. Residents are…
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Xi Jinping meets Henry Kissinger as US seeks to defrost China ties
Reuters By Tessa Wong Asia Digital Reporter, BBC News Chinese president Xi Jinping has met former top diplomat Henry Kissinger, as the US pursues warmer ties with China. Mr Kissinger’s surprise trip to the Chinese capital comes amid a flurry of visits by top US officials. The former secretary of state, who is 100 years…
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Auckland shooting: Renewed debate on rising NZ crime rate
EPA By Derek Cai and Fan Wang BBC News, Singapore New Zealand police have named the gunman in the Auckland shooting that killed two and injured at least 10. Police say Matu Tangi Matua Reid, 24, was under house arrest and has a history of domestic violence. The incident – in a country where gun…
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Watch the moment divers free trapped whale sharks
Underwater footage captured the moment divers freed five whale sharks in waters off Indonesia. Whale sharks are thought to be the largest species of fish but their numbers are decreasing, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Protesters set fire to Swedish embassy in Baghdad
Hundreds of people have stormed Sweden’s embassy in Iraq, scaling the walls of the complex and torching the building. They were protesting the second planned burning of the Quran in Sweden in under a month. Swedish officials condemned the attack and confirmed that all Baghdad embassy staff were safe. Sweden’s police denied several applications earlier…
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Clare Nowland: Tasering of 95-year-old ‘grossly disproportionate’
Supplied By Hannah Ritchie BBC News, Sydney An Australian police officer charged with tasering a 95-year-old care home resident acted in a “grossly disproportionate” way, prosecutors in the case say. Clare Nowland died in May, a week after the incident which was prompted when she was found holding two knives. New court documents allege Kristian…
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‘Larger Wedding’ for Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin in California
Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin are now married, but they are still having a party. The couple got married in a small ceremony in Hungary on July 15, 2023. They told Vogue Magazine about their plans for a second wedding. The beauty, who is 29 years old, said that her and her husband’s wedding in…
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Annabelle Hamm, a Social Media Celebrity, Has Died of ‘Epilepsy’
Annabelle Hamm, who was well-known on social media, died at the age of 22 after having an epilepsy seizure. Hamm was a great influencer with a lot of friends on social media. When she died suddenly at such a young age, the world and her family were shocked. Her family posted about the shocking news…