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Manipur: Questions over police role after women paraded naked by mob in India
Getty Images By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Questions are being asked about the role of the police in the ghastly incident where two women were paraded naked by a mob of men in India’s Manipur state. A video of the incident, which took place on 4 May, went viral on Wednesday and caused global…
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What does ‘Barbenheimer’ really mean for Hollywood?
The meme-filled pop culture phenomenon has deeper reverberations, “more like a celebration of the past than the dawn of a bright new future”, writes Nicholas Barber. One is a wacky postmodern comedy about a range of dolls known for their bright pink clothing. The other is a brooding biopic of the scientist who built the…
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Goalkeeper Donnarumma and partner ‘robbed and attacked in Paris’
FRANCK FIFE/POOL/AFP Italy and PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his partner have been robbed and attacked at their home in Paris. The couple were targeted by “several people” and tied up at their flat in the eighth district in the centre of of the capital, police sources have told French media. They are then said…
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TSMC: Chip giant delays Arizona production in blow to Biden
Getty Images By Annabelle Liang Business reporter Chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) has delayed the start of production at its factory in the US state of Arizona, in a setback to President Biden’s technology ambitions. The firm says chip manufacturing will no longer start next year, due to a shortage of skilled workers. The White…
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Putin may still seek revenge on Wagner boss
Reuters By Gordon Corera Security correspondent, BBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to buy time while he works out how to deal with Yevgeny Prighozin, says the director of the CIA. Mr Prigozhin is the head of the Wagner mercenary group who led a mutiny in Russia a month ago. That mutiny exposed…
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By-election results: Tories suffer huge defeat in Somerton but hold Uxbridge
PA Media By Becky Morton Political reporter The Conservatives have suffered two heavy defeats, but have narrowly held on to former PM Boris Johnson’s old Uxbridge seat, after a night of three dramatic by-election results. In Somerton and Frome, the Lib Dems overturned a majority of more than 19,000, with a 29% swing. And Labour…
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US investigates Delta over plane stuck on tarmac in extreme heat
Getty Images By Max Matza BBC News, Seattle The US Department of Transportation is investigating Delta Air Lines over reports that passengers were forced to wait on an idle plane in extreme heat. The plane in question sat on the tarmac at the Las Vegas airport for at least three hours on Monday as temperatures…
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Ex-Venezuela spy chief pleads not guilty to US drug charges
Reuters By Max Matza BBC News Venezuela’s former spy chief has pleaded not guilty in a New York court to US charges of drug trafficking. Hugo Carvajal, 63, was extradited from Spain on Wednesday after an over-ten year effort by prosecutors to bring him to the US to face the charges. Mr Carvajal, who was…
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Hundreds of baby seahorses released in Sydney Harbour
Scientists say they have completed the world’s largest release of seahorses into Sydney Harbour to boost population numbers. The White’s Seahorse is endemic to Australia’s east coast and became endangered in 2020 due to pollution and habitat loss. Earlier this year, the Sydney Institute of Marine Science captured three pregnant males and helped raise their…
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Brazil’s Embraer plans to build electric flying taxi factory near Sao Paolo
Eve Air Mobility By Emily McGarvey BBC News The Brazilian plane maker Embraer says a new factory will be built near Sao Paolo to produce electric flying taxis which it hopes will take to the skies from 2026. The aircraft, to be made by its subsidiary Eve, will resemble a small helicopter with enough space…