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Rohingya: Gang violence stalks world’s largest refugee camp
Handout By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News Sounds of gunfire keep Modina Khatun awake every night in Cox’s Bazaar Bangladesh – the world’s largest refugee camp. She fears that spiralling gang violence there will make a widow of another Rohingya woman like herself, with young children to feed. Ms Khatun’s husband, Bashir Ullah, became a grim…
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How my dad rescued a stolen £40m da Vinci masterpiece
PA Media By Olivia Graham The Missing Madonna podcast The Madonna of the Yarnwinder by Leonardo da Vinci was the most valuable painting ever stolen in Britain. Twenty years on Olivia Graham tells the inside story of how her dad’s role in getting the painting back led to him standing trial for extortion. I was…
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Why the Atlanta mugshots are so, so bad
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office By Holly Honderich BBC News As the mugshots of Donald Trump’s indicted allies rolled in this week one thing tied them all together: the photos, products of the Fulton County Sheriff’s office, all looked really, really bad. “I thought these were all memes at first,” said Jake Olson, a photographer based…
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Malaysia’s iconic ‘Jungle Railway’: One of Southeast Asia’s greatest train journeys
It may soon be obsolete, but the Jungle Train is still a nostalgic jaunt across the heart of the Malay Peninsula, taking in forgotten towns steeped in colonial history. The dawn light peered through the window of my upper berth, waking me as our carriage bolted over the rails. Outside, purple rays broke through a…
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Comic overwhelmed as millions watch slo-mo footballer routine
A comic whose slow-motion impression of a footballer celebrating has been watched by millions online has said the reaction has been “overwhelming”. Karl Porter’s routine has been widely shared online, with his Instagram post receiving more than 3.3 million views. It has also garnered thousands of comments, including one from the Premier League asking who…
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Putin breaks silence over Prigozhin’s reported death
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jaroslav Lukiv BBC News Vladimir Putin has broken his silence over Yevgeny Prigozhin’s reported death – some 24 hours after the Wagner chief’s private jet crashed. Russia’s president said the head of the mercenary group was…
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Ros Atkins on… potential causes of the Prigozhin crash
Crash investigators have been combing through the wreckage of a private jet that is thought to have been carrying the leader of the Russian mercenary Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The BBC’s Analysis Editor, Ros Atkins, looks at what might have caused the plane to fall.
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Cooperação em ciência, tecnologia e inovação com a China é prioritária no Ministério
A cooperação em ciência, tecnologia e inovação com a China é prioritária no Ministério e vai desde a relativa a tecnologias aplicadas ao uso de fontes de luz sincrotron – em que o Brasil tem um estágio de desenvolvimento mais avançado do que a China – até temas relacionados a mudança climática e tecnologias inovadoras…
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Watch: Putin’s first words on Prigozhin plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered his “sincere condolences” to the family of those killed in a plane crash on Wednesday. It’s reported that on board was Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group. Authorities say all 10 people on the plane were killed when it crashed near Moscow.
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US government sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX over hiring policy
Getty Images The US Department of Justice has said it is suing Elon Musk’s SpaceX, alleging the rocket firm discriminates against refugees and asylum seekers in its hiring practices. The DoJ says SpaceX falsely claimed that it was not allowed to hire non-US citizens. The investigation into SpaceX by the DoJ was prompted after allegations…