The heads of the United States’ CIA and the UK’s foreign intelligence service, known as MI6, spoke at length about the key security issues plaguing the world in an unprecedented…
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‘People are suffocating.’ Bedouins in Israel say Gaza war has worsened decades of marginalization
by adminIn southern Israel’s Negev desert, residents of the Bedouin village of Khirbet Karkur live in tents and metal-clad makeshift homes. Not far from the border with Gaza, they hear the…
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American activist shot dead during protest in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
by adminAn American activist has been shot and killed during a protest near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. The Palestinian news agency WAFA said the activist…
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An Olympic athlete was set ablaze by her partner, police say. It’s the latest killing of an elite female runner in Kenya
by adminMarathoner Rebecca Cheptegei ran in the Paris Olympics last month. This week, her boyfriend doused her with gasoline and set her ablaze, police said — the third horrific killing of…
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Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, has been named France’s new prime minister, the French president’s office says, ending two months of stalemate following inconclusive parliamentary elections. In…
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A new Maori Queen was anointed Thursday, taking on the role at a time when New Zealand is facing some of the biggest challenges to race relations in two decades.…
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Grenfell Tower fire, Britain’s deadliest since World War II, caused by ‘decades of failure,’ report says
by adminThe blaze that killed 72 people in Grenfell Tower in London was caused by “decades of failure” by the UK government and the construction industry that allowed the 24-storey building…
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Britain’s deadliest residential fire since World War II caused by ‘decades of failure,’ says damning report
by adminThe blaze that killed 72 people in Grenfell Tower in London was caused by “decades of failure” by the UK government and the construction industry that allowed the 24-storey building…
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More than 120 people have been killed in an attempted mass breakout from the largest prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest in a series of violent attacks…
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Two rescued from stricken yacht ‘at the mercy of the elements’ in 24-hour ordeal
by adminTwo people have been rescued after a terrifying night at sea as six-meter (20-foot) waves tossed their stricken yacht nearly 200 miles (322 kilometers) off Australia’s eastern coast as they…