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Son of Norway’s crown princess charged with rape and abuse
The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess has been charged with 32 offences, including four counts of rape, a prosecutor says. The charges against Marius Borg Høiby, 28, include the abuse of a former partner and violations of restraining orders against another former partner. He was born from a relationship before Crown Princess Mette-Marit married…
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Watch: Two presidents, two very different Oval Office encounters
Onlookers gasped as Trump and Zelensky’s meeting in Washington in February descended into chaos, but times have changed. Source link
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Canada’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre projected to win Parliament seat
Canada’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to win a crucial by-election in the province of Alberta to secure a new Parliament seat after losing his constituency in the last general election. With final ballots still being counted, Poilievre leads with 80.4% of the vote in the rural riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, according to preliminary…
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China and India should be partners, not adversaries says foreign minister
India and China should view each other as “partners” rather than “adversaries or threats”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday, as he arrived for a two-day visit to Delhi. Yi met with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar – only the second such meeting between the two sides since 2020 – when deadly clashes…
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Entire church begins two-day journey across Swedish city of Kiruna
Erika Benke BBC News, Kiruna Reuters The church’s journey across Kiruna began early on Tuesday morning A landmark 113-year-old church at risk from ground subsidence is being relocated in its entirety – in a 5km (3 miles) move along a road in Sweden’s far north. The vast red timber structure in Kiruna dating back to…
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Watch: Zelensky's 'fabulous' suit and other moments from Trump meeting
Ukraine’s president and other European leaders met at the White House to talk peace. Source link
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Croatian ultra-nationalist mega-gig exposes divided society
Guy Delauney BBC Balkans correspondent DAMIR SENCAR/AFP via Getty Images Hundreds of thousands attended a concert by Marko Perkovic in Zagreb A “neo-fascist Croatian Woodstock” or patriotic, anti-establishment fun? Last month’s mega-gig by the ultra-nationalist singer Thompson – the stage name of Marko Perkovic – has dramatically exposed the polarised divisions deep within Croatian society.…
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Pan-Africanism finds fresh momentum in the Caribbean
Wedaeli Chibelushi BBC News Gemma Handy BBC News in St John’s EPA Trinidad and Tobago pays tribute to the nation’s Afro-descendant community on Emancipation Day, which marks the ending of slavery throughout the British Empire Augustine Ogbu works as a doctor, treating patients in clinics across the striking Caribbean island of St Lucia. When he…
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Bindi Irwin says she was made to feel ‘ashamed’ of endometriosis pain
@bindisueirwin / Instagram Bindi Irwin says she’s on the mend after 13 years of endometriosis pain Australian conservationist and TV personality Bindi Irwin has said she is “genuinely healing” after suffering years of pain from endometriosis and called for greater understanding of the condition. Irwin, who first revealed her decade-long struggle with the disease in…
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Swatch apologises for ‘slanted eyes’ ad after uproar in China
Koh Ewe BBC News, Singapore Reuters Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologised and pulled an ad featuring a model pulling the corners of his eyes, after the image prompted uproar among Chinese social media users. Critics said the pose resembled the racist “slanted eye” historically used to mock Asians. Calls for a boycott of Swatch products…