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Moment storm blows roof off Nebraska prison
Security cameras at Nebraska State Penitentiary captured footage of the moment the roof blew off the prison housing unit in a severe storm on 9 August. No one was injured and everyone impacted was safely relocated according to the State Penitentiary. “In corrections, we train for the unexpected,” Director Rob Jeffreys said, adding that “while…
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British woman pleads guilty to killing man while drunk on e-scooter
A British backpacker has pleaded guilty to killing a man in Australia after hitting him while riding an e-scooter with an alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. Alicia Kemp, 25, from Redditch, Worcestershire, had been drinking with a friend on a Saturday afternoon in May when she was kicked out of a…
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Ecuador nightclub shooting kills eight people
A shooting at a nightclub in Ecuador killed eight people and injured three others, police have said. Authorities were called to the Santa Lucía property in the early hours of Sunday morning, where they found seven people already deceased after gunmen opened fire. An eighth person died in hospital. Police said the motive for the…
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China’s unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs
Sylvia Chang BBC News Chinese, Hong Kong BBC Shui Zhou pays to go into an office every day No-one would want to work without getting a salary, or even worse – having to pay to be there. Yet paying companies so you can pretend to work for them has become popular among young, unemployed adults…
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Summer camp for children of Ukraine’s missing
Will Vernon BBC News in Ukraine BBC Children comfort each other as they share their experiences of the war The day Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Dima’s dad told him he might never see him again. “The building in our street got blown up. Dad said, ‘I’m going to do everything I can so that you…
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Australia to recognise Palestinian state in September
Australia has announced a plan to recognise a Palestinian state in September, following similar moves by the UK, France and Canada. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the move will happen at the UN General Assembly and after it received commitments from the Palestinian Authority. “A two-state solution is humanity’s best hope to break the…
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Chip giants Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China revenue to US
Chip giants Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the US government 15% of their semiconductor sales in China, the BBC has been told by a source close to the matter. The agreement is part of a deal to secure export licences to the world’s second biggest economy. “We follow rules the US government sets…
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Four Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital
Four Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the broadcaster has said. Correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal were in a tent for journalists at the hospital’s main gate when it was targeted, Al Jazeera reported. A fortnight ago, it…
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Turkey earthquake flattens buildings in Balikesir province
Sergen Sezgin/Anadolu via Getty Images One person has died in Turkey after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the north-west province of Balikesir on Sunday evening. An 81-year-old woman passed away shortly after she was pulled out from rubble in the town of Sindirgi, which was the epicentre of the quake, Turkey’s interior minister said. Sixteen…
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New India state voters’ list still has wrong photos and dead people
Hindustan Times via Getty Images The new draft electoral rolls have 72.4 million names – 6.5 million fewer than before A few days ago, India’s Election Commission released updated draft electoral rolls for Bihar state, where key elections are scheduled for November, following a month-long revision of the voters’ list. But opposition parties and election…