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Google admits it failed to warn 10 million of Turkey earthquake
Google has admitted its earthquake early warning system failed to accurately alert people during Turkey’s deadly quake of 2023. Ten million people within 98 miles of the epicentre could have been sent Google’s highest level alert – giving up to 35 seconds of warning to find safety. Instead, only 469 “Take Action” warnings were sent…
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The Caribbean islands that give you a passport if you buy a home
Gemma Handy Business reporter Reporting fromSt John’s, Antigua Nadia Dyson Estate agent Nadia Dyson says there has been a big increase in the number of people seeking Antiguan citizenship Scroll through homes for sale in the Eastern Caribbean and it is no longer just bewitching beaches and a laid-back lifestyle being touted to woo buyers.…
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How Trump wants US companies to cash in
Getty Images The Trump administration is spearheading an ambitious, but controversial, peace initiative aimed at ending the long-running conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has also drawn in neighbouring Rwanda. Its mediation efforts come as no surprise, as DR Congo – a nation in the heart of Africa – is endowed with the…
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EU and US agree trade deal, with 15% tariffs for European exports to America
The United States and European Union have reached a trade deal, ending a months-long standoff between two of the world’s key economic partners. After make-or-break negotiations between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in Scotland, the pair agreed on a blanket US tariff on all EU goods of 15%. That…
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Several reported killed in German train derailment
Emily Atkinson & Bethany Bell BBC News Thomas Warnack/ dpa Several people have been killed after a passenger train derailed in south-west Germany, German media report. Police told German news agency dpa that there were several people injured in the crash near Riedlingen near Stuttgart. Reports say there had been a storm in the area…
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Jordan and UAE aid drops underway in Gaza during Israel’s ‘tactical pause’
Watch: Air drop aid seen arriving in northern Gaza Jordan and the UAE have dropped aid into Gaza after Israel began a “tactical pause” in fighting to mitigate a worsening humanitarian crisis. Jordan’s military said its planes, working with the UAE, had delivered 25 tonnes of aid in three drops on Sunday. A lorry convoy…
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Dhaka crash: ‘A sound I’ve never heard
Soutik Biswas BBC News, London JUBAIR BIN IQBAL/AFP/Getty Images The plane crashed into a two-storey primary school building in a sprawling campus “It was like 30 or 40 thunderbolts falling from the sky,” said Ahnaf Bin Hasan, an 18-year-old student whose voice still trembled two days after the crash. “I’ve never heard a sound like…
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Israel’s aid measures a gesture to allies horrified by Gaza starvation
Jeremy Bowen International editor AFP Israel has responded to sustained and growing international condemnation that it is responsible for starvation in Gaza by announcing a series of measures the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said would ‘improve the humanitarian response.’ It is allowing airdrops of aid, carrying out the first one itself during the night and…
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IS-linked rebels accused of killing Christian worshippers in Komanda
Dozens of people have been killed in an attack by an Islamic State affiliate in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials say. About 20 of the dead were worshippers taking part in a night vigil at a church in the town of Komanda when they were attacked by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) fighters, they…
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Europe accused of going soft on Azerbaijan to avoid buying Russian gas
Magerram Zeynalov & Grigor Atanesian BBC News Russian Getty Images When a young peace activist was jailed for 15 years for high treason in Azerbaijan last month, his friends’ anger was directed primarily at the European Union, ahead of the government that put him behind bars. Bahruz Samadov, a 30-year-old PhD student, is facing one…
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