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Wolves could lose EU safeguards, opening way for culls
Karol Kalisky, Arolla Film, Slovakia A European Commission proposal could see the end of protections for wolves in Europe this week The first snow of winter has fallen in Sanmartin, a village in Romania’s eastern Carpathian mountains. Shepherd József Rácz and his sons keep 500 ewes up on the high pasture here. It’s a hard…
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Top Indian fact-checker in court for post calling out hate speech
BBC Mohammed Zubair is a co-founder of the fact-checking website AltNews More than two years after the Supreme Court granted bail and ordered “immediate release” of Mohammed Zubair from prison, the leading Indian fact-checker and journalist is once again back in court. On Tuesday, the Allahabad high court is due to hear his petition in…
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Palestinians displaced by war face a harsh winter
BBC Mohammed al-Halabi is one of thousands of Palestinians living on Gaza’s beaches The beaches of Gaza are no longer for day trips. Tens of thousands of people now have to live on the coastline, forced to leave their homes during the war. In recent days they have come under a new kind of assault:…
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Vietnamese tycoon loses death row appeal over world’s biggest bank fraud
Getty Images Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world’s biggest bank fraud. The 68-year-old is now in a race for her life because the law in Vietnam states that if she can pay back 75% of what she took, her sentence will be commuted…
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Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi spotted entering Mexico
A woman from Hawaii who was reported missing in Los Angeles by her family last month was last seen by US authorities safely crossing the southern US border into Mexico, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said in an update Monday. Hannah Kobayashi, 30, was seen on video obtained by US immigration officials crossing on…
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Trump’s FBI nominee’s qualifications face criticism
Critics of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI have expressed doubts that he is qualified to lead the US government’s principal law enforcement agency. Some also raised fears that Kash Patel, a marginal figure in Trump’s first administration known for his loyalty, aims to dismantle an apolitical federal security service and refashion it…
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Kaduna’s Tudunbiri village mourns deaths a year on
Gift Ufuoma / BBC An Islamic school teacher, Masud Abdulrasheed, is struggling to come to terms with the killing of his seven-year-old daughter in drone strikes by Nigeria’s military during a religious festival in their large but sparsely populated village exactly a year ago. The military said the bombing was caused by “a failure of…
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Trump nominates banker Warren Stephens as UK ambassador
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated businessman Warren Stephens to serve as America’s ambassador to the United Kingdom. “Warren has always dreamed of serving the United States full time,” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social. “I am thrilled that he will now have that opportunity as the top diplomat, representing the USA to one…
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Giulia Cecchettin’s family awaits killer’s sentence in Italy
Cecchettin family Giulia Cecchettin was days away from graduating from university when she was stabbed to death A verdict is expected on Tuesday in a murder case that gripped Italy and sparked a heated debate on the issue of violence against women. Prosecutors have asked that Filippo Turetta, 22, be sentenced to life in jail…
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Tesla loses bid to reinstate Elon Musk’s record $56bn pay package
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s record-breaking $56bn (£47bn) pay package will not be reinstated, a judge has ruled. The decision in the Delaware court comes after months of legal wrangling and despite it being approved by shareholders and directors in the summer. Judge Kathleen McCormick upheld her previous decision from January, in which she argued that…
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