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Spike Lee and wife Tonya named as Benin ambassadors for African-Americans in the US
Benin has appointed renowned American filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, a seasoned producer and author, as its ambassadors for African-Americans in the US. The couple are expected to serve as “thematic” ambassadors, raising awareness and supporting initiatives to promote Benin’s ties with people of African descent. The agreement was finalised during…
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EU chief says ties with China at ‘inflection point’
Koh Ewe, Kelly Ng and Paul Kirby BBC News, Singapore and London Reuters The EU’s challenges “do not come from China”, Xi Jinping maintains EU-China relations have reached an “inflection point”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a one-day summit in Beijing. “As our co-operation has deepened,…
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‘We know we might get killed, yet we still go there to get flour’
Emir Nader BBC News, Jerusalem BBC Mohammed al-Qedra said he was shot in the hand and leg while trying to get food at a GHF aid distribution centre “Hunger and the lack of everything makes us go there.” “We know that we might get injured or killed at any time, yet we still go there…
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Two die in burned car as 44C heat expected
Two people have died in a car in a wildfire which has torn through southern Cyprus amid soaring temperatures which are expected to climb to 44C on Thursday. Cypriot police said two charred bodies were found in a burnt out vehicle after the blaze started in the village of Malia in the Limassol district on…
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Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting at the border?
Flora Drury and Gavin Butler BBC News Reuters Fighting broke out along the border in July On Thursday, simmering tensions between Thailand and Cambodia exploded into a deadly battle at the border. At least 12 Thai nationals, most of whom are civilians, have been killed, Thai authorities have said. How many people – if any…
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BBC News and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation
BBC News and three leading news agencies have expressed desperate concern for journalists in Gaza, who they say are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. Those reporting the conflict from Gaza now face starvation and “the same dire circumstances as those they are covering,” a joint statement from BBC News, Agence France-Presse (AFP),…
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Hockey Canada sexual assault trial verdict expected: What to know
Nadine Yousif & Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News Getty Images Warning: this story contains graphic details Five Canadian ice hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman will learn their fate on Thursday in a case that has gripped the country. The accused men, all former players for Canada’s world junior hockey team, have pleaded…
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They made America’s clothing. Now they are getting punished for it.
Amandika Cooray BBC Sinhala, Colombo May Titthara BBC News, Phnom Penh Getty Images Apparel hubs like Cambodia and Sri Lanka are heavily dependent on the US as an export market Already living from hand to mouth, millions of garment workers across Asia fear for their jobs as a deadline to strike a trade deal with…
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Wreckage found after plane carrying 49 people goes down in Russian far east
Russian rescue services have found the wreckage of a plane that disappeared about 16km (10 miles) from its destination in the far-eastern Amur region. The Angara airlines An-24 plane, carrying 43 passengers and six crew, had left Blagoveshchensk close to the Chinese border and vanished from radar as it approached Tynda airport, emergency officials said.…
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Why couples keep getting married in flooded churches
Joel Guinto BBC News, Singapore Virma Simonette BBC News, Manila Two years apart: Church flooding hits Filipino weddings It was a scene you’d expect to see at any wedding. Jamaica Aguilar walked down the aisle, clutching her father’s arm, dressed in a white gown and cathedral-length veil worthy of the baroque-style church she was in.…
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