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UK family ‘desperate’ as couple remain missing
The family of a British couple still missing after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea have spoken of their “desperation” as they wait for news. Jenny Cawson, 36, and her husband Tariq Sinada, 49, from Devon, are believed to be among seven people still unaccounted for after the Sea Story went down off…
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Political parties plot path to government in Irish election
PA Media Counting gets under way at a centre in Cork The leaders of the three main Irish political parties have all been re-elected to serve in the Dáil (Irish parliament). So far, 41 of the Dáil’s 174 seats have been filled, with counting resuming on Sunday morning. Micheál Martin of Fianna Fáil, Simon Harris…
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Georgia’s president to stay ‘until someone is legitimately elected’
The Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili has said she will stay in post until new parliamentary elections are held. Speaking to the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, she said she would retain her position and support ongoing protests against the governing party. Source link
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Georgian woman looking for birth parents found dad was a friend on Facebook
BBC Tamuna’s search for her birth parents took eight years Tamuna Museridze took a deep breath and made the phone call she had dreamed of since finding out that she might be adopted. She was calling the woman she believed was her biological mother. She knew it might not lead to a fairy tale reunion…
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Woman fends off deadly snake on Melbourne motorway
Victoria Police The driver left one of her shoes behind as she leapt out of the car, police said A driver had to make an unexpected stop on a Melbourne motorway after she looked down to find a deadly snake inside her car – and slithering up her leg. The police were called to conduct…
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Belgium’s sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law
BBC Mel is one of the women who told us the new law will improve her life Warning – contains descriptions of a sexual nature “I had to work while I was nine months pregnant,” says Sophie, a sex worker in Belgium. “I was having sex with clients one week before giving birth.” She juggles…
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Somali beauty-salon owner dies trying to reach French island of Mayotte
The family of beauty-salon owner Fathi Hussein are deep in mourning at their home in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, following her horrific death at sea after a deal she struck with migrant smugglers to take her to the French island of Mayotte went wrong. “We were told by survivors that she died from hunger,” the 26-year-old’s…
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Ancient Indian ritual where humans become gods
AFP Each theyyam performance is both a theatrical spectacle and an act of devotion For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India’s southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates Hinduism while weaving in Hindu mythology. Each performance is both…
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Trump picks Jared Kushner’s father for ambassador to France
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has selected Charles Kushner as his pick for ambassador to France. Mr Kushner is a real-estate developer and the father of Jared Kushner, husband of his daughter Ivanka Trump. Trump pardoned Mr Kushner during his first term, waving away a federal conviction in 2020. In a post to…
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Trump nominates ex-aide to lead FBI
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a former aide, Kash Patel, to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency the nominee has often criticised. A former US defence department chief of staff in the first Trump administration, Patel has been a steadfast supporter of the incoming Republican president. Separately, Trump said Saturday that he…
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