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McDonald’s Japan postpones toy promo after Pokémon complaints
Getty Images A child looks at a Pokémon promotion outside a McDonald’s store in Japan McDonald’s Japan has postponed a child’s menu toy promotion after complaints that a recent Pokémon giveaway led to piles of food being dumped, with the cards then being sold on for profit. The fast-food giant said on Thursday that its…
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Korean war POW, 95, fails at attempt to return to North
Yuna Ku BBC Korean, in Paju Jungmin Choi/BBC After decades in the South, Ahn Hak-sop was hoping to go home to the North On a blistering morning earlier this week, an unusually large crowd had gathered at Imjingang Station – the last stop on Seoul’s metropolitan subway line that inches the closest to North Korea.…
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French streamer’s death ‘not due to trauma’, autopsy finds
An autopsy into the death of French streamer Raphaël Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, has found it was not due to trauma, according to the prosecutor handling the case. The content creator, known for streaming live videos on the platform Kick, was found dead at a residence in Contes, a village north of Nice,…
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Israel will begin ceasefire negotiations, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has instructed negotiations to begin for the release of all remaining hostages and an end to the war in Gaza on terms “acceptable to Israel”. Netanyahu told Israeli troops on Thursday night that his cabinet had also approved plans for a massive assault on Gaza City in…
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Appeals court throws out Trump’s $500m civil fraud penalty
An appeals court has thrown out a $500m (£372m) penalty that President Donald Trump was ordered to pay in a New York civil fraud trial last year. Judge Arthur Engoron had ordered Trump to pay the fee for massively inflating the value of the Trump Organization’s properties in order to secure favourable loans. In the…
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Israel tells medics to prepare for Gaza City evacuation
Reuters Israel’s military says it has warned medical officials and international organisations to prepare for the planned evacuation of Gaza City’s one million residents ahead of an offensive to occupy it. The officials were told that “adjustments” were being made to hospitals in southern Gaza to receive patients, a statement said. Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry…
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If a Putin-Zelensky summit takes place, where could it be?
Ambitious plans for a bilateral summit between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin appear to be stalling, only days after Donald Trump expressed confidence that such a meeting could take place within weeks. Locations from Geneva and Vienna to Budapest or Istanbul have all been mooted as possible venues. Putin and Zelensky have not…
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UK backs joint call for Israel to allow foreign media into Gaza
The UK is among 27 countries backing a statement calling for Israel to allow immediate independent foreign media access to Gaza. France, Germany, Australia, and Japan have also signed the text released by the Media Freedom Coalition – an intergovernmental group which advocates for the rights and protection of journalists globally. The statement also condemned…
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Russia launches biggest wave of strikes on Ukraine for weeks
Watch: Explosions over Kyiv as Ukraine is hit by overnight strikes Russia has launched 574 drones and 40 missiles on Ukraine in one of the heaviest bombardments in weeks, Ukrainian officials say. One person was killed in a drone and missile strike on the western city of Lviv, while 15 others were reported wounded in…
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Rescued baby gorilla Zeytin recovers from smuggling ordeal
A baby gorilla, rescued last year from a plane’s shipping container at Istanbul airport, may soon be returned to his native Nigeria. The infant – named Zeytin in a public competition – was cared for at Turkey’s Polonezkoy Zoo while he underwent rehabilitation following his ordeal at the hands of smugglers. Zeytin has gained weight…
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