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Ethiopia outfoxes Egypt over Nile waters with its mighty dam
Farouk Chothia & Yemane NagishBBC News & BBC Tigrinya AFP/Getty Images After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one of the world’s biggest dams on a tributary of the River Nile, burying a colonial-era treaty that saw the UK guarantee the North African nation…
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South Korean worker tells BBC of panic and confusion during Hyundai raid
Nick BeakeUS Verify Correspondent in Ellabell, Georgia EPA/US Immigration and Customs Enforcement handout Some 400 state and federal agents gathered outside the factory complex before lining workers up inside A South Korean worker who witnessed a massive immigration operation at a car factory in Georgia has told the BBC of panic and confusion as federal…
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India’s iconic Parsi magazine to shut down after 60 years
Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai BBC The magazine was started in 1964 to chronicle the community in Mumbai In an old, neo-gothic building in Fort, an upmarket area in India’s financial capital Mumbai, is a run-down office that produces one of country’s oldest and most prominent Parsi magazines – Parsiana. The magazine was started in 1964…
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Recognition of Palestinian state is ‘disastrous’, US ambassador says
Mike Huckabee, the United States Ambassador to Israel, has told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that plans to recognise a Palestinian state have had “disastrous consequences”. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel meets certain conditions, including agreeing to a ceasefire in Gaza and reviving…
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Microsoft Azure services disrupted by Red Sea cable cuts
Microsoft’s Azure cloud services have been disrupted by undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, the US tech giant says. Users of Azure – one of the world’s leading cloud computing platforms – would experience delays because of problems with internet traffic moving through the Middle East, the company said. Microsoft did not explain what…
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Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla arrives in Tunisia
Huge crowds gathered at Tunisia’s port on Sunday to welcome Greta Thunberg as her aid flotilla, bound for Gaza, docked at the port. The Swedish climate activist is travelling with 350 pro-Palestinian activists on boats stocked with aid that they are hoping to deliver to Palestinians in Gaza. Pictures from the Sidi Bou Said port…
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Crowds flock to Vatican as teenager made first millennial saint
The first millennial saint has been canonised by Pope Leo on Sunday, with thousands attending the ceremony in Rome. Carlo Acutis, a London-born Italian boy, died of leukaemia in 2006, aged 15. He has been labelled “the patron saint of the internet” for his work recording miracles online, and running websites for Catholic organisations. A…
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Timelapse shows Blood Moon rising around the world
s the Moon passes through the Earth’s shadow, it will take on a deep red hue, creating a striking “Blood Moon”. Source link
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Georgiy Sudakov: Ukraine midfielder says Kyiv apartment severely damaged in Russian drone attack
Ukraine midfielder Georgiy Sudakov says his apartment in Kyiv has been left severely damaged after it was struck by a Russian drone while his wife and child were at home. Sudakov, 23, is currently away on international duty with Ukraine but posted pictures and videos of the aftermath of the attack on his Instagram account.…
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Argentine human rights activist dies, aged 106
The Argentine human rights activist Rosa Roisinblit has died at the age of 106, her organisation says. She was honorary president and a founding member of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, a group that searched for children stolen during Argentina’s military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983. “We only have words of gratitude for her…
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