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Heavy rainfall causes floods in northern India
Heavy rainfall has triggered landslides and flash floods across northern India. On Tuesday, more than 30 people were killed near a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir. Rains have also battered parts of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab states, leaving roads blocked and property submerged. Rescue operations are under way, with authorities deploying helicopters and boats…
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Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged influence operation
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has summoned the top US diplomat in Copenhagen, following a report that American citizens have been conducting “covert influence operations” in Greenland. Denmark’s public broadcaster DR quoted sources as saying the aim was to infiltrate Greenland’s society and promote its secession from Denmark to the US, although it was…
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South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide
Suhnwook Lee BBC Korean, Seoul Fan Wang BBC News, Singapore Getty Images South Korea becomes the latest country to restrict phone use in schools South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices during class hours in schools – becoming the latest country to restrict phone use among children…
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Former player makes history by coming out as bisexual
A former Aussie Rules player has come out as the first openly gay or bisexual man in the Australian Football League’s (AFL) 129-year history. Mitch Brown, who played 94 matches for the West Coast Eagles from between 2007 and 2016, told The Daily Aus that the weight of hiding his sexuality played a “huge” part…
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‘I immediately freaked out’ – Taylor Swift’s engagement sends fans into frenzy
André Rhoden-Paul & Francesca Gillett BBC News Watch: “Please give me an invite” – Young Americans react to Taylor Swift’s engagement “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” With that one-line, five-picture Instagram post, signed off with a fire cracker emoji, Taylor Swift announced her engagement to American football player Travis Kelce,…
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Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on India kicks in as PM Modi urges self-reliance
Bloomberg via Getty Images Modi has urged small shop owners and businesses to put up “Made in India” boards outside their stores Donald Trump’s steep 50% tariffs on India have kicked in, weeks after the US president issued an executive order hitting the Asian country with an additional 25% penalty over its purchases of Russian…
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engaged
@taylorswift Pop superstar Taylor Swift has announced she is engaged to her partner Travis Kelce. In a post on Instagram on Tuesday, Swift wrote: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” She accompanied the post with photos showing Kansas City Chiefs star Kelce proposing to Swift. The photos showed the pair embracing…
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Inside Israel’s deadliest strike on Iran
Getty Images The impact site of one of Israel’s missiles at Evin Prison “For me, hell was not the moment Israel attacked; hell was the moment they wouldn’t open the door [of the cell] for us,” Motahareh Goonei recalls in an exclusive interview with the BBC. A political activist, Goonei was in solitary confinement in…
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Australia police shooting suspect named as manhunt continues
Australian police are continuing a massive search for a heavily armed man suspected of shooting and killing two officers in a rural town. Ten police officers were fired upon on Tuesday after travelling to the property in Porepunkah – about 300km (186 miles) north-east of Melbourne – to execute a warrant for alleged sexual offences.…
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Bruce Willis’s wife says he is in great health but brain failing
Emma Heming Willis, the wife of retired US actor Bruce Willis, has spoken for the first time publicly about how his brain “is failing him” now and his “language is going”. The Sixth Sense and Die Hard star, 70, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia more than three years ago. “Bruce is still very mobile. Bruce…
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