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‘Stateless’ man fights for citizenship
Bahison Ravindran says he always believed he was Indian. Born to Sri Lankan refugee parents in the southern Indian Tamil Nadu state, the 34-year-old web developer had studied and worked there, and held several government-issued identity documents, including an Indian passport. But a rude shock awaited him in April when police arrested him, saying his…
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BBC correspondent reports from southern China hit by ‘king of storms’
Chinese weather experts are calling Super Typhoon Ragasa the “king of storms”, according to the BBC’s Laura Bicker. Reporting from Zhuhai, China, Bicker said residents of southern China are largely heeding warnings from authorities as the storm lashes the region with heavy wind and rain. Follow this story live. Source link
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Jimmy Kimmel calls out ‘anti-American’ threats to free speech in tearful TV return
Watch: I didn’t intend to ‘make light’ of Charlie Kirk’s murder, says Jimmy Kimmel An emotional Jimmy Kimmel has criticised “anti-American” threats to free speech during his return to late-night US television – following a brief suspension after comments he made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The comedian said during Tuesday’s show…
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I didn't intend to 'make light' of Charlie Kirk murder, says Jimmy Kimmel
Kimmel made the comments in his first monologue since broadcaster ABC lifted the suspension of his show. Source link
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Eswatini government says it has repatriated US deportee to Jamaica
A Jamaican man deported from the US to Eswatini under President Donald Trump’s tough new immigration rules has been sent on to Jamaica, the Eswatini government has said. Orville Isaac Etoria, 62, was voluntarily repatriated at the weekend, and was “warmly welcomed by members of his family”, it added. But his treatment has been condemned…
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Fact-checking three claims Trump made about autism
Matt Murphy, Kayleen Devlin and Lucy GilderBBC Verify Getty Images US President Donald Trump has attracted condemnation from health experts, after he sought to claim that there was a link between the widely used painkiller Tylenol and autism. Accompanied by his Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, Trump said that doctors would soon be advised…
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More than 80 buffaloes drown after falling off cliff
More than 80 buffaloes have been killed after they trampled over each other and drowned in a river, Namibia’s environment and tourism department has said. The buffaloes were being chased by lions in neighbouring Botswana when they “fell from a deep cliff” into the Chobe River on the Namibian side of the border, it added…
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From escalators to teleprompters, Trump piles on criticism at the UN
In a wide-ranging speech at the United Nations that lasted just under one hour, US President Donald Trump described climate change as the “greatest con job ever”, reiterated that recognising a Palestinian state would reward Hamas, singled out Europe over migration policies and criticised its failure to “cut off” Russian energy products. He began his…
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Six years ago his audience laughed, this year they were silent
James LandaleDiplomatic correspondent, New York From escalators to teleprompters, Trump piles on criticism at the UN Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations was one of the clearest expositions of the way he sees the world, his ideology in its rawest form. To his supporters, it will be seen as Trumpism unplugged; to his critics,…
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Emmanuel Macron calls Donald Trump after motorcade blocks his car
Emmanuel Macron made a phone call to Donald Trump after his journey to the French embassy was blocked by police officers preparing for the motorcade of the US President. Video shows Macron, outside his vehicle, speaking with New York Police officers asking to ‘negotiate’ with them. Macron was in New York to co-chair the 80th…
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