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Migrant sentenced to life for murdering Maryland mum
Jude Sheerin BBC News, Washington Harford Co Sheriff’s Office Rachel Morin was killed on a Maryland hiking trail in 2023 An illegal immigrant from El Salvador has been sentenced to life without parole for killing an American mother of five – in a case invoked by President Donald Trump to support his border security crackdown.…
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How to get AI to work in its 22 languages
Priti Gupta Technology Reporter Priti Gupta Translation tech has made work easier for Vineet Sawant Vineet Sawant has spent the last two years navigating the streets of Mumbai on a scooter as a delivery driver. “Being on the road is always very stressful and especially in cities like Mumbai,” he says. But when he started…
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US Steel plant explosion in Pennsylvania kills 1, injures 10
An explosion has killed one person and and injured 10 others at the US Steel Clairton plant outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, officials say. A major search and rescue operation is continuing for another person who is unaccounted for and believed to be under rubble. Officials said they still do not know the cause of…
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US and China extend tariff truce deadline to November
The US and China have extended their trade truce until 10 November, just hours before a jump in tariffs had been set to take effect. In a joint statement, the world’s two biggest economies said higher tariffs on each other’s goods announced earlier this year will be suspended for another 90 days. The higher tariffs…
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Stateless Tibetans in exile in India yearn for identity and homeland
Raghvendra Rao BBC News, Dharamshala Sandeep Yadav/BBC Eighty-five-year-old Dawa Sangbo arrived in India from Tibet in 1970 What does it mean to live in exile? “When we were in school, our teachers used to say that there is an ‘R’ on our forehead – meaning refugees,” says Tibetan writer-activist Tenzin Tsundue. Mr Tsundue is one…
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Trump announces federal takeover of Washington DC
President Trump has announced plans to assert greater federal control over Washington DC, as part of a sweeping crackdown on crime in the capital. The U.S. military is preparing to activate hundreds of National Guard troops in the district. The announcement follows the president’s threat to “exert my powers” to bring Washington under federal control,…
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Zelensky could still attend Trump-Putin meeting, but rest of Europe is shut out
It’s the bilateral summit every European leader wants to be at. And for good reason. On Friday, Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Territorial concessions will likely be discussed, and Europe (not least Ukraine) doesn’t want its borders to be redrawn through force. But,…
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Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials to stay sealed, judge rules
A US judge has ruled grand jury materials in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking case will remain sealed, saying that making them public “would not reveal new information of any consequence”. The justice department had asked Judge Paul Engelmayer to unseal the documents, in an effort to assauge anger among President Donald Trump’s supporters over the decision…
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Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC and pledges crime crackdown
Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC Watch: Trump announces deployment of National Guard to Washington DC President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to Washington DC and taken control of the city’s police force as he pledges to crack down on crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital. Trump declared a “public safety emergency”…
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Who was the Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel in Gaza?
AFP via Getty Images Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Sunday – among them 28-year-old correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who had reported prominently on the war since its outset. The other four Al Jazeera journalists killed were correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen…
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