The chief executive of Oxfam GB has been forced out by the charity’s board after an independent review found “serious issues” with her behaviour and decision making.
The organisation’s trustees decided Dr Halima Begum’s position was “untenable”…
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Reddit says it’s not a social media platform. Australia’s High Court is unlikely to agree
Reddit is asking Australia’s High Court to rule that it’s not a social media platform and therefore should not have to comply with the under-16s social media account ban.
The US-based web forum’s High Court case raises two issues….
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Yoon prepared martial law plan as early as October 2023: special counsel
Special counsel Cho Eun-seok speaks during a press briefing at the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho District, Seoul, Monday, as he announces the final results of the investigation into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law case….
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The Nama’s once mineral-rich land has left them in poverty
Karnie SharpBBC Focus on Africa, South Africa’s west coast
BBCMartinus Fredericks is fighting to get the land back for his Nama people There is a disturbing contrast along South Africa’s remote west coast.
The 800km (500 mile)-journey north from…
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Cockroaches, fitted with tiny backpacks, could be part of the future of spycraft, search-and-rescue missions
The future of spy bugs may be an actual insect: the Madagascar hissing cockroach.
SWARM Biotactics, a German startup, is working to fit cockroaches with tiny backpacks that could carry cameras, microphones, and Doppler radar. The species is…
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What it would really take to stop Putin fighting in Ukraine
James LandaleDiplomatic correspondent
BBCVladimir Putin may have a reputation among some as a ruthless autocrat, a master manipulator of the international scene. But one thing Russia’s president does not have is a poker face.
The late US Senator…
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Balloons from Belarus are causing chaos in Lithuania. Is it smugglers, or a hybrid attack?
Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent in Vilnius
Lithuania State Border Guard ServiceGiant balloons carrying contraband cigarettes are crossing the border from Belarus into Lithuania – forcing the closure of the airspace Whenever…
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Security and migration fears propel far-right win in Chile : NPR
Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the Republican Party, waves after winning the presidential runoff election in…
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Russia poses acute threat, new MI6 chief to warn
The new chief of MI6, Blaise Metreweli, will warn of “the acute threat posed by Russia” when she makes her first public speech later.
She will highlight so-called hybrid warfare, which includes incidents such as cyber attacks and drones suspected…
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Chile elects far-right José Antonio Kast as next president
Ione WellsSouth America correspondent, Santiago
ReutersJosé Antonio Kast will be inaugurated as Chile’s president in March next year Chile has elected the far-right wing José Antonio Kast to be its next president, after an election campaign that…
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