Australia:
Heart-stopping footage released…
What was meant to be a highlight of an Australian air show —16 skydivers in formation, jumping from 15,000 feet — went terribly wrong just as the cameraman and first skydiver stepped out of the door…
Category: 4. World
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Japan holds joint flight drills with US to show alliance as ties with China worsens
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. strategic bombers joined a fleet of Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise meant to demonstrate their military cooperation around Japan’s airspace, defense officials said…
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Fears grow that world’s rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods
Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World Service
Orangutan Information CentreThe Tapanuli orangutan was only discovered by scientists to be a separate species in 2017 – distinct from the Sumatran and Bornean apes An unusual silence…
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‘It’s not going to end’: Thai evacuees fear for future after fresh clashes with Cambodia | Thailand
Rangsan Angda and many of his neighbours in border areas of Thailand had already packed their bags, fearing that a ceasefire with neighbouring Cambodia would soon collapse.
The ceasefire deal – brokered by Donald Trump, who proclaimed himself…
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Harrowing footage shows 6 hostages lighting Hanukkah candles 8 months before execution
Harrowing footage of the six Israeli hostages murdered by Hamas terrorists in August 2024 was released Thursday night by their families after being aired on Israeli television, providing a uniquely extensive glimpse into what the hostages…
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Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia’s social media ban for kids
Reddit has launched a challenge in Australia’s highest court against the nation’s landmark social media ban for children.
The online forum is among 10 social media platforms which must bar Australians aged under 16 from having accounts, under a…
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