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Category: 4. World
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Latest news bulletin | May 22nd – Evening
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Disturbing Trend Seen in Record Rainforest Loss
Tropical forests vanished at a record…
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Inside a Harrowing, Hail-Damaged Flight: ‘We Thought It Was Our Last’
Sheikh Samiullah, a frequent flier, thought nothing of it when he heard the pilot of his flight tell passengers to fasten their seatbelts and ask the cabin crew to be seated.
But within minutes, the plane encountered a severe hailstorm and…
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Norway homeowner wakes up to find 440-foot ship ran aground on his doorstep: “It’s a very bulky new neighbor”
A man in Norway awoke early Thursday to discover a huge container ship had run aground a stone’s throw from his fjord-side house — and he had slept through the commotion.
For an as-yet unknown reason, the 443-foot NCL Salten sailed up onto…
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Chemical castration for sex offenders to be trialled in 20 prisons
Lucy Clarke-BillingsBBC News
GettyTwenty prisons in England will pilot the chemical castration of sex offenders, the justice secretary has said.
Shabana Mahmood said she would expand a small pilot in south-west England to two regions, after an…
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What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
Now, when Israel is executing a “final solution” in Gaza, when it is far too late for dissent to make any difference, the tide is slowly starting to turn. Now that Gaza is flattened, turned into mass graves and rubble, people who have kept…
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Gaza Aid Deliveries Begin After Days of Delays
About 90 truckloads of aid had entered Gaza by Thursday, according to the United Nations, the first major influx of food that Israel has allowed in after a two-month blockade that deepened the humanitarian crisis in the territory.
The U.N….
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Kneecap Member Is Charged With Terror Offense Over Flag at London Concert
The authorities in London have charged a member of the Northern Irish hip-hop group Kneecap with a terrorism offense, accusing him of displaying a flag in support of the Hezbollah militant group at a concert in November.
Liam Og O Hannaidh, who…
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UK signs deal to hand over Chagos Islands and lease back military base for £101m a year
Mauritian prime minister calls the deal a ‘great victory’published at 16:40 British Summer Time
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Yasine Mohabuth
Port Louis, MauritiusMauritius
Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam has hailed the deal over the Chagos archipelago as a…Continue Reading
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Three dead, thousands affected after floodwaters swamp New South Wales
Record-breaking floods on Australia’s east coast have left at least three people dead and one missing, as authorities warn of more heavy rain in the coming days.
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