Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a soccer-loving nun from Brazil who was believed to be the oldest person in the world and whose longevity had been celebrated by Pope Francis, died on Wednesday, her religious congregation, the Irmãs Teresianas…
Category: 4. World
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Gaza kitchens warn food running out after two-months Israeli blockade
Yolande KnellMiddle East correspondent
BBCAnera’s community kitchens in Khan Younis feeds some 6,000 people each day A hot meal is hard to come by in the Gaza Strip, but a lunch for needy families in the south is about to be delivered by donkey and…
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Ukrainian trio Ziferblat to share message of hope at Eurovision 2025
Ukrainian band Ziferblat have left Kyiv for Basel to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
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South Korea Lurches From One Political Crisis to Another
South Korea has become a case study in how a thriving democracy can suddenly spiral into a constitutional crisis, and there’s no end in sight.
For the past five months, the country has been run by three different acting presidents after its…
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Nigerian teenager sets world painting record with canvas that’s bigger than a soccer field
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A 15-year-old Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest art canvas to raise awareness for autism.
Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke, who is autistic, executed a…
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Intelligence agency says entire AfD ‘extremist’ – DW – 05/02/2025
NOTE: We are moving our coverage of this unfolding story to our blog
Germany’s spy agency BfV has labeled the entirety of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as an extremist entity.
The BfV domestic intelligence agency, which is…
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Incredible moment children ‘see sunlight for the first time in four years’ after being rescued from House of Horrors where US mother and German father kept them in self-imposed ‘Covid lockdown’
This is the incredible moment children held prisoner by their parents in a Spanish ‘house of horrors’ saw sunlight for the first time in nearly four years following a police rescue.
Police in the northern city of Oviedo found the three young boys…
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Activists say ship aiming to sail to Gaza was attacked by drones
ReutersThe Maltese authorities said they had sent a tugboat to put out a fire on board the vessel Activists who were planning to sail a ship to Gaza say it was struck by drones in international waters off the coast of Malta – appearing to accuse…
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Trump administration considering labeling some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as ‘enemy combatants’
CNN
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The Trump administration has been examining whether it can label some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as “enemy combatants” as a possible way to…
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