A letter written by a Titanic passenger days before the ship sank has sold for a record-breaking £300,000 ($400,000) at auction in the UK.
Colonel Archibald Gracie’s letter was purchased by an anonymous buyer at Henry Aldridge and Son auction…
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Trump demands free passage through Panama, Suez Canals for US
“American ships, both military and commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals!” he wrote on his Truth Social page.
“Those canals would not exist without the United States of America,” he claimed.
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Yemen launches fresh missile attack in Israel
According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli military confirmed that warning sirens were activated in several areas following the interception of a missile launched from Yemen.
Israeli media outlets reported that alarm sirens were heard around the Dead…
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Yemen launches fresh missile attack on occupied Palestine
According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli military confirmed that warning sirens were activated in several areas following the interception of a missile launched from Yemen.
Israeli media outlets reported that alarm sirens were heard around the Dead…
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Dr Celiwe gets South Africa talking about financial abuse
Danai Nesta KupembaBBC News
Celiwe Ndaba / FacebookDr Celiwe Ndaba said that once she decided to refuse to pay for her husband’s lifestyle he left their marriage A young female South African doctor has sparked a nationwide conversation about a form…
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A stunning reversal of fortunes in Canada’s historic election
Jessica MurphyBBC News
Reporting fromVaughan, OntarioNadine YousifBBC News
Reporting fromCambridge and London, Ontario
Getty ImagesAt a rally in London, Ontario, on Friday, the crowd booed as Mark Carney delivered his core campaign line about the…
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What should Democrats do now? Everyone has a different answer
Kayla EpsteinBBC News
Reporting fromBakersfield, California
Getty ImagesSenator Bernie Sanders, an Independent, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hold a rally in Los Angeles Democrats have struggled to land a unified message in President…
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Eighty years on, survivors and families remember camp’s horrors
Duncan KennedyBBC News at Bergen Belsen
AFPTens of thousands of people, most of them Jews, died at Belsen in northern Germany There had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had been the written testimony of a few escapees. But it…
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Can universal healthcare be saved?
Tiffanie TurnbullReporting fromStreaky Bay, South Australia
BBCFrom an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent, Victoria Bradley jokes that she has the most beautiful doctor’s practice in Australia.
Outside her window, farmland rolls…
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Two-year-old US citizen may have been deported without ‘meaningful process’
A federal judge says that a two-year-old US citizen may have been deported to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister without due process amid the Trump administration’s drive to ramp up deportations.
In a court filing, Judge Terry…
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