Spectators could fly through the Los Angeles skies and escape the city’s notorious traffic during the 2028 Olympic Games if the organisers have their way.
LA28, the committee charged with planning the city’s third Summer Games, have announced a…
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31st Iran Nuclear Conference wraps up in Mashhad
Fatemeh Masoumi
Press TV, MashhadThe 31st National Nuclear Conference, organized by the Iranian Nuclear Society, was held in Mashhad as a three-day event. The conference…
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‘Congress pays for bombs that kill children in Gaza,’ Ben & Jerrys co-founder
Ben Cohen, one of the co-founders of American Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, says the US Congress “pays for bombs that kill children in Gaza.”
Cohen said on Wednesday on Capitol Hill that he could not call himself an…
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Wildlife dyed blue in São Paulo chemical spill
Brazilian authorities say they are investigating river contamination levels after a truck accident caused a chemical dye spill in São Paulo.
The leak occurred after a vehicle carrying containers of a blue dye solution collided with a pole,…
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Killing of a Mexican TikToker Valeria Márquez raises questions
When a 23-year-old Mexican influencer was shot dead while live streaming on TikTok, rumours began to swirl. Was it a cartel hit? Or another tragic example of violence against women?
On Tuesday, Valeria Marquez was shot dead at Blossom The Beauty…
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Top soldier loses war crimes defamation case appeal
Getty ImagesBen Roberts-Smith’s defamation case has been called the “trial of the century” Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost an appeal against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes.
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Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after sexual assault claims
Motown legend Smokey Robinson is under criminal investigation in Los Angeles over accusations of sexual assault.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed it had launched a formal inquiry into the allegations, saying the probe was in…
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Is Britain really inching back towards the EU?
BBCDamian Grammaticas and Luke MintzBBC News
On a warm morning earlier this month, a group of Metropolitan Police diplomatic protection officers sat in an anteroom off the ornate entrance hall in London’s Lancaster House, sipping tea and nibbling…
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How India and Pakistan share one of the world’s most dangerous borders
AFPA man stands inside his shell-hit home in Salamabad, Uri, near the Line of Control in Indian-administered Kashmir To live along the Line of Control (LoC) – the volatile de facto border that separates India and Pakistan – is to exist perpetually…
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Are white South Africans facing a genocide as Donald Trump claims?
ReutersUS President Donald Trump has given members of South Africa’s Afrikaner community refugee status, alleging that a genocide was taking place in the country.
Nearly 60 of them have arrived in the US after being granted asylum.
The South…
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