Anastasia Platonova & Olga Ivshina
BBC News Russian
VK/BBCVladimir Putin has repeatedly promised that no 18-year-olds called up to serve Russia will be sent to…
Category: 2. World
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School-leavers losing their lives for Russia in Putin’s war with Ukraine
VK/BBCAlexander (L) and Vitaly died not long after they arrived on the frontline in February -
Social media war flares up amid border clashes
Koh EweBBC News, Singapore
ReutersAs the border clashes this week killed more than a dozen people in Thailand and Cambodia, regional governments have been trying to prevent a war between the two countries.
But a different kind of war between their…
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Trump and golf – striking balls and deals over 18 holes
Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent
EPATrump at his National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia Mick Mulvaney thought he had beaten Donald Trump. The president and his White House chief of staff were playing golf at Trump’s Bedminster club in…
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Southwest flight plummets, injuring flight attendants
A Southwest Airlines plane rapidly dropped in elevation after departing from the Los Angeles area on Friday, with passengers posting online that the pilot was forced to rapidly change course to avoid a potential collision with another aircraft.
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What is inside the GHF food box being distributed in Gaza
Kevin Nguyen and Alex MurrayBBC Verify
ReutersMore than two million Palestinians in Gaza are facing a starvation crisis, with deaths from malnutrition rising by the day, according to the United Nations.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a…
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World’s thirst for the tea swallows global supplies
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter, BBC News
Getty ImagesMatcha mania is sweeping the world. The bright green Japanese tea can be found in everything from Starbucks’ lattes in the UK to Krispy Kreme doughnuts in Singapore.
The global matcha craze is…
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‘I witnessed war crimes,’ former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres.
“I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of…
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Taiwan holds controversial vote targeting ‘pro-China’ lawmakers
Tessa WongBBC News, Asia Digital Reporter
BBC / Tessa WongSeveral of the Kuomintang lawmakers facing the recall vote appeared at an anti-recall rally last weekend Thousands of Taiwanese are heading to the polls in an unprecedented and controversial…
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Yemen strikes Israeli regime’s ‘technology hub’ with hypersonic ballistic missile
Yemen’s Armed Forces have slammed a hypersonic ballistic missile into the occupied city of Be’er Sheva, billed as the Israeli regime’s modern development and technology epicenter, in support of war-hit Palestinians…
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Yemeni missile, drones attack 4 vital Israeli targets
According to Yemeni Al-Masirah TV, the Yemeni armed forces announced that they had carried out a special military operation against a sensitive target belonging to the Zionist enemy in the Beer Sheva region with the Palestine 2 hypersonic…
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