India and Canada have appointed new high commissioners to each other’s countries, in the latest step to restore ties strained by the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in a Vancouver suburb in 2023.
India’s previous high commissioner left Canada…
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Polish F-16 crashes during airshow rehearsal
A Polish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday during a rehearsal for an airshow in Radom, central Poland, killing a Polish Army pilot. Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, confirmed the news and expressed grief over…
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UN chief warns of unprecedented destruction, famine in Gaza
Speaking to journalists in New York on Thursday, he highlighted the systematic destruction of Gaza’s food, water, and healthcare systems, which have left people facing starvation.
Guterres expressed concern over Israel’s military invasion in…
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New video appears to show New Zealand fugitive dad
New Zealand police have released fresh CCTV footage believed to show a fugitive who disappeared with his three children more than three years ago .
The night-time footage shows two people in full-body clothing – who police are “confident” is Tom…
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Survivors now live in fear of guns two years on
Mayeni JonesBBC News in Johannesburg
Kyla Herrmannsen / BBCVusi Tshabalala narrowly escaped injury from the fire after fleeing the blaze covered by a blanket soaked in water Blackened by soot, the gutted and derelict remains of South Africa’s…
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Israel struck Gaza’s Nasser Hospital four times, analysis finds
Merlyn Thomas, Benedict Garman & Sebastian VandermeerschBBC Verify
Videos show where Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least four times Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least four times during its deadly attack in southern Gaza on Monday, an…
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BBC reveals web of spammers profiting from AI Holocaust images
Kristina VölkBBC News and
Kevin NguyenBBC Verify
BBCAn international network of spammers are posting AI-generated images of Holocaust victims on Facebook, a BBC investigation into “AI slop” has found.
Organisations dedicated to preserving the…
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South Korea is celebrating K-pop Demon Hunters
NetflixWhen a South Korean monk performed a Buddhist ritual for a wildly popular K-pop boy band, it was the most unusual ceremony he had ever held.
His mission: to guide the souls of the band to peace and rebirth.
The band were long gone – or…
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National security or xenophobia? Texas restricts Chinese owning and renting property
Mengchen ZhangBBC Global China Unit, reporting from Texas
Office of the Texas GovernorA signing ceremony of Governor Greg Abbott took place on 26 August Jason Yuan, a second-hand car shop owner, closes the hood of a vehicle after tightening the…
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Father of child killed in Minneapolis shooting speaks out
Jesse Merkel, whose eight-year-old son Fletcher was killed during a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday, read a family statement outside the church targeted by the attacker.
He described his son as a loving boy who enjoyed…
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