Rescue efforts continue in Shigatse region after a devastating earthquake hit Tibet and killed at least 126 people and injured 188 others.
Footage filmed on Wednesday shows…
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‘I scarred my six children’
Madina MaishanuBBC News, Kano
BBCA mother in northern Nigeria is visibly upset as she clutches her two-year-old child, who has burns and discoloured skin on his face and legs.
The 32-year-old used skin-whitening products on all six of her children,…
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Narendra Modi’s hope for a thaw amid uncertain geopolitics between India and China
Michael KugelmanForeign policy analyst
Press Information BureauIndia’s pitch for a close partnership with China has suggested improvement in bilateral ties In a recent interview, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke positively about India’s…
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Legal battle continues over what constitutes Jamaican rum
Jacob EvansReporting fromBusiness reporter
Getty/Dave BenettRum is one of Jamaica’s biggest exports Rum is a key part of Jamaica’s cultural identity, but what exactly makes a rum Jamaican?
That question is at the centre of a dispute that is…
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Hamas condemns assassination of politburo member as proof of Israeli record of terrorism
The Gaza-based resistance movement Hamas has strongly condemned the assassination of its political bureau member Ismail Barhoum in an Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital, calling it yet another addition to the Israeli…
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Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 50,000
The number of Palestinians killed since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023 has crossed 50,000, according to health officials.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Sunday that at least 50,021 Palestinians have been killed and 113,274…
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Aerial shots of damage caused by the Eaton fire in Altadena, California
Aerial shots show the destruction of a wide range of houses by the Eaton fire in Altadena, California.
(Source: AFP)
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A deal in the desert? US and Ukraine meet ahead of Russia ceasefire talks
US negotiators are holding talks in the Saudi capital Riyadh with their Ukrainian counterparts and separately with the Russians on Monday.
Washington’s aim is to bring about an immediate partial ceasefire to the war in Ukraine, followed by a…
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Activists in Mexico rally against incoming Trumps anti-immigration policies
Migrant rights groups in Mexico have demonstrated against the proposed anti-immigration measures of US President-elect Donald Trump, symbolically spanking a pinata fashioned in…
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Israeli strike at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital kills Hamas official and aide
An Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza killed a senior Hamas leader and an aide on Sunday evening, a Hamas official told the BBC.
Ismail Barhoum, the head of the group’s financial affairs, was killed in the strike on Nasser Hospital, the main…
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