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• Canadian mother and twins charged with pretending to be Inuit

  22-09-2023 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The three women allegedly claimed indigenous status to claim benefits and scholarships.
  
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• Girl from Netflix's 'Taking Care of Maya' was 'imprisoned and battered' before mother's suicide, lawyer says

  22-09-2023 23:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  A hospital "falsely imprisoned and battered" a girl and wrongly accused her parents of child abuse, leading the mother's suicide, jurors were told in opening statements Thursday in a case that gained notoriety from a Netflix documentary.
  
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• Biden's migrant policy came after heavy pressure from New York politicians and donors

  22-09-2023 22:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  New York fundraisers told NBC News that dissatisfaction with the president’s handling of the migrant issue was a recurring issue.
  
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• Zelenskiy urges Canada to stay with Ukraine as he speaks to parliament

  22-09-2023 21:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian president thanks Canada for financial support and says ‘stay with us to our victory’Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Canada to stay with Ukraine to victory when he went to the Canadian parliament seeking to bolster support from western allies for Ukraine’s war against the Russian invasion.“Moscow must lose once and for all. And it will lose,” Zelenskiy said during his address in parliament on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Eliminate malaria once and for all or it will come back stronger, UN warned

  22-09-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  World faces ‘malaria emergency’ from resistance to insecticides, waning efficacy of drugs, funding shortfalls and climate changeAfrican leaders have warned that the world is facing the “biggest malaria emergency” of the past two decades.Heads of state and experts came together in a show of unity to call for urgent action on malaria at the UN general assembly on Friday, saying progress on eradicating the disease faced serious setbacks from mosquitoes’ growing resista
  
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• Chinese dissident who held Tiananmen Square vigils flees to Taiwan

  22-09-2023 19:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Chen Siming posts video from Taoyuan airport saying he is seeking asylum from political persecutionA Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan where he pleaded for help in seeking asylum in the US or Canada.In a video posted online on Friday, Chen Siming said he was in the transit area at Taoyuan international airport to escape Chinese political persecution. Continue reading...
  
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• Ambassador Rahm Emanuel slams Chinese ban on Japanese seafood

  22-09-2023 19:09 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel accused China on Friday of using "economic coercion" against Japan by banning imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, while Chinese boats continue to fish off Japan's coasts. "Economic coercion is the most persistent and pernicious tool in their economic toolbox," Emanuel said in a speech Friday in Tokyo, calling China's ban on Japanese seafood the latest example. C
  
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• Trial of Chinese #MeToo journalist and labour rights activist begins in secret

  22-09-2023 17:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Huang Xueqin, a feminist who was due to move to UK, and Wang Jianbing charged with ‘inciting subversion of state power’The trial of two prominent activists detained since 2021 has begun in secret in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, in a case that has attracted widespread attention to Beijing’s repression of civil society.Huang Xueqin, a feminist activist and journalist who covered China’s #MeToo movement, and Wang Jianbing, a labour rights activist, were detained in Guangzh
  
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• Ukraine deals devastating blow to Russia with destruction of key base: a 'crucial time' in conflict: report

  22-09-2023 17:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine dealt a significant blow to Russia’s naval power with a devastating strike against the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters, with one serviceman missing after the attack, the Russian Defense Ministry said.  "With a series of carefully calibrated drone attacks over the past several weeks on and around Crimea and deeper into Russia, Ukraine has eroded Putin’s red lines of Russia-proper being off limits for Kyiv’s strikes," Rebekah Koffler, president of Doctri
  
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• UAE oil company executives working with Cop28 team, leak reveals

  22-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: two PR professionals from national oil firm listed as providing ‘support’ to team running UN climate summitSenior executives from the UAE’s national oil company are working with the Cop28 team as the country ramps up its PR campaign ahead of the major UN climate summit later this year, leaked internal records show.Two PR professionals from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) are identified as providing “additional support” to the team running the s
  
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• Nepalese teachers show up at capital by the thousands to protest education bill

  22-09-2023 16:36 via foxnews.com
  
  Schools for millions of students in Nepal were closed Friday as tens of thousands of teachers protested in the capital against an education reform bill in parliament. Teachers have been demonstrating in Kathmandu since Wednesday against the School Education Bill while teachers' groups negotiate with government leaders over changes to the legislation. The teachers oppose provisions that would shift government-run schools to local control, saying it would lower their status, and that would scrap m
  
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• Fire at Iranian defense ministry car battery factory extinguished

  22-09-2023 16:33 via foxnews.com
  
  A fire in a storage area of an Iranian defense ministry's car battery factory north of the capital has been extinguished, state TV reported Friday. The fire happened around midnight in a about 500-acre storage area of plastic items in the factory north of Tehran. The TV footage showed a black column of smoke rising in the nighttime sky. Firefighters were able to put out the fire with no casualties and the cause is under investigation, the report said. It did not mention any potential damage from
  
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• Norwegian court approves extradition of genocide suspect wanted by Rwanda

  22-09-2023 16:32 via foxnews.com
  
  A man arrested in Norway who is wanted by Rwanda for his alleged role in the African nation's 1994 genocide can be extradited, Norwegian police said Friday. The man in his 40s, who was not identified, was arrested in the Norwegian capital of Oslo nearly a year ago based on an extradition request by Kigali. Oslo District Court ruled Sept. 19 that the man can legally be extradited to Rwanda, police said. It is now up to the Scandinavian country’s justice ministry to decide whether he be depo
  
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• Fatal shooting leaves 2 dead, 2 injured at Sandviken Pub near Stockholm

  22-09-2023 16:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Two people were killed and two wounded in a shooting at a bar northwest of Stockholm, police said Friday, in the latest outburst of deadly violence in Sweden. In a statement, police said that a man in his 20s and another in his 70s died Friday of injuries sustained in the shooting late Thursday at a pub in Sandviken some 100 miles northwest of Stockholm. "We suspect that one person was targeted and that the other three were at the scene for various reasons, but had nothing to do with it," spokes
  
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• WATCH: Girl runs to hug navy dad when he returns from deployment

  22-09-2023 15:25
  
  Allix Bolton filmed her daughter, who had been "anxiously waiting" for her father to return to the Marine Corps Air Station in Japan, embracing her dad upon his arrival.
  
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• Kylie Minogue on taking off on TikTok

  22-09-2023 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kylie Minogue says she was shocked to see her latest single, Padam Padam, go viral.
  
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• Ethiopian Prince Alemayehu's lock of hair returned after 140 years in UK

  22-09-2023 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prince Alemayehu, who was taken to the UK aged seven, died at 18 after an unhappy upbringing.
  
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• Decades after closure, Domus Tiberiana on Rome's Palatine Hill reopens to tourists

  22-09-2023 13:05 via foxnews.com
  
  An ancient Roman imperial palazzo atop the city's Palatine Hill was reopened to tourists on Thursday, nearly 50 years after its closure for restoration. The nearly 2,000-year-old Domus Tiberiana was home to rulers in the ancient city’s Imperial period. The sprawling palace allows for sweeping views of the Roman Forum below. The public is now able to tour it, following decades of structural restoration work to shore the palace up for safety reasons. Excavations uncovered artifacts from cent
  
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• Sample of Empire State Building-sized asteroid set to crash down in Utah desert

  22-09-2023 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  After spending over seven years in space and traveling nearly 4 billion miles, a capsule containing precious asteroid samples will return to Earth on Sunday.  NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft – which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer – launched in 2016 to conduct the agency's first mission to gather material from an asteroid in space. A capsule containing nearly 9 ounces of rocks, dust and dirt collected from a
  
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• TikTok has matchmaking service for staff to play cupid for co-workers

  22-09-2023 11:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Meet Cute on company’s intranet allows employees to advertise family and acquaintances to colleaguesTikTok has an internal matchmaking service for employees to introduce their colleagues to friends and family members, it has been revealed.The channel, called Meet Cute, sits on the workplace tool used by thousands of TikTok employees around the world for document hosting, video conferencing. It also helps people find a potential romantic partner from among their colleagues. Continue reading
  
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• Israel's new multimillion-dollar AI tank provides total battlefield vision: 'A new era'

  22-09-2023 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Israel unveiled the "Barak" tank as its newest artificial intelligence (AI)-powered military advancement, promising a "new era" in combat capabilities. "The Barak tank is very innovative – it takes our maneuvering capabilities to another level, and it is a clear expression of our technological capabilities," Israeli Minister of Defense (IMOD) Yoav Gallant said of the tank, whose name translates to "lightning." "I would like to express my appreciation to the engineers of the Tank and APC Ad
  
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• China fuels global surge in mpox cases as LGBTQ+ stigma hampers response

  22-09-2023 10:32 via theguardian.com
  
  WHO says China facing ‘sustained community transmission’ ofvirus first detected as imported case last yearChina is fuelling a global surge in mpox cases, accounting for the majority of new cases reported in September, according to the World Health Organization.The number of weekly cases reported globally increased by 328% in the week to 10 September, data shows. Most of that rise came from China, where more than 500 new cases were reported in August. The WHO said China was experienci
  
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• Japanese Grand Prix: Max Verstappen dominates Friday practice

  22-09-2023 09:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alpine's Pierre Gasly brought Friday practice to an early end at the Japanese Grand Prix with a crash as Max Verstappen dominated the day.
  
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• Maddy Cusack: Sheffield United 'devastated' by death of midfielder aged 27

  22-09-2023 09:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sheffield United say they are "devastated" by the death of midfielder Maddy Cusack aged 27.
  
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• F-35 911 call: 'We’ve got a pilot in our house, and he says he got ejected'

  22-09-2023 08:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  “I guess we’ve got a pilot in our house, and he says he got ejected.”
  
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• Giggles on the sofa! Pigeon CCTV has BBC hosts in tears

  22-09-2023 08:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Breakfast presenters react to footage showing a bird flying into an unsuspecting man's head.
  
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• India-Canada row: Justin Trudeau repeats allegation against India amid row

  22-09-2023 07:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that there were "credible reasons" for the allegation.
  
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• Sudan army chief warns war could spill over into neighbours

  22-09-2023 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  General Burhan has asked for the Rapid Support Forces to be designated as a terror group.
  
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• South Africa launches ‘unprecedented’ investigation of Johnson & Johnson over TB drug prices

  22-09-2023 07:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Competition watchdog probes claims of profiteering by US drugmaker in country where tuberculosis is biggest killerSouth Africa’s Competition Commission will investigate the American drugmaker Johnson & Johnson for the high price it has been charging for the tuberculosis medicine bedaquiline, as well as for extending its 20-year patent until 2027 to block cheaper generics from entering the country.The commission’s investigation was made public last week by the health department an
  
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• Is an end to the Hollywood strike in sight? Hopes for a deal rise as studio heads join talks

  22-09-2023 07:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hollywood writers and producers could be nearing an agreement to end the strike that has paralyzed the entertainment industry, as talks enter a second day on Thursday with major studio heads now at the table.
  
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• 'It took someone to look beyond the norm' - Postecoglou on Spurs job

  22-09-2023 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou tells Gary Lineker he never thought his Premier League chance would come and that he was "last man standing" this summer.
  
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• North Korea's Kim sets forth steps to boost Russia ties as US and Seoul warn about weapons deals

  22-09-2023 06:47
  
  North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has ordered unspecified steps to further develop his nation's relations with Russia after his recent visit
  
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• A shadow of 'Ukraine fatigue' hangs over Polish politics

  22-09-2023 06:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With an election looming, politicians are grappling with how to support Ukraine and prioritise national interests.
  
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• Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky makes unannounced visit to Canada

  22-09-2023 06:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Ukrainian president has landed in Canada for the first time since Russia's invasion in February 2022.
  
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• Two dead, over 40 injured in rollover crash of bus carrying students in New York

  22-09-2023 06:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two adults are dead and more than 40 other people are injured after a bus carrying students headed to band camp rolled over in New York state Thursday afternoon, officials said.
  
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• California sues anti-abortion groups for saying pregnancy-ending pill can be reversed

  22-09-2023 06:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The attorney-general said people deserved trustworthy guidance, not "lies and misinformation".
  
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• ‘The least we can do is care for their children’: Libyans rally to protect Derna’s orphans

  22-09-2023 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds of traumatised children are thought to have lost their families in disasterPeople in western Libya have rallied round to provide care and breastmilk for young children orphaned by the devastating floods that hit the coastal city of Derna on 10 September.Hundreds of traumatised babies and young children are thought to have lost their parents in Derna, where whole neighbourhoods were wiped out after two dams broke. Continue reading...
  
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• Rhino numbers rebound as global figures reveal a win for conservation

  22-09-2023 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Tally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangeredGlobal rhinoceros numbers have increased to 27,000 despite populations being ravaged by poaching and habitat loss, new figures show, with some species rebounding for the first time in a decade.Rhinos numbered about 500,000 across Africa and Asia in the 20th century but their populations have been devastated. Last year, they began showing signs of recovery in some area
  
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• Thailand to clamp down on cannabis use in major U-turn on drug policy

  22-09-2023 05:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister Srettha Thavisin has said the drug will be for medical use only, adding that problems arising from drug use have been ‘widespread’Thailand’s new prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, has said his government will “rectify” its cannabis policy and limit its use to medical purposes within six months.Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis after it delisted the marijuana plant as a narcotic last year, leading to a boom of cannabis
  
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• Mississippi police department that caused mistrial has ‘competency issues’ in investigations unit, expert says

  22-09-2023 05:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Mississippi police department that recently caused a mistrial in a case that drew national attention has “competency issues” in its investigations unit that impede the department’s effectiveness, an independent investigator concluded.
  
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• Nari Shakti: India okays women's reservation bill - but nothing will change soon

  22-09-2023 05:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The decades-old bill guarantees a third of seats for women in parliament and state assemblies.
  
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• South Korea passes law to protect rights of teachers after mass protests over abuse from parents

  22-09-2023 05:10 via theguardian.com
  
  New laws come after weeks of protests sparked by a series of teacher suicides said to be linked to malicious complaints from parentsSouth Korea has passed a set of legal revisions aimed at improving the rights of teachers in schools, following weeks of protests sparked by a series of teacher suicides said to be linked to malicious complaints from parents.The four bills, collectively known as the “teacher rights restoration bills” and passed at the national assembly on Thursday, repre
  
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• Justice Department arrests, charges IT contractor with espionage

  22-09-2023 04:53
  
  The Justice Department has arrested and charged an IT contractor with two counts of espionage charges.
  
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• U.S. contractor originally from Ethiopia arrested on espionage charges, Justice Department says

  22-09-2023 04:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Abraham Teklu Lemma, who is originally from Ethiopia, had a top secret security clearance and access to classified info at the departments of State and Justice.
  
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• Texas teen sentenced to 40 years after killing a student and injuring another in school shooting

  22-09-2023 04:37
  
  A 16-year-old has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for fatally shooting a student and injuring another at a Dallas-area school earlier this year
  
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• Wildfire-prone California to consider new rules for property insurance pricing

  22-09-2023 04:36
  
  A new plan from California's insurance commissioner aims to keep the nation's top insurers from leaving the wildfire-prone state
  
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• 1.5 million people asked to conserve water in Seattle because of statewide drought

  22-09-2023 04:35
  
  Seattle Public Utilities is asking about 1.5 million customers in the Seattle area to use less water amid ongoing drought conditions
  
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• Sophie Turner sues Joe Jonas for children's return to England

  22-09-2023 04:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The British actress says her former partner is refusing to send their two daughters back to the UK.
  
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• Osiris-Rex: Asteroid Bennu 'is a journey back to our origins'

  22-09-2023 04:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A handful of dust from an asteroid streaming through space could tell Nasa how life on Earth began.
  
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• Weapons charges dropped in 2018 raid on family compound in desert that turned up child's remains

  22-09-2023 04:22
  
  Two firearms charges have been dismissed amid preparations for a trial against an extended family arrested in a 2018 law enforcement raid on a ramshackle desert compound in northern New Mexico and the discovery of a young boy’s decomposed body
  
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