When Femi Aluko found himself isolating at home during the Covid-19 pandemic one question kept coming to mind — how was he going…
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The Middle East is edging ever closer toward a full-blown regional war as Israel vowed to respond to Iran’s huge barrage of ballistic missiles…
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Up and down the United Kingdom, parents have been packing their cars with bedding, crockery and much more as they hold back the…
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Taiwan braces for a powerful typhoon to hit its largest port, after lashing northern Philippines
Taiwan has put its military units on standby and closed schools and offices across several counties on Tuesday, as the island braces for…
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China’s astronauts are aiming to land on the moon by 2030. They now have a new spacesuit to do it
China has taken a step forward in its ambitious plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 – unveiling the specially designed…
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Rescuers use zip lines and boats to reach survivors as Nepal flooding and landslides kill nearly 200 people
Days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have triggered widespread flooding and landslides across the Himalayan nation, killing almost 200 people and causing…
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Koalas are up power poles, on roads, in schools. Why the outlook for Australia’s listed icons remains ‘poor’
One was a koala. The other was a husky. Both were arguably out of place on a warm August night in subtropical Brisbane,…
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What might come next as Hezbollah reels from Nasrallah’s killing and Israel mulls a Lebanon ground incursion?
The last 48 hours in the Middle East – in which Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and continued to bombard the Iran-backed…
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Thai farmer forced to kill more than 100 endangered crocodiles after a typhoon damaged their enclosure
A Thai crocodile farmer who goes by the nickname “Crocodile X” said he killed more than 100 critically endangered reptiles to prevent them…
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Pope vows to root out ‘scourge’ of sexual abuse after unusually frank plea from Belgian PM
Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in unusually frank terms…