Dima never puts out a cigarette until he smokes it right down to the filter, risking burning his fingers to squeeze out one more drag. He spent years on the…
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Three Israeli border guards shot dead at Allenby Crossing between West Bank and Jordan
by adminThree Israeli border guards have been killed in a shooting at the Allenby Crossing on the border between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, the Israeli Emergency Services said Sunday.…
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Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday, after wreaking havoc in northern Vietnam, China’s Hainan and the Philippines, claiming dozens of…
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American activist shot dead during protest in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
by adminAn American activist has been shot and killed during a protest near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. The Palestinian news agency WAFA said the activist…
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Xi Jinping had a clear aim as he hosted delegates from more than 50 African countries for a major summit in Beijing this week: proving beyond doubt that China is…
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Cockpit recordings describe ‘a lot of icing’ before plane crashed in Brazil, says early report
by adminBrazil’s Center for Research and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa) said on Friday that a preliminary report into the August crash of a Voepass airliner showed icing detectors had been…
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An Olympic athlete was set ablaze by her partner, police say. It’s the latest killing of an elite female runner in Kenya
by adminMarathoner Rebecca Cheptegei ran in the Paris Olympics last month. This week, her boyfriend doused her with gasoline and set her ablaze, police said — the third horrific killing of…
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‘People are suffocating.’ Bedouins in Israel say Gaza war has worsened decades of marginalization
by adminIn southern Israel’s Negev desert, residents of the Bedouin village of Khirbet Karkur live in tents and metal-clad makeshift homes. Not far from the border with Gaza, they hear the…
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Ukraine’s ‘dragon drones’ rain molten metal on Russian positions in latest terrifying battlefield innovation
by adminUkraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in…
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Two loggers have been killed by bow and arrow after allegedly encroaching the land of the uncontacted Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru’s Amazon, according to a rights group.…