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Francophone Belgian couple caught in bureaucratic struggle to prove they speak French

January 7, 2024

A couple from the French-speaking part of Belgium wanted to become naturalized French citizens but found themselves with the most French of problems – a bureaucratic struggle to prove they speak their mother tongue. The documents they provided to…

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Myanmar artillery shells land in China, wounding 5 people and angering Beijing

January 6, 2024

China has protested to Myanmar after five people were injured by artillery shells lobbed during battles between its ruling junta and rebel groups that strayed into a small town near…

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World’s biggest polluter just had its hottest year on record, marked by deadly extreme weather

January 6, 2024

China saw its hottest year on record in 2023, state media reported this week, as the world’s biggest polluter confronted a series of relentless heat waves and other extreme weather events driven by the human-caused…

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Russia is using North Korean missiles in Ukraine, US says. That’s bad news for Asia

January 6, 2024

Russia has fired North Korean-supplied short-range ballistic missiles into Ukraine twice in the past week, an “escalation” of Pyongyang’s support for Moscow that has serious implications for both the war…

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Famine in Gaza ‘around the corner,’ as people face ‘highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded,’ UN relief chief says

January 6, 2024

Famine is “around the corner” as people in Gaza face the “highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded,” according to UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths. Citing a death toll…

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Attackers laughed as they raped and murdered a woman in Israel on October 7, witness says

January 6, 2024

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic and disturbing accounts of sexual violence. Five men came out of the van and captured a woman, ripping off her clothes as they formed…

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Party boat sinks in London as Europe grapples with deadly flooding in some countries, extreme cold in others

January 6, 2024

Parts of Europe are experiencing an extreme start to the new year’s weather. As some countries struggle with devastating floods, others have been plunged into extreme cold, causing chaos. Hundreds…

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Newly discovered large predator worms ruled the seas as Earth’s earliest carnivores, study finds

January 6, 2024

Long before the first sharks appeared, large predator worms were the “terror beasts” of the seas more than 500 million years ago, according to new research. Scientists discovered fossils of…

Economy

Israeli government divisions burst into open as ministers ‘fight’ over post-war plans

January 6, 2024

Rifts in the Israeli government emerged publicly on Friday as members of the cabinet argued over plans for the post-war future of Gaza and how to handle investigations into the…

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Navajo Nation’s objection to landing human remains on the moon prompts last-minute White House meeting

January 6, 2024

The White House has convened a last-minute meeting to discuss a private mission to the moon — set to launch in days — after the largest group of Native Americans…

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