Hong Kong fire update as dozens dead and nearly 300 still missing after horror inferno
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe horrific fire in Hong Kong that erupted in the Tai Po district earlier on Wednesday has killed dozens of people, with…
‘They killed my only son’: the young west African footballers scammed by fake agents
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe last time Diodo Sokhna spoke to her teenage son, he seemed subdued, his voice sapped of all the optimism he had…
Paul Doyle pleads guilty to Liverpool parade charges
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePaul Doyle has pleaded guilty to all 31 charges after ploughing his car into a dense crowd of supporters at the Liverpool…
Soldiers seize power in Guinea-Bissau and detain the president
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been…
‘Heartbroken’ Richard Branson announces wife’s death
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSir Richard Branson’s wife has died aged 80. Read More
Minority ethnic women in the UK face economic abuse at twice the rate of white women. These are their experiences
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEconomic abuse may not be as obvious as physical abuse, but for the millions of people it affects in the UK, economic abuse…
Asylum seekers in UK go on hunger strike over ‘one in, one out’ removals
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Thirty asylum seekers in detention in the UK have gone on hunger strike in protest against their imminent removal to France…
Italy makes femicide a crime punishable with life imprisonment
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly‘s parliament on Tuesday approved a new law formally introducing femicide into the country’s criminal code, punishing it with life imprisonment. Read More
Man arrested by team investigating huge illegal waste tip in Kidlington
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man has been arrested as part of the investigation into illegal tipping of waste at a site near the River Cherwell…
A woman or girl killed every 10 minutes, UN report finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman or a girl is killed every 10 minutes around the world, new figures released by the United Nations on Monday…