Funeral of refugee activist Viraj Mendis to draw mourners from all over Europe
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRefugees and human rights activists are making their way to Bremen in north-west Germany for the funeral of a man who fought…
Authorities move to evict Park Lane rough sleepers who set up tent city just yards from The Dorchester and Marble Arch
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAuthorities are moving to evict a ‘tent city’ of rough sleepers in one of London‘s poshest neighbourhoods located just yards from The Dorchester…
Trapped Thai tunnel workers found dead after five-day rescue operation
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAll the foreign nationals trapped in a tunnel that collapsed at a high-speed rail construction site in Thailand have been found dead, after five days of rescue…
Bangladesh garment industry short on cotton as floods worsen protest backlog
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGarment factories in Bangladesh, one of the world’s biggest clothing production hubs, are struggling to complete orders on time as flooding disrupts…
Tube drivers’ union threatens strike after rejecting £70,000 pay offer
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTube drivers are preparing to go on strike after rejecting a pay offer which would have raised their salaries to almost £70,000. Read…
At least 170 killed in weeks of flooding in Nigeria, authorities say
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least 170 people have died and more than 200,000 others are displaced following weeks of flooding in Africa’s most populous country,…
6 Polish students and a lecturer freed from detention in Nigeria, foreign ministry in Warsaw says
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePoland’s foreign ministry says that seven Polish citizens — six students and a lecturer — who were detained in Nigeria during protests…
Four foods to avoid if you have high blood pressure
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLike cholesterol and BMI, blood pressure is one of those medical terms we’re all aware of and know we need to keep in check for…
Sunk superyacht likely to cost insurers at least $150 million, experts say
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteInsurers of the Bayesian superyacht that sank this month, killing tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others, could be on the hook…
Bring in skilled migrants to fuel housebuilding boom, Rayner urged
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritain must open the door to more migrants in order to deliver Angela Rayner’s building boom, a think tank has said. Read More