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BBC pays £1.4 million to charity over controversial Diana interview

The BBC said Friday it had donated sales proceeds derived from a 1995 interview with Princess Diana to charity after it was found she was tricked into the bombshell expose. A record 22.8 million people watched the “Panorama” interview, in

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Suspect arrested after failed assassination attempt on Argentine vice president – CNN

Suspect arrested after failed assassination attempt on Argentine vice president  CNN Argentina VP Cristina Fernández escapes assassination attempt unharmed after gun misfires; suspect arrested  Fox News Gun jams during bid to kill Argentina vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner – BBC News  BBC News

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‘Memories of war’ returned, witness of 1972 Olympics attack recounts

Klaus Langhoff experienced World War II as a child and found memories of the carnage flooding back when he went to Munich in 1972 as a handballer captaining East Germany at the Olympics. Langhoff and his teammates were staying just

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US says UN report shows Xinjiang ‘genocide’ as China irate

The United States said Thursday that a long-awaited UN report reaffirmed its view that China is carrying out genocide against the Uyghur people, as Beijing furiously labeled the world body an accomplice of the West. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stood

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Extinction Rebellion protestors enter parliament’s House of Commons chamber

LONDON (Reuters) – Extinction Rebellion supporters entered the House of Commons debating chamber and superglued themselves around the speaker’s chair, the group said on their Twitter account on Friday. They posted a photo of five people inside the chamber holding

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Ukraine Accuses Russia of Hindering Access to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

Ukraine’s state nuclear-energy company said Russian forces blocked foreign journalists from observing the visit by United Nations inspectors and limited the workers at the plant who could speak to investigators. Russia denied any obstruction.

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There’s no bad time to get a new COVID booster if you’re eligible, CDC director says

People can get the Moderna booster if they’re 18 or older, and the Pfizer-BioNTech version if they’re 12 and up. In both cases, they must wait at least two months since their last COVID vaccine. (Image credit: Stefani Reynolds/Pool/AFP via

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The Untold Story of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in World War II

The morning sky was dull gray with low-hanging clouds over the battleship on which the war that began with the attack on Pearl Harbor more than a thousand days before ended with Japan’s formal surrender on September 2, 1945. The

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Pandas and Trump teach Hong Kong kids about national security crimes

Rows of fidgeting Hong Kong schoolchildren looked on as a short film explained what constitutes a national security crime, using former US President Donald Trump as an example — and a warning. The TV was surrounded by dozens of stuffed

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Esta maestra sobrevivió el tiroteo en Uvalde. Ahora explica por qué regresa a clases

Este año, mientras Nicole Ogburn prepara su salón de clases, su prioridad ya no son las decoraciones. En cambio, está comprando cosas para hacer que el salón sea más seguro. (Image credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR)

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