Six students from a university in China drowned Wednesday after falling into a flotation tank while visiting a mine in the country’s Inner Mongolia region. The students from Northeastern University in Liaoning province were observing the flotation process when a grid plate they were standing on suddenly gave way, causing them to fall into the tank, according...
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China’s Xi Calls For ‘Proper Handling Of Frictions’ At Tense Summit With E.U. Officials
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged top European Union officials on Thursday to “properly handle differences and frictions” as he criticized Brussels’s recent trade actions against Beijing at a tense summit dominated by concerns on trade and the Ukraine war. Expectations were low for the summit in the Chinese capital marking 50 years of diplomatic ties after weeks of escalating tension and wrangling over its format,...
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French Media Giant Canal+ Acquires MultiChoice In $3 Billion Deal, Gains Full Control Of DStv, GOtv
French media giant Canal+ has officially acquired MultiChoice Group in a landmark $3 billion deal. This move gives Canal+ full control over popular African pay-TV platforms DStv and GOtv, as well as Showmax and SuperSport. South Africa’s Competition Tribunal approved the takeover with conditions, including commitments to local content investment, no job cuts for 3...
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“Obsessed With Being Bigger Than JFK”—JFK’S Grandson Jack Schlossberg Respond To Renaming The Prestigious Kennedy Center’s Opera House After First Lady Trump
JFK’s only grandson Jack Schlossberg incinerates Republicans for trying to rename the prestigious Kennedy Center’s Opera House after First Lady Melania Trump, says that Trump is “obsessed with being bigger than JFK.” He refuses to stand by as MAGA tarnishes his family’s legacy… “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces —...
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Furious Protests At Move To Cement Togo Ruling Family’s Grip On Power
A new constitution that has allowed Togo’s long-time head of state Faure Gnassingbé to shift to a new role as all-powerful prime minister – and escape the constraint of presidential term limits – has triggered anger on the streets of the capital, Lomé. Protests are set to continue this Friday. At least five demonstrators have died...
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Australian Women Win Right To Sue Qatar Airways Over Invasive Searches
Five Australian women who were strip-searched and invasively examined at Doha airport have won the right to sue Qatar Airways after an appeal. The women were ordered off a flight and checked for whether they had given birth after a baby was found abandoned in an airport bin in 2020 – an incident that sparked...
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In A Haitian City Ruled By Gangs, Young Rape Survivor Raises Baby She Was Told To Abort
Warning: This story contains accounts of rape and other violence that readers may find distressing. Helene was 17 years old when a gang attacked her neighbourhood in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. She strokes her baby daughter, asleep in her lap, while describing how armed men abducted her as she tried to flee, and held her...
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Indonesia Arrests 2 Foreigners For Smuggling Cocaine To Bali
Indonesian authorities said Thursday they have arrested two foreigners accused of smuggling cocaine to the tourist island of Bali. A Brazilian man and a South African woman were arrested separately on July 13 after customs officers at Bali’s international airport saw suspicious items in the man’s luggage and the woman’s underwear on X-ray scans. Indonesia...