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Clip shows worshippers in East Timor after pope’s mass, not opposition rally in Pakistan
As authorities in Pakistan tightened security ahead of a planned protest march by jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party, a video was shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed thousands of demonstrators marching to the capital Islamabad. The clip in fact shows Christian worshippers leaving a mass hosted by Pope Francis during…
Read MoreAustralian detectives find Putin photos on drugs stashed in car
Australian organized crime detectives charged a man they said was trying to smuggle $18 million Australian ($11.6 million US) worth of methamphetamine and cocaine, some of which featured a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin, discovered in the door cavities of his car. Officers stopped the man on Tuesday morning as he was driving south…
Read MoreVietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes ‘unbearable’
In Vietnam’s heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike through streets jammed with two-wheelers belching toxic fumes. Trung, 19, is one of a growing number of Generation-Z workers driving an e-bike trend in the communist nation where 77 million — largely petrol — motorbikes rule the roads. A…
Read MoreSupermarkets ‘putting profits above human rights’, MP says
Supermarkets in the UK that appear to be selling products linked to slave labour in China may be “complicit in putting profits above human rights”, a Labour MP has said. Sarah Champion’s comments come after a BBC Eye Investigation found that tomato puree sold in four leading UK supermarkets appeared to contain tomatoes produced using…
Read MoreHong Kong mega development plan to devour villages, wetlands
For almost half a century, Kwok Hoi-yin’s humble cottage on Hong Kong’s border with mainland China was surrounded by leagues of fishponds and green fields, buffering the modern highrises of megacity Shenzhen to the north. In recent years his village has shrunk, nibbled away by roads and bridges as the government claims land for crossborder…
Read MoreOld video falsely portrayed as showing deadly India mosque survey clashes in 2024
Deadly clashes erupted in November 2024 in India’s Sambhal city in northern Uttar Pradesh state, sparked by a survey into whether a centuries-old mosque was built on a Hindu temple. But footage circulating online of police officers beating men wearing Muslim caps is unrelated to the recent clashes. The clip was filmed in a district…
Read MoreNamibia elects first female president in disputed poll
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia’s first female president after last week’s disputed election. The electoral commission said she had won more than 57% of the votes cast, with her closest rival Panduleni Itula getting 26%. But following logistical problems and a three-day extension…
Read MoreDouble spacecraft mission will create solar eclipses on demand to study the Sun
Europe’s two eclipse-creating spacecraft are set to launch from India on Wednesday, beginning a mission that will require precision spaceflight down to the millimeter. The European Space Agency Proba-3 mission will launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, at 4:38 p.m. local time. Proba, which is Latin for “let’s try,” is another…
Read MoreLong Island native Omer Neutra mourned during funeral service
SYOSSET, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Israeli officials have confirmed that a Long Island man, who intended to be at Binghamton University this school year, was killed during the Hamas attack on October 7 of last year. Officials originally though that 21-year-old Omer Neutra was among the hostages taken but now say that he was killed during…
Read MoreItaly bans Airbnb self-check-ins
For travel tips, recipes and more insight on Italian culture, sign up for CNN’s Unlocking Italy newsletter. This eight-part guide will have you packing your bags in no time. The days of arriving late at an Airbnb in Italy and opening up the key box to let yourself will soon be over after the country…
Read MoreNamibia will have its first female leader after the VP wins presidential election for ruling party
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of last week’s presidential election as the long-ruling party remained in power. The 72-year-old Nandi-Ndaitwah won with 57% of the vote, according to official results, defying predictions that she might be forced into a runoff.…
Read MoreFamilies flee south Lebanon again amid ceasefire violations
Dozens of Lebanese families who returned to south Lebanon last week following the ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel have again left their homes for safer areas as violations of the ceasefire continue. “I packed my stuff and children up after we came last week to our home near Tyre in southern Lebanon and returned…
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