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Canadian writer Robert Munsch approved for assisted dying
Celebrated children's writer Robert Munsch has been approved for medically assisted dying in Canada.Munsch, whose 85 published books include The Paper Bag Princess and Love You Forever, was diagnosed with dementia in 2021 and also has Parkinson's disease.The author...
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Syria’s worst drought in decades pushes millions to the brink
EPALast year, a bag of bread cost Sanna 500 Syrian pounds ($4.1; £3; €3.5), but now it is 4,500 Syrian pounds. To feed her family, Sanaa needs two bags a day - an expense of 9,000 pounds, before accounting...
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Russia subjecting abducted Ukrainian children to
Thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia amid the country's ongoing invasion are being forcibly "reeducated" in at least 210 facilities around Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine, according to a study published Tuesday by the Yale...
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U.N. commission concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
An independent panel of experts commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights Council has concluded "on reasonable grounds that the Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces have committed and are continuing to commit" acts of...
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Charlie Kirk shooting suspect appeared to confess on Discord, sources tell CBS
Utah Department of Public SafetyInvestigators have been trying to establish a motive for the killing. Cox has previously said that Robinson, a Utah native, was "deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology". Public records reviewed by the BBC suggest Robinson had...
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Calin Georgescu charged with plotting a coup in Romania
Romanian far-right former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has been charged with attempting to stage a coup after the first round of the presidential election was annulled last December.Horatiu Potra, a former French legionnaire and militia chief in the Democratic...
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Chinese-linked mining firms in Zambia sued by Copperbelt farmers over ‘ecological catastrophe’
Farmers in Zambia have filed an $80bn (£58.5bn) lawsuit against two Chinese-linked firms, blaming them for an "ecological catastrophe" caused by the collapse of a dam that stored waste from copper mining.Million of litres of highly acidic material spilled...
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South Sudan crisis: Fears balloon of a return to civil war over Riek Machar’s treason trial
Farouk Chothia,Yemisi Adegoke andNichola MandilJubaAFP/Getty ImagesThe current crisis was sparked at the beginning of March when the White Army militia, which was allied to Machar during the civil war, clashed with the army in Upper Nile state and overran...