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The Seoul ‘convenience stores’ fighting loneliness
Jake KwonBBC News in SeoulGetty ImagesThe stores were created specially to welcome those who aren't welcome in other places, explains store manager Lee Bo-hyun. They go beyond a bit of room and a film - offering air-conditioning during the...
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Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki are safe to live in today
In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. BBC climate and science reporter Esme Stallard explains why 80 years on, the radiation from the explosions is undetectable.World War Two in...
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Israel rejects international criticism of Gaza City takeover plan
ReutersThe IDF currently controls about three-quarters of Gaza, and almost all of its 2.1 million citizens are situated in the quarter of the territory that the military does not control.The UN estimates some 87% of Gaza is either in...
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Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97
Getty ImagesAstronaut Jim Lovell, who guided the Apollo 13 mission safely back to Earth in 1970, has died aged 97.Nasa said he "turned a potential tragedy into a success" after an attempt to land on the Moon was aborted...
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Putin needles U.S. by giving Trump envoy an award meant for CIA official whose son died fighting for Russia
Washington — Russian President Vladimir Putin gave President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff an award to pass along to a senior CIA official whose son was killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Russian forces, according...
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American trophy hunter killed by buffalo during safari in South Africa
An American was killed by a buffalo he was tracking during a trophy hunt in South Africa, police said Friday.The man from Dallas, Texas, was found dead last Sunday at a farm in the northern...
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Perseids meteor shower will peak next week. But will the moon ruin it for viewers?
The Perseids meteor shower — considered one of the best shows in the sky — is set to peak next week. But the peak for fireballs shooting through the night sky coincides this year with...
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One dead as wildfires rage in southern Greece
One person has been killed after a large wildfire in Keratea, southeast of Athens, spread rapidly, destroying homes and prompting evacuation alerts. The fire service says the body of an elderly man was found inside his home in the...
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Mexico’s president vows “there will be no invasion” after reports that Trump is targeting cartels with military force
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum insisted Friday that there would be "no invasion of Mexico" following reports that President Donald Trump had ordered the U.S. military to target Latin American drug cartels."There will be no invasion...
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Senators in Mexico come to blows after heated debate over U.S. military intervention against drug cartels
Mexican senators came to blows Wednesday after a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for...