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‘We want the fear to end’: a Palestinian widow relives the trauma of loss and struggle for survival
Every day, Ibtisam Ghalia and her four children count their remaining stocks of food. These are meagre: a kilo or so of beans, a bag of lentils, a little...
Climate change takes spice from Indonesia clove farms
Colonial powers once sought to wipe out cloves grown by locals on the eastern Indonesian island of Ternate to safeguard their monopoly over the prized crop. Today farmers say...
Israel fires largely controlled after mass evacuations
Fires that have ravaged large parts of central Israel since Wednesday have largely been extinguished, the country's Fire and Rescue Authority says.More than 150 teams have been battling the...
Lynx could be first UK zoo-born cat freed into the wild
A lynx born in a zoo in Cornwall could become the first UK zoo-born cat to be successfully released into the wild.Animals born and raised in zoos are rarely...
Mexico plans gradual reduction to 40-hour work week by 2030
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's government will gradually reduce the standard work week to 40 hours, Labor and Social Security Minister Marath Bolanos said on Thursday, in a move expected...
Woman Recounts Terror When ‘Weird’ Smell Leads to Discovery of Man Under Hotel Bed: ‘I Thought He’d Choke Me or Rape Me’ (Exclusive)
Natali Khomenko shared a TikTok video claiming she discovered a man hiding under her bed in a hotel room in Tokyo"I thought that he will choke me or rape me...
A UN top court orders Venezuela to halt election plans in a resource-rich area in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The United Nations’ top court ordered Venezuela on Thursday to refrain from holding elections for officials who supposedly would oversee a resource-rich area in neighboring...
Why are relations between Algeria and France so bad?
Relations between Algeria and its former coloniser, France, have rarely been straightforward.After hitting a low point in July when France supported Algeria’s regional rival Morocco over its claim to...
Israel must give Red Cross access to jailed Palestinians, Britain tells ICJ
British government lawyers have said Israel is bound by the Geneva conventions to give the International Committee of the Red Cross access to Palestinian prisoners and cannot justify its...
Ukrainian soldiers who film their kills of Russian soldiers or tanks can earn points to purchase weapons from a military tech ‘Amazon’
Ukraine has launched a program that gives points to soldiers who kill Russians or destroy their tanks.The Ukrainian units can use the points to buy drones and other equipment...
Electric Hearses In Asia Sure Are Different
Read the full story on Backfire NewsElectric Hearses In Asia Sure Are DifferentCall it a cultural thing, because it is, but when we think of an electric hearse what...
Spain to approve BBVA bid for Sabadell, Bloomberg reports
Spain’s antitrust agency approved with conditions BBVA‘s (BBVA) bid to acquire Banco Sabadell, Jorge Zuloaga of Bloomberg reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. The approval is set...