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Duchess of Sussex claims genealogically 43% Nigerian
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has said being “particular” does not make her difficult, as she describes how she believes her management style has been seen through the stereotype of the “angry black woman”. The Duchess said she had to remind herself that “setting boundaries” and saying what she needed did not make her “demanding” or “difficult” but “clear”. Speaking during…
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St. Louis high school shooting leaves three dead, including suspect
A 19-year-old gunman opened fire at a high school in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday, killing two people and injuring seven others before officers fatally shot the suspect, the city’s police commissioner said. No motive for the gun violence was immediately apparent, but Police Commissioner Mike Sack told an early evening news conference the assailant may have suffered from mental…
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Outspoken Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif killed in Kenya
A prominent Pakistani investigative journalist critical of the country’s powerful military has been killed in Kenya nearly two months after he left Pakistan. “I lost friend, husband and my favourite journalist today, as per police he was shot in Kenya,” Javeria Siddique tweeted about her husband Arshad Sharif’s death on Sunday night. The 49-year-old journalist fled the country in August…
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Ukraine war: Russian spy chief blames West for nuclear tension
Western leaders have expressed concern about the scale of nuclear sabre-rattling over Ukraine by senior Russian officials, including President Putin, especially after February’s invasion. How does Moscow react to charges it is engaging in such rhetoric and threats? I asked one of Russia’s most powerful officials, Sergei Naryshkin, head of the SVR Foreign Intelligence Service, to respond to international criticism.…
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Rishi Sunak set to be UK’s next prime minister
Rishi Sunak will become the first Hindu and the first person of color to become Britain’s Prime Minister. At the age of 42, he is also the youngest person to take the office in more than 200 years. The result of Monday’s contest caps a spectacularly rapid rise to the pinnacle of British politics. Sunak was first elected as an…
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BREAKING: Liz Truss quits as Britain’s prime minister
Liz Truss is set to become Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister ever, after announcing her intention to resign just six weeks into a disastrous term. Liz Truss said outside Downing Street that she “set out a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit.” “I recognise though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the…
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Biden releasing 15 million barrels of oil from strategic reserve
US President Joe Biden has announced the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the United States strategic reserve, a move that follows contentious OPEC+ production cuts that have drawn scorn in Washington in advance of next month’s midterm elections. Biden said on Wednesday afternoon that the drawdown will complete the release of 180 million barrels that his administration…
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Five challenges the BBC faces as it turns 100
As the BBC celebrates its 100th anniversary, our media editor looks ahead at the challenges it faces, from competition from streaming services to reaching young people on TikTok. Great institutions, like great literature, are often born from existential angst, as urgent responses to the prevailing horrors of their era. As with TS Eliot’s The Waste Land, released in 1922, so…
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Lula’s lead over Bolsonaro narrows in Brazil vote -poll
Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s lead over President Jair Bolsonaro has shrunk to 5 percentage points ahead of a runoff vote set for Oct. 30, a poll by Genial/Quaest showed on Wednesday. Former President Lula has 47% voter support, down from the last week’s 49%, while Bolsonaro gained 1 point to 42%. Pollsters were widely criticized after…
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Lafarge pleads guilty to U.S. charge of supporting Islamic State, to pay $778 million
French cement maker Lafarge pleaded guilty in U.S. court on Tuesday to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the company could keep operating in Syria. The admission in Brooklyn federal court marked the first time a company has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of…
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