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South Africa’s Port Elizabeth changed for Xhosa ‘click language’ name Gqeberha to cut colonial ties

Nelson Mandela Bay in Gqeberha Credit: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images South Africans are learning how to pronounce the name of one of its most famous port...

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105-year-old New Jersey woman who beat Covid toasts gin-soaked raisins

A 105-year-old woman in New Jersey who fought off a bout of the deadly coronavirus has credited her ongoing good health to an unusual...

Редактор25.02.2021

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Arizona man accused of faking his own kidnapping to get out of going to work

Brandon Soules was found with his hands tied behind his back and a gag in his mouth Credit: Coolidge Police Department It was supposed...

Редактор25.02.2021

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TikTok pranksters scare parents by showing fake video of BBC nuclear war declaration

Tracey watching the warning, which she believed at the time was real Charlie Davis, who goes under the handle ‘Charlie Davis is Magic’ has...

Редактор25.02.2021

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‘Sexual harassment and bullying was expected’: Former aide publishes tell-all about NY’s Andrew Cuomo

Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference, at the National Press Club in Washington. Credit: AP Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Governor, has been accused...

Редактор24.02.2021

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Emmanuel Macron challenged by fellow EU leaders over AstraZeneca vaccine criticism

Emmanuel Macron was quizzed at an EU Summit by unimpressed leaders. Credit: Anadolu Agency European Union leaders challenged Emmanuel Macron over his inaccurate claims...

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Canada’s dairy industry investigates ‘Buttergate’ after consumers complain blocks have become too hard

Trouble has been churning online for months, but now scientists have warned that it could become a public health issue, and have blamed an...

Редактор24.02.2021

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Ghislaine Maxwell offers to renounce foreign citizenship in exchange for bail

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite charged with aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, has offered to renounce her UK and French citizenship in an attempt...

Редактор24.02.2021

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‘It doesn’t feel worth it’: Covid-19 is pushing New York’s EMTs to the brink

In his 17 years as an emergency medical provider, Anthony Almojera thought he had seen it all. “Shootings, stabbings, people on fire, you name...

Редактор24.02.2021

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Australia tried to ‘camouflage a bid for subsidies’, says Facebook’s Nick Clegg

Facebook executive Sir Nick Clegg Credit: PA Sir Nick Clegg has accused the Australian government of trying to “camouflage a bid for cash subsidies” after...

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Biden administration under fire for reopening facility for unaccompanied migrant children

An occupant at Casa Padre, an immigrant shelter for unaccompanied minors, in Brownsville, Texas. Another shelter — Carrizo Springs — is being reopened Credit:...

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Frustration grows in Germany over sluggish rollout of Covid vaccines

The German government is coming under increasing pressure to offer the nation a roadmap out of the coronavirus crisis amid growing frustration over sluggish...

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Twenty-three tonnes of cocaine seized in Europe’s biggest haul

Authorities in Germany and Belgium have seized 23 tonnes of cocaine in a record haul of the drug in Europe, according to German customs...

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The forecasts that spooked Boris Johnson into slowing exit from lockdown

On Monday, Boris Johnson announced his roadmap for lifting all Covid restrictions by 21 June but faced criticism from some Conservative MPs for not...

Редактор24.02.2021

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Facebook over-enforced Australia news ban, admits Nick Clegg

Facebook “erred on the side of over-enforcement” in removing links to hundreds of non-media organisations in Australia, Nick Clegg has admitted, in a blogpost...

Редактор24.02.2021