NASA says astronauts stuck on the International Space Station will have to wait even longer to get home. Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams were only supposed to return after a week when they broke out in June. Their stay was extended until February next year due to technical problems with the Boeing-built Starliner experimental spacecraft. […]
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Waliullah Maroof Hamida Banu at her residence in Karachi in 2022 An Indian woman who says she was trafficked to Pakistan more than two decades ago has finally returned home – 18 months after her grandson spotted her in a YouTube video. Hamida Banu said she has spent the past 22 years “like a living
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A Nigerian man who spent 10 years on death row for stealing several chickens and eggs has been promised clemency by the governor of the southwestern state of Osun. Segun Olowukere was 17 years old in 2010 when he was arrested along with his accomplice Morakinyo Sunday. They allegedly attacked the home of a policeman
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Ottavia Piana the caveman was airlifted to hospital after a painstaking rescue deep underground in a cave system in the Bergamo region of northern Italy. Piana, 32, was exploring an unexplored area of Abiso Bueno Fonteno cave on Saturday afternoon when a rock gave way beneath her feet and she fell 5-6 meters (16-19 feet),
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EPA Russian senior general Igor Kirilov and his aide were killed in an explosion outside an apartment block in Moscow The Russian security service said a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan was detained for the murder of senior general Igor Kirilov and his aide in Moscow. Lieutenant General Igor Kirilov, head of the radiation, chemical and
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Reuters Hayat Tahrir al-Sham brought some semblance of stability to Idlib in 2017. after years of civil war The road to Idlib, a remote corner of northwest Syria, still bears the marks of the old front lines: trenches, abandoned military positions, rocket shells and ammunition. Until just over a week ago, it was the only
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The BBC Omar el Kataa is a photojournalist working in northern Gaza Facebook severely limited the ability of Palestinian news outlets to reach an audience during the Israel-Gaza war, according to a BBC investigation. In a comprehensive analysis of Facebook data, we found that newsrooms in the Palestinian territories – in Gaza and the West
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“Get in the car!” – The BBC crew interrupts filming as a polar bear is spotted nearby “Can I give you some polar bear advice?” asks Tee, a confident 13-year-old we meet on a visit to Churchill High School. “If there’s a bear that close to you,” she says as she measures a distance of
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Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s future looks uncertain after the sudden resignation of his most senior cabinet member, once a close ally. Chrystia Freeland – the former deputy prime minister and finance minister – left her posts Monday with an open letter to Trudeau outlining disagreements she had with him over spending and “the
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Getty Images Shopkeepers in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, are caught between a rock and a hard place over a government directive to install CCTV cameras outside their businesses to increase surveillance of Islamist insurgents who have a strong presence in the city. The businessmen say that if they install the cameras, they risk being shot by
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