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Geologically complex regions more prone to landslides, study suggests
We know that steep slopes and heavy rain help to trigger landslides, but are some types of landscape more susceptible than others? A study suggests that geologically complex regions...
Orban accused of using Ukraine spy row in fight for political survival
A spate of arrests, diplomatic expulsions and public humiliations has plunged relations between war-torn Ukraine and its prickly Nato neighbour Hungary to a new low.At the heart of the...
Old clip from Yemen passed off as visuals from India-Pakistan conflict
Decade-old footage of a massive explosion has circulated in social media posts falsely claiming it shows an Indian attack on a nuclear facility in Pakistan. The video appeared in...
Namibia to mark colonial genocide for first time with memorial day
Dubbed "Germany's forgotten genocide", and described by historians as the first genocide of the 20th Century, the systematic murder of more than 70,000 Africans is being marked with a...
Brazilian prosecutors sue Chinese carmaker BYD over labour conditions
Brazilian labour prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the Chinese auto manufacturer BYD and two contractors over allegations of illegally trafficking labourers to live and work under conditions “analogous...
After decades of bloodshed, is India winning its war against Maoists?
Could India's decades-long jungle insurgency finally be approaching its end?Last week, the country's most-wanted Maoist, Nambala Keshava Rao - popularly known as Basavaraju - was killed along with 26...
Brazilian prosecutors sue China’s BYD over allegations of slave-like labor conditions
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors said Tuesday they are suing Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD and two of its contractors over allegations of using workers in slave-like labor...
Mapping Israel’s military campaign in the occupied West Bank
Israel is applying many of the tactics used in its war on Gaza to seize and control territory across the occupied West Bank during its Operation Iron Wall campaign,...
Australian actor starts fundraiser to cryogenically preserve son, who died by suicide after bullying
A woman in Australia is raising money to cryogenically preserve her 13-year-old son’s body after he died by suicide following "months of brutal bullying," according to the online fundraiser.Clare...
Israeli troops open fire as aid group loses control of distribution centre
Israeli troops have opened fire near thousands of hungry Palestinians as a logistics group chosen by Israel to ship food into Gaza lost control of its distribution centre on...
