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Miami Heat stun Boston Celtics, Thunder thrash Pelicans in NBA playoffs

Around The Globe - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 07:47
Heat scored a franchise playoff record 23 3-pointers against the Eastern top seed, as Thunder sank Pelicans in the West.

Over 100 students arrested in California, Texas as Gaza protests intensify

Around The Globe - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 07:46
Police crack down on protests at UT Austin and USC as students at Harvard and Brown also set up encampments.

India election 2024 phase 2: Who votes and what’s at stake?

Around The Globe - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 06:32
Across 13 states, 88 constituencies go to the polls on April 26 in the second phase of the world's largest election.

Chinese student jailed in US for threatening to ‘cut off hands’ of activist

Around The Globe - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 06:28
Xiaolei Wu, a music student in Boston, is jailed after being found guilty of harassing a pro-democracy activist.

China ‘gravely concerned’ over EU raids on security equipment company

Around The Globe - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 04:21
Diplomatic mission condemns raids on Dutch and Polish offices of Chinese company Nuctech.

US secretly sent long-range ATACMS weapons to Ukraine

Around The Globe - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 03:46
The weapons, which can hit targets as far as 300km (186 miles) away, have been used twice already.

US far-right outlet Gateway Pundit declares bankruptcy

Around The Globe - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 02:35
Website announces bankruptcy amid multiple defamation lawsuits related to 2020 presidential election.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 791

Around The Globe - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 02:10
As the war enters its 791st day, these are the main developments.

What happens when activists are branded ‘terrorists’ in the Philippines?

Around The Globe - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 00:20
Indigenous activists live from day to day as they try to hide from authorities and challenge designations in court.

One-word Ofsted grades should stay, says government

Education - Thu, 04/25/2024 - 00:03
The government says the judgements are useful for parents, after MPs called for them to be scrapped.

‘We need you’: Solomon Islands’ support for US agency’s return revealed

Around The Globe - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 23:58
Peace Corps found 'overwhelming support and enthusiasm' for return to Pacific island nation, report shows.

How can we reduce global food insecurity?

Around The Globe - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 22:07
New report warns that 282 million people faced acute hunger last year.

Columbia faculty ‘furious’ over student arrests at Gaza protests

Around The Globe - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 21:28
Columbia University faculty say they are ‘furious’ at the arrest of students at pro-Palestine protests on campus

Spain’s prime minister halts public duties after wife accused of corruption

Around The Globe - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 20:54
Pedro Sanchez says he will make an announcement on his political future next week.

Biden signs law securing billions in US aid for Ukraine, Israel

Around The Globe - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 20:46
Despite outcry over abuses in Gaza war, US president stresses that his commitment to Israel's security is 'ironclad'.

Escaped horses in central London injure four people

Around The Globe - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 20:29
A pair of escaped military horses was caught on camera running through central London.

UK police arrest three over deaths of five people in English Channel

Around The Globe - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 20:12
Deaths occurred when a small overcrowded boat carrying 112 people set out to cross the Channel and panic took hold.

Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon as cross-border fire escalates

Around The Globe - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 18:44
Hezbollah dismisses Israeli claim that it has killed half of the group's commanders in southern Lebanon.

Portrait by Gustav Klimt sells for $32m at Vienna auction

Around The Globe - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 18:33
Portrait of Miss Lieser, a painting of a young woman left unfinished due to Klimt's death, was long believed to be lost.

'I get overwhelmed by the noises and crowds of school'

Education - Wed, 04/24/2024 - 18:03
Newman College in Oldham is one of many schools struggling with the legacy of the pandemic.

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