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Miami Heat stun Boston Celtics, Thunder thrash Pelicans in NBA playoffs
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
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?
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
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
Diplomatic mission condemns raids on Dutch and Polish offices of Chinese company Nuctech.
US secretly sent long-range ATACMS weapons to Ukraine
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
Website announces bankruptcy amid multiple defamation lawsuits related to 2020 presidential election.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 791
As the war enters its 791st day, these are the main developments.
What happens when activists are branded ‘terrorists’ in the Philippines?
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
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
Peace Corps found 'overwhelming support and enthusiasm' for return to Pacific island nation, report shows.
How can we reduce global food insecurity?
New report warns that 282 million people faced acute hunger last year.
Columbia faculty ‘furious’ over student arrests at Gaza protests
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
Newman College in Oldham is one of many schools struggling with the legacy of the pandemic.