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Friday, December 31, 2021

South Africa prepares to bury Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Colorado: Residents return following devastating fire
French ban on plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables begins
Golden Girl actress Betty White dies aged 99
Covid booster 88% effective against hospital treatment with Omicron

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Year in tech: The stories making headlines in 2021
The Corozal: Scottish dredger that helped build the Panama Canal
2021 viral videos: The social media moments India celebrated
The 'heartbreakingly beautiful' art of Laurie Anderson
Why Chinese stand-up comedians are turning to English
Cape Verde: Drone delivers medical supplies to remote islands

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls
Australia: Protesters set Old Parliament House in Canberra on fire
Elon Musk rejects claim he is hogging space
What does future warfare look like? It's here already
COP 26: The teenagers suing 33 countries
15 films to look out for in the Oscars race
What went wrong with vaccinating the world?
Syntropic agriculture: A new way of farming in dry climates?
Ghislaine Maxwell: How accusers' testimony brought her down
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? The downfall of a favourite daughter
Cristiano Ronaldo statue divides opinion in India

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Covid: US and France report record daily case rises
Stand News: Police arrest six from Hong Kong independent news outlet
John Madden: Legendary NFL coach and commentator dies at 85
Boeing 737 Max: Indonesia lifts ban after 2018 Lion Air crash
Why Mauritius is losing its seashells
Biodiversity: The tale of the 'un-extinct' fish
Music preview 2022: The biggest releases, tours and films
The mystery of the home where the Queen was born
Fighting to learn in Venezuela

Monday, December 27, 2021

Crocodiles turn on humans amid Iran water crisis
The African nation aiming to be a hydrogen superpower
What a Greek tragedy teaches us about modern migration
83 movie: Reliving India’s epic cricket triumph
Afghanistan: Children in Kabul working for a piece of bread
US animal shelter shocked after 800 parakeets handed over
Amber Heard names new dog after Australian minister embroiled in feud

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Covid: Travel chaos spills into new week
Climate change: Huge toll of extreme weather disasters in 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home becomes first pandemic-era film to top $1bn
Roe v Wade US abortion rights lawyer Sarah Weddington dies
Desmond Tutu: South Africa mourns anti-apartheid hero
Demi Skipper plans to keep trading after hairpin-to-house swap
Why I'm proud to be black and Jewish
Fear and loathing in South Africa where foreigners live in danger
Scott Marsh: Viral and controversial art of 'Australia's Banksy'
How this clip restored one man's dream of being a pilot
India's unwinnable battle against spitting
My art channels the pain from Ethiopia's war

Saturday, December 25, 2021

Israeli 'psychic' Uri Geller still baffling fans at 75
Love story sends TV fans in search of idyllic Alps
Letter from Africa: Why Kenya's taxman is eyeing social media
The Chinese mother backing bigger families
Why a former oil executive is capping abandoned wells
Surfer killed in apparent shark attack in California
Pope Francis Urbi et Orbi address: World ignoring huge tragedies
Pope's Christmas Day message
James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on historic mission
Sudan coup: Military cuts internet services ahead of planned protests
ICYMI: Christmas moments you may have missed from around the globe

Friday, December 24, 2021

Covid: US airlines scrap hundreds of flights amid Omicron surge
In pictures: World celebrates Christmas
Climate change: Lapland reindeer gone astray in search for food
No time for war: Russians see no chance of conflict
Art: 'People amazed I fold paper for a living, then they see it'
Police stray bullet kills teen in LA store's dressing room

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Murray Head: 'Unsung at home, but a hero in France'
Switzerland's wolves get too close for comfort
Africa's week in pictures: 17-23 December 2021
James Webb Space Telescope: How does it work?
Georgia: The rise of the right
Daunte Wright shooting: Key moments in the trial of Kimberly Potter
Daunte Wright death: US 'Taser mixup' ex-officer guilty of manslaughter
James Franco: I'll admit, I did sleep with students... and that was wrong

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Philadelphia congresswoman carjacked at gunpoint in broad daylight
Australia settles lawsuit over welfare scheme criticised as racist
Gay Santa ad highlights big shift in Norwegian society
Kashmir fury at India's plan to redraw voting map
Is this the world's largest virtual fashion show?
How this iconic Manhattan newsstand survived the Covid pandemic
Spain to require masks outdoors amid Covid surge
Roman-era 'Good Shepherd' ring found off Israel in ancient shipwreck

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Covid-19: Israel could become the first country to give four vaccine doses
Charles Lieber: Harvard professor found guilty of hiding ties to Chinese program
McDonald's faces a French fries shortage in Japan
Mother seals recognise pup's voice at two days old
Gaming disorder: Inside the clinic helping addicted teens
Kerala school uniform: Why some Muslim groups are protesting
The Maasai TikTokers wowing Bollywood fans
Saving Kyrgyzstan reindeer from brink of extinction
Perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo found in China
Hungary's Viktor Orban to defy EU over immigration law
OnlyFans founder is making way for firm's marketing chief
UK Supreme Court denies Maduro claim to Venezuelan gold
Super Typhoon Rai: Philippines faces aftermath
Chris Noth: Sex and the City actresses show support for accusers
Hong Kong election: China rejects democracy concerns from West
Saudi entertainment boom raises harassment fears
Why China could win the new global arms race
The secret lives of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein

Monday, December 20, 2021

Malaysia: Death toll rises after massive floods
Abducted Haiti missionaries describe daring escape
Omicron: South African scientists probe link between variants and untreated HIV
Indian Christians fear attacks or jail over conversions
Berlusconi seeks comeback role as Italian president
How Covid deepened America's teacher shortages

Sunday, December 19, 2021

What is the metaverse?
The robot chefs that can cook your Christmas dinner
Algeria and a question of identity: Who counts as African?
Covid-19: Can freebies tempt Indians to get vaccinated?
Myanmar: BBC investigates military's mass killings
Leftist Gabriel Boric wins Chile presidential election
Covid: Christmas travel will fuel spread of Omicron, US expert warns
Drakeo the Ruler dies after stabbing at LA music festival

Saturday, December 18, 2021

Covid: Dutch go into Christmas lockdown over Omicron wave
Man beaten to death for 'sacrilege' attempt at Sikh Golden Temple in India
Philippines Super Typhoon Rai: Death toll reaches 75
Wagner Group: Why the EU is alarmed by Russian mercenaries in Central Africa
Covid: French ski season in disarray as UK tourists banned
Hong Kong: Why the Legco elections are so controversial
BBC Bitcoin mining report used in crypto-scam
Chileans divided ahead of presidential run-off
UK troops will not be deployed to Ukraine to defend against Russia
Migrant crossings: More than 900 cross Channel in two days

Friday, December 17, 2021

Lagos party plans threatened by Nigeria Covid passports
Russia-Ukraine: Can a solution be found for war in Ukraine's east?
Afghanistan to Wisconsin: Refugees dream of home
Caroline and Martine: Picture book heroines who fought for French hearts
Week in pictures: 11-17 December 2021
Ros Atkins on… What 2021 taught us about Covid

Thursday, December 16, 2021

In pictures: Crowds celebrate death of Pinochet's widow in Chile
US FDA permanently allows mail-order abortion pills
US Congress passes import ban on Chinese Uyghur region
Africa's week in pictures: 10 - 16 December 2021
How Russia tries to censor Western social media
Biden grants Medal of Honor to first black soldier since Vietnam

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Russia Ukraine: EU to warn Moscow against action
Michelle Odinet: Louisiana judge faces calls to quit over home video slurs
Kentucky tornado killed dad moments after phone call
Beijing 2022: Putin tells Xi he will attend Winter Olympics
Kentucky tornadoes: Lost photos found 140 miles away
What's behind suicides by thousands of Indian housewives?
'If you eat here, you're dining with rats'
Kenyans find rural lifeline after Covid city exodus
Usain Bolt: Mario Kart helped me become Olympic champion
Inside the fight for Bangladesh's independence
Dutch MP ordered to delete Covid Holocaust social media posts
Bird songs bump stars off Australian music chart
Afghanistan: What humanitarian aid is getting in?
The teenagers and the nun trying to stop an Australian coal mine
Logic's 1-800-273-8255 led to call surge to suicide line, study suggests
bell hooks; Author and feminist dies aged 69

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Ethiopia civil war: How PM Abiy led fight-back against rebel advance
James Webb: A $10bn machine in search of the end of darkness
Southern right whales: Tracking unexpected Southern Ocean migrations
Covid: Omicron probably in most countries, WHO says
Billie Eilish says porn exposure while young caused nightmares
Malta becomes first EU nation to legalise cannabis
Kentucky tornadoes: I spent my 40th birthday trapped under rubble
Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off
Channel tragedy: French authorities identify 26 victims
Phillip Adams: Ex-NFL player who shot six dead had CTE brain disease
Toronto police release video of 'suspect' in billionaires' 2017 murders

Monday, December 13, 2021

Record numbers of young Guatemalans migrate north, leaving families in limbo
Nagaland killings: Anger grows after Indian army’s botched ambush
Saudi Arabia allows free thinkers to talk to students
Tom Holland: 'There are kids who look up to Spider-Man'
Ros Atkins on... the Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen F1 title drama
How much does the diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 matter?

Sunday, December 12, 2021

South Korea: End to Korean War agreed to 'in principle'
Queensland border reopens to other Australian states
Kentucky tornadoes: 100 year-old-church destroyed in seconds
Vladimir Putin: I moonlighted as a taxi driver in the 1990s
Black Axe: Leaked documents shine spotlight on secretive Nigerian gang
Howard University: Why these students slept out in tents on campus for weeks
The ultra-violent cult that became a global mafia
France resists US challenge to its values
Omicron: India aims to avoid 'pandemic roulette'
Indian police 'foil man's attempt to fake death'

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Meth and heroin fuel Afghanistan drugs boom
Your pictures on the theme of 'misty mornings'
ICYMI: Scuba-diving Santa and other festive moments
Kentucky hit by 'worst ever tornadoes'
Biden: US will do whatever is needed to help Tornado victims
Alan Shepard: Bezos space company sends first US astronaut's daughter to space

Friday, December 10, 2021

The woman who digs for the truth in mass graves
Ghislaine Maxwell: Key moments in the trial so far
Brazil nightclub fire: Four convicted over blaze that killed 242
Finnish teacher who secretly taught IS children in Syrian camps by text
Week in pictures: 4-10 December 2021
Ros Atkins on… Compulsory Covid vaccinations
Mexico truck crash: Officials working to identify over 50 victims
Kashmir killings: The families still waiting for bodies of loved ones
Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutors rest their case

Thursday, December 9, 2021

New York’s Met museum to remove Sackler name from exhibits
Valérie Pécresse: Part-Thatcher, part-Merkel and wants to run France
Where are Afghanistan's women MPs now?
The Nepalese children made to work in bars and clubs
The country that is Europe's hub for cargo bikes
Capitol riot: US appeals court rejects Trump's request to block files
Fox News Breaking News Alert
US-led coalition against IS ends combat mission in Iraq
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How a Russian invasion of Ukraine could spill over into Europe

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Goalball player Sevda Altunoluk: 'I am the world's best'
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘I want to say what I think’
Tiger Woods will make his return at PNC Championship alongside son Charlie
Russia Ukraine: Sending US troops not on table - Biden
UK and Canada join diplomatic boycott of China Winter Olympics
Robert E Lee: Confederate general statue to be turned into art

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Google sues alleged Russian cyber criminals
US father fired on Zoom describes 'callous' call
Bitcoin 'founder' to keep 1m Bitcoin cache
Chile same-sex marriage: Law overwhelmingly approved by parliament
Amazon services down for thousands of users
Afghanistan: Foreign Office chaotic during Kabul evacuation - whistleblower

Monday, December 6, 2021

Peter Foster: Conman arrested after manhunt in Australia
Western leaders urge Russia to lower Ukraine tensions
Emmett Till: US closes investigation without charges
Rohingya sue Facebook for £150bn over Myanmar hate speech
Hong Kong Covid: The Cathay pilots stuck in 'perpetual quarantine'
Amalia: The heir to the Dutch throne keeps it normal at 18
David Gulpilil: Profound legacy of a trailblazing Aboriginal actor
'I had to move across America when I became allergic to the sun'
Helping trans people escape death in their home countries
'I want Afghan women to be free to wear colour'
Juan Jose Florian: Colombia's Para-cycling 'superhero' and his dramatic life story
Rebel Wilson on weight loss: I know what it’s like to be invisible
Mahbouba Seraj: Afghanistan is a country in trouble
Jussie Smollett testifies at trial: 'There was no hoax'
Ghislaine Maxwell 'gave schoolgirl outfit to Epstein victim'
Indonesia volcano: 'The volcano destroyed our houses - we need help'
US diplomats to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Amid shortage, Canada taps into emergency maple syrup reserves
US boss fires 900 employees over Zoom
Fox News Breaking News Alert
Omicron: Why is Nigeria on the travel red list?
Covid-19: Italy tightens restrictions for unvaccinated
Far-right target critics with Twitter's new media policy
Covid: UK red list criticised as 'travel apartheid' by Nigeria
Joni Mitchell and Bette Midler pick up Kennedy Center Honors
Eric Zemmour: Far-right French presidential candidate grabbed at rally

Sunday, December 5, 2021

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to four years jail
FARC: Colombian rebel commander 'El Paisa' killed in Venezuela
Pakistan: Brutal mob killing of Sri Lankan sparks protests
Dalio: Comments on China's human rights misunderstood
Climate change: Is ‘blue hydrogen’ Japan’s answer to coal?
Tennis governing body to keep playing in China
Putin in India: What Russian president's visit means for world politics
The tech helping shops - and Santa - deliver this Christmas
Covid in Uganda: The man whose children may never return to school
Thomas Massie: US Congressman condemned for Christmas guns photo
The Palestinian jailbreak that rocked Israel
James Webb Space Telescope scientist: 'It's the future of astrophysics'
How Lebanon's economic problems could leave Sara blind
Gambia elections: Adama Barrow declared presidential election winner
Bob Dole: Biden leads tributes to a 'dear friend'
Indonesia volcano: Villages buried under hot ash
Trump social media firm says it has raised $1bn
Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dies
Military truck rams into group of Myanmar protesters in Yangon
French climber handed Mont Blanc gems after 2013 find
Pope condemns treatment of migrants in Europe
India Nagaland: Security forces kill 13 civilians amid ambush blunder

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Afghanistan: Taliban warned against targeting former security forces
Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat
Chris Cuomo: CNN fires presenter over help he gave politician brother
Why France faces so much anger in West Africa
Mandatory vaccinations: Three reasons for and against
South Africa: The rape survivor who convicts rapists
Biden and Putin to hold call amid Ukraine invasion fears
Gambia elections: Ex-President Yahya Jammeh's shadow looms over poll
Eitan Biran: Cable car survivor returned to Italy after custody battle
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Afghanistan: Macron reveals plans for joint European mission
ICYMI: Jumping into an active volcano, and other ways to spend the festive season
Indonesia volcano: Residents flee as Mt Semeru spews huge ash cloud
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Key moments from the first week

Friday, December 3, 2021

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Michigan school shooting: Reward offered to find suspect's parents
Russia Ukraine: Biden warns Russia against Ukraine 'red lines'
Mali: Dozens of civilians killed after militants attack bus
MH370: Could missing Malaysian Airlines plane finally be found?
Bolsonaro: Brazilian Supreme Court opens investigation into vaccine comments
Ready for power: Team Scholz promises a new Germany
Rare turtle washes up 4,000 miles from home
Parag Agrawal: Why Indian-born CEOs dominate Silicon Valley
Why Ugandan troops have entered DR Congo - again
Saudi Arabia Grand Prix: A race for equal rights
Ros Atkins on… America’s abortion divide
Covid-19: Ireland closes nightclubs and tightens Covid rules
Ethiopia closes schools to boost civil war effort
Lamine Diack: Disgraced athletics boss dies in Senegal

Thursday, December 2, 2021

US government shutdown averted hours before deadline
Alec Baldwin admits career could be over after fatal shooting
Omicron: India reports first cases of new Covid variant
The 'kind heart' who gave an Afghan family a new home
Biden blasted for reviving Trump's Remain in Mexico policy
China app giant Didi plans US stock market exit in move to Hong Kong
Ride hailing app Grab falls in $40bn market debut
Laverne & Shirley star Eddie Mekka dies aged 69
The Indian granny who became literate at 104
NunTok: How religion is booming on TikTok and Instagram
Boxing Day: Festive film debut for Little Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock
How to spot the software that could be spying on you
Why Turkey's currency crash does not worry Erdogan
Broome: Diving the remnants of a WW2 attack on Australia
Africa's week in pictures: 26 November - 2 December 2021
Will Meghan's big win change public opinion?
The drought ravaging East African wildlife and livestock
Germany: Angela Merkel's military farewell features punk singer's hit
Omicron: Biden unveils new Covid-19 winter measures
Elle to stop promoting the use of animal fur in its magazines
How do you say 'Omicron'?
Curious leopard enters classroom in India
Covid: South Africa new cases double in 24 hours as Omicron spreads
Home Alone house available to book on Airbnb
Pfizer boss: Annual Covid jabs for years to come

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Queensland Floods: Second death recorded as crisis continues
Facebook uncovers Chinese network behind fake expert
Alan Tudge: Australia minister stood aside over 'abusive' affair allegations
Disney elects woman as chairman for first time in 98-year history
Canadian MPs vote to ban LGBT 'conversion therapy'
Argentina ex-President Mauricio Macri charged in sub families spying case
Venezuela's hospital 'hell'
‘It’s like hell in here’: The struggle to save Afghanistan's starving babies
When Jesus is used to steal from his flock
Would you give 10% of your salary to charity?
'No middle ground': Chile voters face tough choice as run-off looms
Epstein accuser: Ghislaine Maxwell is a 'master manipulator'
Biden puts faith in Santa Claus amid supply chain problems
Michigan school shooting: Suspect, 15, charged as an adult
WTA suspends China tournaments over Peng Shuai
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Covid Omicron: Time to consider mandatory jabs, EU chief says
Austria: Doctor fined for amputating wrong leg of patient