Monday, 31 October 2022

Morbi bridge collapse: Gujarat witnesses describe scene of tragedy

People who were at the scene when a bridge in India's Gujarat state collapsed told the BBC what they saw.

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Eurozone Inflation Reaches 10.7 Percent as Economies Slow Down


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California is the unlikely backdrop of some of this year’s most bitter political campaigns.


By BY KEN BENSINGER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/R3L2N8A

Itaewon crush: Shock and anger as Seoul grieves its young

Sorrow, bewilderment and questions follow one of the worst tragedies in South Korea's recent history.

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Xi Jinping Opens a New Chapter for China


By BY SABRINA TAVERNISE, STELLA TAN, WILL REID, ERIC KRUPKE, LISA CHOW, ANITA BADEJO, DAN POWELL, ELISHEBA ITTOOP, MARION LOZANO AND CHRIS WOOD from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/binWugR

Senate control hinges on neck-and-neck races, a new Times/Siena poll finds.


By BY LISA LERER AND RUTH IGIELNIK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/omgHPtG

Sunday, 30 October 2022

‘Don’t come out, people are dying,’ witness stuck in restaurant was told.


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Keeping tips from workers could be illegal under new law

Under a new law, employers would have to pay workers all their tips without any deductions.

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World leaders and prominent Koreans abroad express condolences to victims.


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Death Toll in Somalia Attack Rises to at Least 100


By BY ABDI LATIF DAHIR from NYT World https://ift.tt/nmXsvbS

The crowd crush was like a ‘tsunami wave.’


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Suella Braverman email could throw fresh doubt over security breach claims

An email shows the home secretary asked the recipient of a highly sensitive message to "delete and ignore it".

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Saturday, 29 October 2022

New Laws Force Honesty About Pay. Companies Are Catching Up.


By BY EMMA GOLDBERG AND SARAH KESSLER from NYT Business https://ift.tt/XD4y61e

Putin wants to divide Ukrainians. The battered city of Mykolaiv is an unwilling test case.


By BY ANDREW E. KRAMER from NYT World https://ift.tt/8jNLXJT

What is the UK inflation rate and why is the cost of living rising?

The price of the things we spend our money on is again rising at its highest rate in 40 years.

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Octopus Energy to take over collapsed supplier Bulb

Bulb's 1.5 million customers will not experience any change to energy supplies, the UK government says.

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Trevor Noah: I never said entire UK racist, says comic after Rishi Sunak row

TV host Trevor Noah was criticised for saying there had been a backlash in the UK to Rishi Sunak.

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One in Five Canadians Is Now an Immigrant, and the Nation Approves


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Friday, 28 October 2022

Xi Jinping vs. the People


By BY LI YUAN from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/OoVmLjx

'Devious' killer who decapitated friend must serve 34 years

Jemma Mitchell killed her friend Mee Kuen Chong to try to inherit her estate for home renovations.

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‘I’d Be Very Worried’: What a Deep Analysis of 2020 Reveals About the Midterms


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Cambridge orchid in bloom smells like rotting cabbage

An orchid that rarely flowers outside its native habitat in Asia it is creating a stink in Cambridge.

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What next for Twitter under Elon Musk?

The BBC's technology editor looks at the path ahead for the tech company and the billionaire.

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Thursday, 27 October 2022

Running Against Hochul, Lee Zeldin Finds Another Target: Alvin Bragg


By BY JONAH E. BROMWICH from NYT New York https://ift.tt/BoTnlZH

Avant-Garde Theater, or a Musical: Who Says You Need to Choose?


By BY A.J. GOLDMANN from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/cZjoIKw

The cold-hearted woman who killed, decapitated and dumped her friend

How two Christian women's friendship ended with one dead and the other facing a life behind bars.

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The Kremlin’s intensified propaganda against Ukraine aims at the Russian people, U.S. analysts say.


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Rescuing whales on Australia's 'humpback highway'

As whale populations rebound, more are getting entangled in fishing gear - and rescues are dangerous.

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Kenya battles unsafe Chinese contraceptive pill a decade after ban

Susan Wamaitha was urged to take a Chinese-made contraceptive not knowing it was banned in Kenya.

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Wednesday, 26 October 2022

A Social Media Status Update


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Mercedes-Benz becomes latest Western company to pull out of Russia

The company said it did not expect the move to have a significant effect on profitability.

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UK's most premature twins to live turn one

The siblings were born just 22 weeks and five days into their mother's pregnancy.

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Another Closely Watched Recession Alarm Is Ringing


By BY JOE RENNISON from NYT Business https://ift.tt/WrfNsel

Culture of abuse found at three Doncaster special schools - review

Safeguarding review identifies "serious abuse and neglect" at three residential homes in Doncaster.

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Is Northern Ireland heading for another election?

As a key deadline looms, BBC News NI examines if a second assembly election within a year is inevitable.

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Tuesday, 25 October 2022

G.M. Reports Jump in Profit on Strong Sales


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Adidas Ends Partnership with Kanye West


By BY MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED, VANESSA FRIEDMAN AND MELISSA EDDY from NYT Business https://ift.tt/WXqCdg9

Airstrike Kills at Least 80 During Outdoor Concert in Myanmar


By BY RICHARD C. PADDOCK from NYT World https://ift.tt/9BiSEAp

Akshata Murty: Tech heiress and Rishi Sunak's wife

The daughter of an Indian billionaire, she has previously come under the spotlight over her tax affairs.

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Germany steps up efforts to support Ukraine and patch up relations.


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Liz Truss speaks for last final time as prime minister

Lis Truss says it has been a “huge honour “ to be prime minister of the UK.

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Monday, 24 October 2022

Protesters throw pies on King Charles waxwork

Activists throw custard pies into the face of King Charles's waxwork at London's Madame Tussauds.

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Truss defied the markets, and they ruthlessly sealed her fate.


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Escaped Essex serpent gives woman shock in bedroom

After the woman flees, an RSPCA officer has to search the room again to find the reptile hiding.

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Running an Election in the Heart of Election Denialism


By BY MICHAEL BARBARO, ASTHAA CHATURVEDI, ERIC KRUPKE, NINA FELDMAN, MIKE BENOIST, PAIGE COWETT, DAN POWELL, MARION LOZANO, ROWAN NIEMISTO AND CHRIS WOOD from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/69HwUPE

UK set to be sick man of Europe, says Tory backer

Guy Hands, a leading investor, says the UK faces higher taxes, lower benefits and a possible IMF bailout.

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Sunday, 23 October 2022

Russian fighter plane crashes in Siberian city of Irkutsk

The Sukhoi Su-30 military jet was on a test flight when it came down in Irkutsk, authorities say.

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Xi embarks on a path likely to keep China’s tensions with U.S. high.


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Penny Mordaunt denies deal talks with Boris Johnson team

The minister, who was the first to formally enter the race, has said she remains "in it to win it".

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Shetland's damaged subsea cable now repaired, says operator

A break in the lines connecting Shetland to the mainland had cut internet and phone services.

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The One Where Matthew Perry Writes an Addiction Memoir


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China congress: Xi cements power by packing top team with loyalists

The Chinese leader moves into a historic third term in power and makes

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Saturday, 22 October 2022

Monkeys, Mysteries and Murder


By BY MOLLY YOUNG from NYT Books https://ift.tt/neXux3s

Northern regional mayors late for rail briefing after train cancelled

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram held the briefing to demand more funding for train operators.

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Ukraine war: Russia air strikes target more power facilities

Amid military reverses in the south, Russia continues its effort to cripple Ukraine's energy grid.

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Life along the front line, for civilians and soldiers.


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In the Ukraine war, the front line is everywhere.


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Boy, 12, dies after garage wall collapses in Clacton

Police say a man, in his 30s, was rescued from the rubble but the boy died at the scene.

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Thursday, 20 October 2022

Child sex abuse: The horrific findings of a seven-year injury

The inquiry, launched after the Jimmy Savile scandal, took seven years - so what have we learned?

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Tiago Rodrigues’s Theater of Compassion


By BY LAURA CAPPELLE from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/lsJpWNU

The E.U. awards its top human rights prize to Ukraine’s people.


By BY ENJOLI LISTON from NYT World https://ift.tt/VNGrQUc

Eurovision: Bulgaria is latest country to pull out of Liverpool song contest

Bulgaria is not on the list of 37 nations to be confirmed for next year's song contest in Liverpool.

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Investors remain calm despite political chaos

One analyst says investors are "watching in a kind of stunned, open-mouthed horror" at political events.

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Ahead of the Midterms, Energy Lobbyists Plan for a Republican House


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Wednesday, 19 October 2022

After hundreds of thousands have fled or been called up to fight, Moscow is eerily empty of men.


By BY VALERIE HOPKINS AND NANNA HEITMANN from NYT World https://ift.tt/BnMdQOG

The ‘Stupid’ Money Is Paying Off for the Phillies


By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/zLYr6tu

India Bars Kashmiri Photographer From Traveling to Receive Pulitzer


By BY MUJIB MASHAL from NYT World https://ift.tt/LyVUQj7

Great Scottish Run 150m short: Eilish McColgan records invalidated

The 10,000m records set by Eilish McColgan in the Great Scottish Run are invalidated after the course is found to be 150m short.

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Murder in the Mosque


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NHS front line: On the road with an ambulance crew

The BBC joins a West Midlands Ambulance Service crew for a day as they respond to emergencies.

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Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Ezra Miller: The Flash actor pleads not guilty to burglary

The Flash actor is accused of entering a neighbour's home without permission and stealing alcohol.

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El globalismo no ha producido la economía que necesitamos


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Workers at breaking point over pay, TUC warns

The union body says UK employees are facing two decades of pay failing to keep up with price rises.

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Paul Newman’s Humanity and Star Power


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Glastonbury 2023: 'Challenging times' blamed for ticket price rise

Emily Eavis says the festival is "still recovering" from the financial cost of Covid.

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Monday, 17 October 2022

What was in the mini-budget and what has changed?

"Almost all" tax measures announced in the mini-budget will be reversed.

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Has Frieze Become an Unofficial Fashion Week?


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Watch the chancellor's speech in full

The chancellor confirms in an emergency statement that plans to cut corporation tax won't go ahead.

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Alan Rickman’s Diaries: Bread Crumbs of a Fast-Moving Life


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T20 World Cup: Scotland shock West Indies in Group B

Scotland, ranked 15th in the world, start their T20 World Cup campaign in brilliant fashion with a shock victory over West Indies.

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Sunday, 16 October 2022

Police probe after man's body found in woodland in Loughton

Death of man found on land close to an industrial estate is being treated as suspicious, police say.

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Xi highlights efforts to build a state focused on security.


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Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Debut


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The Week in Business: Prices Keep Climbing


By BY MARIE SOLIS from NYT Business https://ift.tt/n2zSvlf

Wait, Who Did You Say Is Middle-Aged?


By BY PAMELA PAUL from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/ZefGtX0

Tesco warns public faces hardship in wake of interest rates rise

John Allan told the BBC he feels a "moral responsibility" to help those affected by rates going up.

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A blast damages an administration building in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.


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Xi Jinping speech: Zero-Covid and zero solutions

There was no acknowledgement of the social and economic pain being caused by his flagship policy.

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Saturday, 15 October 2022

Dressing Up


By BY MELISSA KIRSCH from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/yl5HMch

Senior Tory MP Tobias Ellwood readmitted to parliamentary party

Tobias Ellwood tweeted that he was "off the naughty step" and back in the parliamentary party.

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My life is on pause until I'm old enough to get my pension

Linda Jeffrey had to give up work after her husband died last year and now has to rely on food banks.

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Amid sporadic strikes in parts of the country, Kyiv cautiously returns to daily life.


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Bridget Finn Takes the Helm of Miami’s Big-League Art Fair

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