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Staff at three of America's biggest carmakers have gone on strike in an unprecedented co-ordinated action.More than 10,000 workers are participating in the walkout, which targets three plants owned by General Motors (GM), Ford and Stellantis.The firms and the United Auto Workers union (UAW) are ...
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A court in Mexico has convicted 11 ex-police officers of killing a group of migrants near the US border in 2021.The bodies of 17 migrants were found in a burnt-out vehicle in the town of Camargo in Tamaulipas state.Investigators say they were killed as part of a turf war between criminal gangs over ...
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Scientists in the UK and Belgium think they have figured out how brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease.It has been a mystery and a source of scientific debate for decades.But the team, writing in the journal Science, connect the abnormal proteins that build up in the brain with "necroptosi...
Nigeria has been hit by widespread power cuts following a "total system collapse", electricity distribution companies say.Levels of power being generated fell to zero megawatts early on Thursday.Some supplies have been restored but only a tiny fraction of normal consumption in Africa's...
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China has become the first country to name a new ambassador to Afghanistan since the Taliban retook power in 2021.The Taliban said Zhao Xing's appointment is a sign for other nations to establish ties with its government.No other country has recognised the Taliban government, which has been crit...
Police in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have arrested a 78-year-old man who was accused of stealing two buffaloes and a calf in 1965.Ganapati Vitthal Wagore was 20 when he was first arrested 58 years ago for the alleged theft, along with another man.Police said they were freed on bail but d...
Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered tentative evidence of a sign of life on a faraway planet.It may have detected a molecule called dimethyl sulphide (DMS). On Earth, at least, this is only produced by life.The researchers stress that the detection on the planet 120 l...
People in the flood-hit city of Derna are living through "doomsday", a Libyan reporter has told the BBC.More than 5,300 people died after floods burst two dams in the eastern city and swept away homes.Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, Johr Ali said survivors had reported scenes of...
The southern Indian state of Kerala has issued an alert after it confirmed that two people have died from the rare Nipah virus.One of the deaths occurred earlier this month while the other took place on 30 August, both in the state's Kozhikode district, officials said.Two relatives of a victim h...
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A climber in New Zealand "miraculously" survived a fall of 600m (1,968ft) with only minor injuries after tumbling down the side of a mountain.Police said the man fell from Mount Taranaki on the North Island and was saved by spring weather which softened the ice and meant he landed in snow....
Rishi Sunak has arrived in Delhi for the G20 summit - a meeting of leaders from the 19 biggest economies in the world plus the European Union.He becomes the first prime minister of Indian heritage to visit the country.No 10 say the "historic" visit will be "a powerful reminder of the ...
Hong Kong and southern Chinese cities are battling widespread flooding as the region endures some of its heaviest rainfall on record.On Friday, streets and subway stations were under water in Hong Kong as officials shut schools and workplaces.The weather bureau said the downpour, which began on Thur...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken part in a ceremony to reveal what Pyongyang says is its first submarine capable of launching nuclear weapons.State media said the sub strengthened the country's nuclear deterrent by "leaps and bounds".It has been named Hero Kim Kun Ok after a N...
A Canadian man accused of murdering four members of a Muslim family with his vehicle in London, Ontario, has pleaded not guilty.Nathaniel Veltman, 22, is accused of intentionally targeting the family because of their faith, running them over in 2021.He has been charged with four counts of first-degr...
Dozens of people are said to have been killed during days of clashes between a US-backed, Kurdish-led militia and Arab tribal fighters in Syria.The fighting erupted after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested the head of a tribal militia backed by Arab clans with which it worked in the eastern...
US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday evening and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House says.The 72-year-old, who is vaccinated and has received boosters, will stay at home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where she and President Joe Biden spent part of the weekend.The...
A part of China's Great Wall has been severely damaged by construction workers in central Shanxi province, who used an excavator to dig through it.Police say two people are suspected of trying to create a shortcut for their construction work.The two have been detained and the case is under furth...
Entertainment & Glomour
Barbie has officially become the year's biggest box office hit, after the doll's big-screen earnings overtook the Super Mario Bros Movie's total.The Barbie movie, which sees Margot Robbie's titular toy swap her pink fantasy home for the real world, has now made $1.38bn (£1.1bn)...
Three men have been arrested in connection with a violent riot following a Quran burning in Sweden.Unrest erupted after an Iraqi anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika set fire to a copy of the Islamic holy book on Sunday.Police said they detained 10 people for disturbing public order in the city of Malm...
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